Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Concerns About Extremism
How concerned are you about extremist religious groups in your country?

Select a response option and use the arrows to sort the data alphabetically, by total population, among Christians or among Muslims.

% responding Very concernedSomewhat concernedNot too / not at all concernedNo opinion
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 41bar 39bar NA
Cameroonbar 47bar 48bar 41
Chadbar 39bar 40bar 39
Djiboutibar 41bar NAbar 41
DR Congobar 36bar 32bar 48
Ethiopiabar 37bar 33bar 45
Ghanabar 24bar 23bar 30
Guinea Bissaubar 18bar 17bar 19
Kenyabar 37bar 37bar 40
Liberiabar 25bar 23bar 25
Malibar 55bar NAbar 55
Mozambiquebar 40bar 41bar 39
Nigeriabar 45bar 45bar 46
Rwandabar 29bar 30bar NA
Senegalbar 71bar NAbar 70
South Africabar 45bar 43bar NA
Tanzaniabar 51bar 49bar 52
Ugandabar 40bar 40bar 37
Zambiabar 30bar 30bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q86. How concerned, if at all, are you about extremist religious groups in our country these days? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned, or not at all concerned about extremist religious groups in our country these days?
Read the survey methodology and the topline questionnaire

Notes

In countries where there were too few interviews with either Muslims or Christians, that subpopulation was not analyzed. Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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