The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., has ranked Nigeria the second most prayerful country on earth.
While it ranked Afghanistan first, with 96 percent prayer rate, the Centre scored Nigeria second with 95 percent prayer rate.
Recall that in 2019, the Centre’s surveys conducted between 2008 and 2017 consistently upheld Nigeria as the most prayerful country.
The Centre also ranked China (1%), UK (6%), Switzerland (8%), Austria (8%), Czechoslovakia (9%), Germany (9%), Estonia (9%) France (10%) and Denmark (10%) as the least prayerful.
Below is the list of the top nine most prayerful countries:
1. Afghanistan: 96%
2. Nigeria: 95%
3. Algeria: 88%
4. Senegal: 88%
5. Djibouti: 87%
6. Iran: 87%
7. Iraq: 87%
8. Niger: 87%
9. Indonesia: 84%
