Greater number of Swiss confess to no religious faith

Increasing numbers of people with no religious affiliation
 Increasing numbers of people with no religious affiliation Keystone-SDA

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People with no religious affiliation have been the largest group responding to Swiss faith surveys since 2022. This population continued to grow in 2023, reaching 36% (2022: 34%).

This content was published on January 27, 2025 –

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At the same time, the proportion of Catholics fell from 32% to 31%, according to the Federal Statistical Office. Members of the national Evangelical Reformed Church fell from 21% to 19%.

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Regardless of religious affiliation, 87% of those who attend a collective church service between one and five times a year do so for social reasons, such as weddings or funerals.

As for children, almost a third of those under 15 had no religious affiliation in 2019, compared with a quarter in 2014. Over the same period, the proportion of Protestant children fell from 23.1% to 19%.

The changes observed for other religious affiliations between 2014 and 2019 are not significant.

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source https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/increasing-numbers-of-people-with-no-religious-affiliation/88786224

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