Religion and Poverty in Africa. Why is the ‘Most religious’ country the ‘poorest’?

I haven’t been to all countries in Africa but I have seen enough to understand some of the poverty stories that CNN churn out. Many find these reports offensive because it builds a negative continent equity . Alas, it doesn’t show the other beautiful sides of Africa- Our culture, our people, our values, our vibrancy, a rich history, the arable lands, our entrepreneurs, the tourist locations and so much more.


Statista published the list of nationalities that consider religion most important. Interestingly, 7 out of the top 10 countries with the highest ranking are African. Ethiopia ranked 1st with 98% and Nigeria grabbed the 9th position with 88%. No African country made the bottom 10 list. China has just 3% of her population considering religion important in their lives.

Curiosity creeped in and I did a side by side comparison of the GDP/Capita (amount of average income per person in a country) and the Corruption perception index (A ranking of countries according to the extent to which corruption is understood to occur.) I overlapped these with the religion importance ranking and there is a clear INVERSE relationship between the religion dependency and both the corruption and poverty levels.





Key insights.
China is the LEAST religious country yet its corruption perception level is lower than 7 of the most religious countries.
Ethiopia is the MOST religious country yet it is the ‘poorest’ within this pool which is counter intuitive.
Ukraine which has the lowest GDP/Capita amongst the least religious countries is richer than 90% of the most religious countries.
70% of the least religious countries are less corrupt than the most religious countries.
Japan, the 2nd least religious country ranks 18th on corruption perception index ahead of EVERY top 10 religious country.
From this, it shows the religious dependency in Africa hasn’t translated to lower corruption nor improved economic conditions . Does this mean Africans should become less religious?

I believe some of these actions will go a long way to help.

Focus more on Salvation versus Religion. There will be fewer wars if personal salvation is the focus versus religious intolerance or advocacy.
Practice the GOLDEN rule. ‘Do unto others as you want them to do unto you’. Do this EVERYDAY no matter your title or hierarchy.
Show Love. These days, LOVE is becoming one of the world’s scarcest resources, ahead of precious stones and Energy. If we all truly loved our neighbors, we will think of common good versus personal greed. There will be better leadership , less public funds looting, fewer traffic offences, less hate campaigns, less fake drugs in circulation, less pollution, less oil pipelines damages, less sabotage, less social media bullying. The list is endless
Do what God has placed in your abilities already. This is a sensitive one as it can come across as being less God dependent but the truth is God has given us brains already. Creation is already done; it is not work in progress. We have been given health, amazing arable land, great weather, natural resources and more. We are 1.1 billion Africans; we are 15% of the worlds’ population. It is up to us to turn Africa around.
Why are some of the most religious countries the poorest corrupt countries whilst some of the least religious are the richest and least corrupt?

It is often said that curiosity killed the cat. What are your thoughts?

Tolu Adedeji, March 18th 2016

AFRICA needs to change it's perspective bout Religion, We far Backward and we need to STOP deceiving each other.

Very interesting observations.
I thought I was the only one who'd noticed that the most religious nations on earth are among the poorest.

I'd like to know the explanation our religious colleagues will come up with to explain why this is so.

*following keenly*

Cc KingEbukasBlog, winner01, Joshthefirst

China with all its superstition and forecasting is at the bottom?

It's simple. We Africans claim to consider religion important, but do not imbibe its principles.
In effect, religion is not problem but the people who only practice religion by mouth, but do not live it out.
For the purpose of this piece, we'll consider Christianity a religion (but it's not!). What does Jesus Christ (the originator of the "religion" ) teach and stand for? Love, peace, kindness, gentleness, tolerance, humility, discipline, diligence, integrity, forgiveness, charity... we could go on and on; but I'm sure you get the point.
Besides, America, Europe and the rest of the "developed" world, for me, is not even the benchmark for a proper society, they lack in many areas. There's still a lot of deprivation, greed, insanity, immorality, sadness, depression, corruption in these countries; so, for me, they are not the prototype for the perfect society!
The perfect society? God's Soon Coming Kingdom! It's a kingdom where everyone is driven by genuine love for the next person; where my every action is born out of the desire to add real value to the other person's life; where I'll give my all and more - and you'll give your all and more - to ensure the next person (be it a stranger or a loved one) gets the best. That world is coming, pretty soon. There'll be no more deprivation, greed, immorality, insanity, pollution, hunger, famine, wars, senseless and inexplicable killings, corruption - there'll be none of these in that kingdom!
My point? Religion - especially as Africans "practice" it with their mouths and not their hearts - will not only keep in this current mess, but will make things far worse!
What I think? Embrace God, believe in the sacrifice of His son Jesus, imbibe His principles - because at the very core of man's failings is our disobedience to God (sin).
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It is because the religious nations get more attacks from the devil, he wants them to suffer and forget God in their hardship, but for the believers we are called to a life of victory in Christ, he will supply all our needs and wants. Our economy is not of this world we have been made to live continuously in victory 1corinth15v57

The most religious country is the Vatican, with 100% Christianity, and there's no poverty there.

Cafeteria Christianity, each group placing on their plate the portion, or portions of Scripture that appeal most to them. “We want this, but we will ignore that.” “We will take one of these, but we will leave the others off our plate.” But we can not pick and choose whatever doctrine suits our appetites, as though it is left up to us to sere ourselves.

Satan’s ministers of righteousness would appeal to people to reform, God does not make that appeal! God is not patiently waiting for people to change their mind about what they do, many have done that thinking it gains salvation.

Today people think they have to ask God to forgive them for the sins that God is no longer charging to their account in the first place. Ministers of righteousness would have people believe God is not totally reconciled in his mind. Satan and his forces want to keep sin on the table of God’s justice today, as much in the Age of Grace as he has in the other ages.

USA and UK were built by christian founders on christian principles, we all know where they are today even though their children are going against the ways of their fathers. China has an ever increasing population of christians even though it suppresses religion and we all know how her econony is doing. Saudi arabia is religious and are doing well as far as sharia and islam are concerned. North Korea is an official atheist state ruled by an atheist psycho in what is presently the worlds most oppressive dictatorship, that executes religious people indiscriminately and has thousands of them in concentration camps where they are indoctrinated daily with atheism, and also has most of its citizens battling with malnutrition.

So to say religion impedes development is not only unfounded but laughable. Nigeria for example is a terribly superstituous and hypocritic nation and not a religious nation. She has at the helm of her affairs thugs who revere neither God nor human life and will steal in billions even if millions of lives will be lost as a result. An average Nigerian has been so affected by hardship that it has affected his/her mentality, compassion, love etc. Many of them even look for the next person they can dupe.

The same way there are many churches in Nigeria is the same way there is much money in Nigeria(but hoarded by a few thieves). This does not necessarily mean that Nigerians are truthfully religious neither does it mean that most Nigerians are enjoying the money in circulation.

Skeptics can keep making themselves happy by preaching that Nigeria is religious. I have no problems with that if it makes them sleep well.

trueking:
It is because the religious nations get more attacks from the devil, he wants them to suffer and forget God in their hardship, but for the believers we are called to a life of victory in Christ, he will supply all our needs and wants. Our economy is not of this world we have been made to live continuously in victory 1corinth15v57

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Especially African nations

winner01:
USA and UK were built by christian founders on christian principles, we all know where they are today even though their children are going against the ways of their fathers. China has an ever increasing population of christians even though it suppresses religion and we all know how her econony is doing. Saudi arabia is religious and are doing well as far as sharia and islam are concerned.

The uk and usa are secular. The USA is a secular country by constitution (establishment clause). The UK is secular in its policies (despite having an unelected number of Bishops in it govt- which they will soon scrap).

I hope you know that when the UK and USA were founded by your christian principles, they were racist, slavery abiding, misogynist and genocidal. Your so-called christian prinicples involved slavery and all many kinds of wickedness involved in tribalistic thinking.


Today, we find that Secular coutries are more peaceful and prosperous. The America you call is not even one of the top 5 most developed countries in the world. They are- Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark- strongly secular or atheistic countries.


Saudi Arabia is not doing well. Stop being ignorant- one of the worst countries for human rights and women. There is poverty in saudi- dont let the sheiks and princes fool you

China is a communist country. You can be an atheist and still be religious. Communism is an atheistic state religion. Why dont you point out thatSouth Korea is an atheist country? hmm?

winner01:

North Korea is an official atheist state ruled by an atheist psycho in what is presently the worlds most oppressive dictatorship, that executes religious people indiscriminately and has thousands of them in concentration camps where they are indoctrinated daily with atheism, and also has most of its citizens battling with malnutrition.

North Korea is a communist country. It follows a state religion.

winner01:

So to say religion impedes development is not only unfounded but laughable. Nigeria for example is a terribly superstituous and hypocritic nation and not a religious nation. She has at the helm of her affairs thugs who revere neither God nor human life and will steal in billions even if millions of lives will be lost as a result. An average Nigerian has been so affected by hardship that it has affected his/her mentality, compassion, love etc. Many of them even look for the next person they can dupe.

The same way there are many churches in Nigeria is the same way there is much money in Nigeria(but hoarded by a few thieves). This does not necessarily mean that Nigerians are truthfully religious neither does it mean that most Nigerians are enjoying the money in circulation.

Skeptics can keep making themselves happy by preaching that Nigeria is religious. I have no problems with that if it makes them sleep well.

Nigeria is not a religious nation? Does the bible tell you to lie? Nigeria that ranks as one of the most religious countries in the world?

KingEbukasBlog:
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Lol....keep booking space. ur friend winner01 has run away

Logicbwoy:



The uk and usa are secular. The USA is a secular country by constitution (establishment clause). The UK is secular in its policies (despite having an unelected number of Bishops in it govt- which they will soon scrap).

I hope you know that when the UK and USA were founded by your christian principles, they were racist, slavery abiding, misogynist and genocidal. Your so-called christian prinicples involved slavery and all many kinds of wickedness involved in tribalistic thinking.

Today, we find that Secular coutries are more peaceful and prosperous. The America you call is not even one of the top 5 most developed countries in the world. They are- Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark- strongly secular or atheistic countries.


Saudi Arabia is not doing well. Stop being ignorant- one of the worst countries for human rights and women. There is poverty in saudi- dont let the sheiks and princes fool you

China is a communist country. You can be an atheist and still be religious. Communism is an atheistic state religion. Why dont you point out thatSouth Korea is an atheist country? hmm?



North Korea is a communist country. It follows a state religion.






Nigeria is not a religious nation? Does the bible tell you to lie? Nigeria that ranks as one of the most religious countries in the world?

What kind of bs response is that .

1. There are only 3 recognized countries that practice state atheism - Vietnam , China and North Korea . These countries are intolerant of religious beliefs and practices . You can get arrested for practicing religion in these countries - that's a total abuse of human rights [North Korea] .

2. Secularism is not atheism . The nascence of secularism began in the Church . Theists majorly are secularists .

3.UK is now becoming religious due to proliferation of Muslims in the country . The preponderance of faith schools in Britain is very significant

4. Communism promotes atheism as a fundamental tenet , so its illogical to say atheism still has anything to do with religion . Karl Marx, the father of Communism, once said that "religion is the opium of the people". Lenin who popularized Marx's view see religion as negative to human development . So communist states make use of Marxism–Leninism ideology - this makes them atheistic and anti religion .

Soviet Union practiced this at its best . Inflicting pain and suffering to the religious people - wickedness and inhumane punishments to the recalcitrant ones

5. Saudi Arabia has the 10th lowest poverty rate in the world - 5.6 million Saudi Arabians are poor out of 28.8 million . The rich are preponderant too . Taiwan is first - very much diversified in religion .Followed closely behind is Malaysia ( Islam & Christianity )

6. Nigeria is not a religious country . Its a superstitious one , like China

KingEbukasBlog:


What kind of bs response is that .

1. There are only 3 recognized countries that practice state atheism - Vietnam , China and North Korea . These countries are intolerant of religious beliefs and practices . You can get arrested for practicing religion in these countries - that's a total abuse of human rights [North Korea] .

2. Secularism is not atheism . The nascence of secularism began in the Church . Theists majorly are secularists .

3.UK is now becoming religious due to proliferation of Muslims in the country . The preponderance of faith schools in Britain is very significant

4. Communism promotes atheism as a fundamental tenet , so its illogical to say atheism still has anything to do with religion . Karl Marx, the father of Communism, once said that "religion is the opium of the people". Lenin who popularized Marx's view so religion as negative to human development . So communist states make use of Marxism–Leninism ideology - this makes them atheistic and anti religion .

Soviet Union practiced this at its best . Inflicting pain and suffering to the religious people - wickedness and inhumane punishments to the recalcitrant ones

5. Saudi Arabia has the 10th lowest poverty rate in the world - 5.6 million Saudi Arabians are poor out of 28.8 million . The rich are preponderant too . Taiwan is first - very much diversified in religion .Followed closely behind is Malaysia ( Islam & Christianity )

6. Nigeria is not a religious country . Its a superstitious one , like China

1) No country today practices "state atheism". It does not exist in this world today. A common descriptor for North Korea, China, Vietnam etc is communism. If you read the wikipedia article on state atheism, you would notice that it is written in past tense. Soviet union is no more a country. Your theory is outdated. There are hardly any scholarly journals for "state atheism". It is a useless descriptor. There is communism- a well researched political system.


2) Secularism is not religion or religious- it is a separation of church and state. Yes, it is not atheism but it removes religion from government policies. The countries I mentioned as the top 5 developed countries are not only secular but have a signiifcant number of atheists and also, religion has little effect on their daily life.


3) The UK more religious? You must be joking. I take it that you do not read about the UK and you have never been there. Every year, the number of atheists/agnostics grow, every year they strip the power of the church of England, every year they make new milestones on gay rights. The faith schools that you are praising have been investigated and are now under heavy regulation- they have lost funding and they cant force religion on any student. Faith schools are now at a standstill.


4) You can be atheist and still religious- ergo Buddhism. Communism is still a state religion. God and the church are replaced by worship of the state. Do you see any Koreans or Chinese talk badly of their country on TV? Them born them?


5) Bullshite. Saudi has an ever-increasing poverty level. I refuse to accept the propaganda by Arabian media. The report is not corroborated by any other source. We can even ignore the poverty in Saudi to look at the gross human rights violations and the backwardness towards women- is that a country you should be promoting? I would love to see the studies on poverty that ranks Saudi Arabia so highly.



6) Nigeria is not a religious country? Keep deceiving yourself. Maybe christianity and islam are not religions, clown.

KingEbukasBlog:


What kind of bs response is that .

1. There are only 3 recognized countries that practice state atheism - Vietnam , China and North Korea . These countries are intolerant of religious beliefs and practices . You can get arrested for practicing religion in these countries - that's a total abuse of human rights [North Korea] .

2. Secularism is not atheism . The nascence of secularism began in the Church . Theists majorly are secularists .

3.UK is now becoming religious due to proliferation of Muslims in the country . The preponderance of faith schools in Britain is very significant

4. Communism promotes atheism as a fundamental tenet , so its illogical to say atheism still has anything to do with religion . Karl Marx, the father of Communism, once said that "religion is the opium of the people". Lenin who popularized Marx's view so religion as negative to human development . So communist states make use of Marxism–Leninism ideology - this makes them atheistic and anti religion .

Soviet Union practiced this at its best . Inflicting pain and suffering to the religious people - wickedness and inhumane punishments to the recalcitrant ones

5. Saudi Arabia has the 10th lowest poverty rate in the world - 5.6 million Saudi Arabians are poor out of 28.8 million . The rich are preponderant too . Taiwan is first - very much diversified in religion .Followed closely behind is Malaysia ( Islam & Christianity )

6. Nigeria is not a religious country . Its a superstitious one , like China

Erm.. Excuse me, the ethnic Brits who are the indigenes of the UK are not religious.
Islam may be rising in the UK due to immigration of ppl from subsaharan Africa and Asia but the host population...Britain as a whole....

JackBizzle:



1) No country today practices "state atheism". It does not exist in this world today. A common descriptor for North Korea, China, Vietnam etc is communism. If you read the wikipedia article on state atheism, you would notice that it is written in past tense. Soviet union is no more a country. Your theory is outdated. There are hardly any scholarly journals for "state atheism". It is a useless descriptor. There is communism- a well researched political system.


2) Secularism is not religion or religious- it is a separation of church and state. Yes, it is not atheism but it removes religion from government policies. The countries I mentioned as the top 5 developed countries are not only secular but have a signiifcant number of atheists and also, religion has little effect on their daily life.


3) The UK more religious? You must be joking. I take it that you do not read about the UK and you have never been there. Every year, the number of atheists/agnostics grow, every year they strip the power of the church of England, every year they make new milestones on gay rights. The faith schools that you are praising have been investigated and are now under heavy regulation- they have lost funding and they cant force religion on any student. Faith schools are now at a standstill.


4) You can be atheist and still religious- ergo Buddhism. Communism is still a state religion. God and the church are replaced by worship of the state. Do you see any Koreans or Chinese talk badly of their country on TV? Them born them?


5) Bullshite. Saudi has an ever-increasing poverty level. I refuse to accept the propaganda by Arabian media. The report is not corroborated by any other source. We can even ignore the poverty in Saudi to look at the gross human rights violations and the backwardness towards women- is that a country you should be promoting? I would love to see the studies on poverty that ranks Saudi Arabia so highly.



6) Nigeria is not a religious country? Keep deceiving yourself. Maybe christianity and islam are not religions, clown.

Some people actually don't know that true Christianity is not a religion but a way of life.
Religion has more often than not been used to coerce people's mind and make them do things which is totally against the true nature of God whom they are trying to have access to. Until people learn that you can't have access to God using a set of man made rules and practices the better for them.

Logicbwoy:



The uk and usa are secular. The USA is a secular country by constitution (establishment clause). The UK is secular in its policies (despite having an unelected number of Bishops in it govt- which they will soon scrap).

I hope you know that when the UK and USA were founded by your christian principles, they were racist, slavery abiding, misogynist and genocidal. Your so-called christian prinicples involved slavery and all many kinds of wickedness involved in tribalistic thinking.


Today, we find that Secular coutries are more peaceful and prosperous. The America you call is not even one of the top 5 most developed countries in the world. They are- Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark- strongly secular or atheistic countries.

The same christianity that propelled the abolition of those evil practices?

Look, You dont have to side with secularism. None of those countries is an atheist state. You can also call Nigeria an islamic state because she has more number of muslims.

Logicbwoy:


Saudi Arabia is not doing well. Stop being ignorant- one of the worst countries for human rights and women. There is poverty in saudi- dont let the sheiks and princes fool you

China is a communist country. You can be an atheist and still be religious. Communism is an atheistic state religion. Why dont you point out thatSouth Korea is an atheist country? hmm?

Saudi-arabia is not doing well economically? interesting.

If You equate irreligion to atheism or do not know that there is a surge in the number of christians in south korea or do not know that south korea is not an atheist country. Then you aren't even worthy of anyone's attention.

Logicbwoy:

North Korea is a communist country. It follows a state religion.



Nigeria is not a religious nation? Does the bible tell you to lie? Nigeria that ranks as one of the most religious countries in the world?

Ranked by who? The same people that ranked Nigeria as economically progressive? You do not deserve anyone's time.

Nigeria is not a Religious country but it has more than 96% of it's population either Christian or Muslim and up to 2% for other religions

Recognizes Sharia for some part of the country in it's constitution..

Seriously Nigeria is not a religious country??

Only a mor0n would say that ...

I have noticed most people are beginning to exclude their religions from being a religion.

The "tag" religion has become so degraded that even top notch religions will fight tooth and nail to claim they are not a religion ..

this is good We are getting there.

Nobody wants to be classified religious again it is now "Islam is a way of life not a religion, Christianity is not a religion but relationship bla bla bla"

Religions don't want to be religions again!!!

Well i am loving this thread by the way

Lwkmd

johnydon22:


I have noticed most people are beginning to exclude their religions from being a religion.

The "tag" religion has become so degraded that even top notch religions will fight tooth and nail to claim they are not a religion ..

this is good We are getting there.

Nobody wants to be classified religious again it is now "Islam is a way of life not a religion, Christianity is not a religion but relationship bla bla bla"

Religions don't want to be religions again!!!

+ 100

I also made that observation. In the thread of Joseph, there was this adherent of Hinduism claiming that it is not a religion, but a way of life.

What then is a religion?

LoJ:

+ 100

I also made that observation. In the thread of Joseph, there was this adherent of Hinduism claiming that it is not a religion, but a way of life.

What then is a religion?

Hinduism refers to both the Hindi culture (way of life) and also to the religion founded on that very culture (Hinduism)

It can be used to to refer to both differently but Hindiusm (religion) is sorely a religion like every other.

In fact it's myths and philosophies also influenced that of Buddhism, Toaism, Janism.

Well i have been noticing this for long.

-No religion wants to be associated with Religion anymore . it is both funny and curious ..

Cus it begs the question Why is it that no religion wants to be recognized as a religion anymore?

Something must be behind that, why are all desperately trying to remove the tag religion when you are a religion.

"its a way of life" that my friend is what we call Culture not religion and both Christianity and islam is not anybody's culture but are sorely religions

Even the Igbo religion is a religion but a tiny part of the totality of igbo culture..

Well lets keep watching religions run away from being called religions and enjoy the comedy while it lasts..

Imagine Nigeria is not a religious country, Islam and Christianity are both ways of life.. Since when did our culture become Christianity and Islam

That's plain idiocy!!!

Since all religions are desperately trying to exclude themselves from being a religion then my brother we can all agree something is seriously wrong with Religion

Were these highly religious nations (as regards the Christian ones) so from the start? NO. Either they were steeped in idolatry or demon worship. After centuries in darkness and the concomittant evils that span generations, the citizens, realizing the folly they inherited are turning to God but reversing the evil effects of centuries of demon worship will not take place in one day.

Besides, not every body among them who turns to God does so sincerely! For many, it could be said thus that:

33 They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
2 Kings 17:33

Hence it wont be right to blame their poverty on that which they turned to but on that which they turned from and the depth of sincerity of their turning!

winner01:
The same christianity that propelled the abolition of those evil practices?

Look, You dont have to side with secularism. None of those countries is an atheist state. You can also call Nigeria an islamic state because she has more number of muslims.

Saudi-arabia is not doing well economically? interesting.

If You equate irreligion to atheism or do not know that there is a surge in the number of christians in south korea or do not know that south korea is not an atheist country. Then you aren't even worthy of anyone's attention.

Ranked by who? The same people that ranked Nigeria as economically progressive? You do not deserve anyone's time.

Seriously bro , JackBizzle does not deserve anyone's time . I deal with facts as a well informed media personality . I have never seen so much ignorance in one post . I'll just let him be .

bxcode:
Some people actually don't know that true Christianity is not a religion but a way of life.
Religion has more often than not been used to coerce people's mind and make them do things which is totally against the true nature of God whom they are trying to have access to. Until people learn that you can't have access to God using a set of man made rules and practices the better for them.

If christianity is not a religion but a way of life then football is not a sport but a way of kicking a ball.

lepasharon:


Erm.. Excuse me, the ethnic Brits who are the indigenes of the UK are not religious.
Islam may be rising in the UK due to immigration of ppl from subsaharan Africa and Asia but the host population...Britain as a whole....

Being religious is ambiguous - the level of dedication to one's faith and one's affiliation to a particular religion . So with this understanding , we can say that the level of dedication to the Christian faith in Britain has dropped . Dont get it twisted .

JackBizzle:


If christianity is not a religion but a way of life then football is not a sport but a way of kicking a ball.

great reasoning

winner01:
The same christianity that propelled the abolition of those evil practices?

Look, You dont have to side with secularism. None of those countries is an atheist state. You can also call Nigeria an islamic state because she has more number of muslims.

You are right- they are not "atheistic" countries. They are secular countries with a significant amount of atheists. However, it still shows that religion is not a serious factor when it comes to national progress.

The abolition of slavery also had secular influences. And secondly, if someone set your house on fire but later ended the fire, does that make the person a good person? Why did christian Europe/America involve themselves in slave trade and colonialism at first?

winner01:

Saudi-arabia is not doing well economically? interesting.

Wow, so if there are 100 people in a village but 10 are rich and 90 are poor, does that mean that the village is rich? Saudi Arabia is not near the 10 most developed countries or strongest economies- they manufacture nothing, provide no special service except pilgrimage to muslims. They are nothing but oil.

winner01:

If You equate irreligion to atheism or do not know that there is a surge in the number of christians in south korea or do not know that south korea is not an atheist country. Then you aren't even worthy of anyone's attention.

Ranked by who? The same people that ranked Nigeria as economically progressive? You do not deserve anyone's time.

Nigeria is not a religious country? You are arguing with the ranking? You, a Nigerian that knows that there are churches and mosques at every corner?

Nigeria is religious by every study, every criteria and by law. Guy, dont be ignorant