Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Exorcisms
Have you experienced or witnessed the devil being driven out of a person?

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 47bar 52bar NA
Cameroonbar 34bar 37bar 18
Chadbar 29bar 29bar 28
Djiboutibar 35bar NAbar 35
DR Congobar 34bar 35bar 33
Ethiopiabar 66bar 74bar 48
Ghanabar 59bar 65bar 15
Guinea Bissaubar 33bar 34bar 31
Kenyabar 39bar 42bar 16
Liberiabar 41bar 41bar 21
Malibar 36bar NAbar 37
Mozambiquebar 44bar 48bar 35
Nigeriabar 34bar 49bar 20
Rwandabar 41bar 42bar NA
Senegalbar 29bar NAbar 28
South Africabar 26bar 28bar NA
Tanzaniabar 51bar 62bar 33
Ugandabar 48bar 50bar 31
Zambiabar 53bar 54bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q67d. Have you ever experienced or witnessed the devil or evil spirits being driven out of a person?
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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