What do Italian people think about religion in public life?
Social axis · 🇮🇹 Italy · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
16% of Italian respondents take the position “Laws should be made without looking to any faith.”, against 69% for “Faith should help shape the laws of a country.”, with 15% choosing neither. n = 115, margin of error ±9.3, weighted to Italy's adult population.
Where Italy sits on social
What is measured about Italy on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Births per woman
UN World Population Prospects · 2024
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1.2 |
among the lowest in the world
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Tertiary enrolment
UNESCO UIS · 2023
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76.0% |
somewhat above the middle
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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69.7% |
close to the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on religion in public life
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Faith should help shape the laws of a country.
B · Laws should be made without looking to any faith.
World, unweighted: 47% A ·
20% neither ·
33% B · n = 4741
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16% B 🇮🇹 n=115 |
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The same question, as people put it.
- Italy public opinion on religion in public life
- Religion in public life poll italy
- What do italian people think about religion in public life
- What percentage of italian people support religion in public life
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