Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Divine Healings
Have you experienced or witnessed a divine healing?

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

% responding YesNoDon't know
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 61bar 64bar NA
Cameroonbar 39bar 42bar 24
Chadbar 40bar 41bar 41
Djiboutibar 39bar NAbar 39
DR Congobar 56bar 60bar 48
Ethiopiabar 58bar 63bar 47
Ghanabar 69bar 74bar 28
Guinea Bissaubar 47bar 49bar 45
Kenyabar 50bar 54bar 25
Liberiabar 55bar 58bar 34
Malibar 27bar NAbar 27
Mozambiquebar 35bar 38bar 29
Nigeriabar 52bar 72bar 34
Rwandabar 59bar 61bar NA
Senegalbar 42bar NAbar 41
South Africabar 36bar 38bar NA
Tanzaniabar 48bar 63bar 26
Ugandabar 39bar 40bar 25
Zambiabar 50bar 51bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q67a. Have you ever experienced or witnessed a divine healing of an illness or injury?
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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