According to a global survey conducted in 2020, 36 percent of respondents from the Sub-Saharan Africa region trusted the religious leaders had made a lot of COVID-related decisions based on scientific advice, the highest share across all regions globally. This statistic presents the distribution of public opinion on whether religious leaders based COVID-related decisions on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region.
Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region
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Wellcome Trust. (November 29, 2021). Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/
Wellcome Trust. "Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region." Chart. November 29, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/
Wellcome Trust. (2021). Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/
Wellcome Trust. "Share of Respondents Who Believed Religious Leaders Made Coronavirus-related Decisions Based on Scientific Advice Worldwide in 2020, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/
Wellcome Trust, Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of respondents who believed religious leaders made coronavirus-related decisions based on scientific advice worldwide in 2020, by region [Graph], Wellcome Trust, November 29, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419454/trust-in-religious-leaders-to-give-scientific-advice-for-covid-worldwide-by-region/
