Relation between religion, happiness, corruption, and poverty!

This post might hurt many religious-headed people. But then, facts are facts and one has to learn to expect them. Many studies and correlations have revealed that religious countries are poorer. I have in my below table put down the religiousness of a country and matched it with their happiness index rankings, corruption index of that country, and also with the poverty level of that particular nations. And the results are clear. 

More religiousness linked to poverty [Source: Gallup Poll]

The Table and data

Country	Irreligious estimated percentage of 2020*	Happiness index ranking 2020@ (most to least)	Corruption Perception Index ranking 2019 # (most to least)	Poorest country ranking 2019 $ (most to least)
China	90	94	80	118
Sweden	73	7	4	174
Czech Republic	72	19	56	152
The UK	69	13	77	162
Netherlands	66	6	82	178
Azerbaijan	64	89	30	114
Belgium	64	20	75	167
Hong Kong	63	78	76	180
Australia	63	12	77	170
Vietnam	63	83	37	64
Norway	62	5	84	185
Denmark	61	2	87	173
Estonia	60	51	62	148
South Korea	60	61	59	160
Germany	60	17	80	172
Japan	60	62	73	161
Switzerland	58	3	85	182
Israel	58	14	60	153
Canada	57	11	77	168
Spain	57	28	74	159
Ireland	56	16	74	187
Finland	55	1	86	166
Slovenia	53	33	60	151
Austria	53	9	77	171
Latvia	52	57	56	140
France	50	23	69	163
Iceland	49	4	78	177
Belarus	48	75	45	123
Hungary	43	53	44	147
Ukraine	42	123	30	79
Lithuania	40	41	60	150
Albania	39	105	35	94
Bulgaria	39	96	43	128
The USA	39	18	69	181
Portugal	38	59	62	145
Mexico	36	24	29	124
Palestine	35	125	-	-
Chile	34	39	67	130
Iraq	34	110	20	110
Tunisia	33	128	43	90
South Africa	32	109	44	92
Luxembourg	30	10	80	189
Russia	30	73	28	137
Indonesia	30	84	40	137
Mongolia	29	81	35	98
Lebanon	28	111	28	101
Italy	26	30	53	156
Taiwan	24	25	65	175
Saudi Arabia	24	27	53	176
Slovakia	23	37	50	149
Malaysia	23	82	53	143
Peru	23	63	36	100
Bosnia and Herzegovina	22	69	36	97
New Zealand	22	8	87	157
Greece	22	77	48	138
Serbia	21	64	39	113
Argentina	20	55	45	119
Iran	20	118	26	109
Bangladesh	19	107	26	49
Ecuador	18	58	38	84
Uzbekistan	18	38	25	72
Cameroon	17	98	25	40
DR of Congo	17	131	18	61
Brazil	17	32	35	106
South Sudan	16	152	12	9
North Korea	15	-	17	-
Turkey	15	93	39	134
Colombia	14	44	37	103
Croatia	13	79	47	132
Panama	13	36	36	131
Singapore	13	31	85	188
Uruguay	12	26	71	127
Kazakhstan	12	50	34	135
Macedonia	11	90	35	107
Puerto Rico	11	-	-	154
Moldova	10	70	32	62
Poland	10	43	58	145
Romania	9	47	44	133
Afghanistan	9	153	16	16
Kenya	9	121	28	39
Philippines	9	52	34	76
Fiji	8	-	-	86
Georgia	7	117	56	87
Kyrgyzstan	7	74	30	42
Dominican Republic	7	68	28	85
Cuba	7	-	48	-
Armenia	6	116	42	81
Pakistan	6	66	32	54
Papua New Guinea	5	-	28	41
Morocco	5	97	41	74
India	5	144	41	68
Venezuela	2	99	16	-
Tanzania	2	148	37	32
Thailand	2	54	36	121
Nigeria	2	115	26	55
Malta	1	22	54	165
Ghana	1	91	41	60
Uganda	1	126	28	25

*=2020 World Population Review, @=UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, #=Berlin-based Transparency International Report, a score of 50-100 is less corrupt and 0-50 is more corrupt, $=International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook October 2019

[North Korea was not rated in the happiness index. But it has its own list of the top happiest nations in which China comes first followed by North Korea, Cuba Iran, and Venezuela].

The Findings 

The results reveal that less religious a country, the richer it is. Besides, the more religious a country, the more is its corruption index score. And more religious a country, the lesser is the happiness index of that nation. This is not a good finding but it is factual. Religion might be providing an emotional boost to the poor people but it does not help them come out of poverty. Besides, their blind faith in religion makes them get exploited by the religious heads. People, world leaders, and countries including the UN need to look at this aspect of the truth about religion and people! No doubt, more and more people are turning to irreligion for happiness. Make Humanity your religion and justice your motto for a better world of tomorrow! 

Determining factors

There are multiple factors that determine the happiness of people in a region. This holds true for also corruption and growth and money in a country. But the thinking of the majority of the people of a country does greatly impact the happiness, corruption level, and richness of it. And religion has a great influence on people’s thinking. Besides, religion when it started and what it is now are two different things. Religion teaches no violence and almost all religions of the world are doing violence and pointing fingers at each other. In the present state, religion does not help anyone. It only ruins societies. It has become a commercial business and remained limited to customs and rituals only. 

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Religious people are trying to boast and bring it on the streets. Everyone has the right to religion but do it within the realms of your home. Do not get it out in public domains. And do not claim that your religion is better than the other. ALL RELIGIONS ARE EQUAL BUT THERE IS NO ONE ABOVE HUMANITY AND JUSTICE!!!