Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Religion in the European Union is a diverse matter with significant levels of belief in all EU member states. The largest religion in the EU is Christianity, which accounts for 72% of EU population, with its largest denominations being Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (especially in the north), and Eastern Orthodoxy. Smaller groups include those of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and some East Asian religions, most concentrated in Britain and France. Also present are revival movements of pre-Christianity European folk religions including Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, and Druidry.Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularisation. Eurostat's Eurobarometer opinion polls showed in 2010 that 49% of EU citizens did not believe in God. Many countries have experienced falling church attendance and membership in recent years.Countries with the fewest people reporting belief in God are the Czech Republic (16%), Estonia (18%), and Sweden (18%). The most religious countries are Malta (94%; predominantly Roman Catholic), Cyprus (~90%; predominantly Orthodox), and Romania (~90%; predominantly Orthodox). Across the EU, belief is more common with age and is higher amongst women, those with only basic education, and those \"positioning themselves on the right of the political scale (57%)\"."@en }
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- Religion_in_the_European_Union abstract "Religion in the European Union is a diverse matter with significant levels of belief in all EU member states. The largest religion in the EU is Christianity, which accounts for 72% of EU population, with its largest denominations being Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (especially in the north), and Eastern Orthodoxy. Smaller groups include those of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and some East Asian religions, most concentrated in Britain and France. Also present are revival movements of pre-Christianity European folk religions including Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, and Druidry.Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularisation. Eurostat's Eurobarometer opinion polls showed in 2010 that 49% of EU citizens did not believe in God. Many countries have experienced falling church attendance and membership in recent years.Countries with the fewest people reporting belief in God are the Czech Republic (16%), Estonia (18%), and Sweden (18%). The most religious countries are Malta (94%; predominantly Roman Catholic), Cyprus (~90%; predominantly Orthodox), and Romania (~90%; predominantly Orthodox). Across the EU, belief is more common with age and is higher amongst women, those with only basic education, and those \"positioning themselves on the right of the political scale (57%)\".".