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Religion in Zimbabwe (2017)[1]

  Protestantism (69.2%)
  Catholicism (8.0%)
  Other Christians (6.9%)
  Traditional faiths (4.5%)
  Muslim (0.7%)
  Other faiths (0.5%)
  No religion (10.2%)
The Anglican Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints in the capital Harare.

Christianity is the most widely professed religion in Zimbabwe, with Protestantism being its largest denomination.[2]

According to the 2017 Inter Censal Demography Survey by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency 69.2 percent of Zimbabweans belong to Protestant Christianity, 8.0 percent are Roman Catholic, in total 84.1 percent follow one of the denominations of Christianity.[1][3]

Traditional religions are followed by about four percent, and unspecified and none eight percent. The other major religions of the world such as Islam (0.7%), Buddhism (<0.1%), Hinduism (<0.1%) and Judaism (<0.1%) each have a niche presence.

While the country is majority Christian, in the early 2000s, most people also practiced, to varying degrees, elements of the indigenous religions;[4] religious leaders also reported an increase in adherence to traditional religion and shamanic healers.

The Constitution of Zimbabwe allows for freedom of religion.[5]

In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom.[6]

  1. ^ a b Inter Censal Demography Survey 2017 Report, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (2017)
  2. ^ "Africa: GUINEA-BISSAU, People and Society". CIA The World Factbook. 2011.
  3. ^ Religious composition by country, Pew Research, Washington DC (2012)
  4. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007: Zimbabwe. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ US State Dept 2022 report
  6. ^ Freedom House website, retrieved 2024-02-05

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