According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, about 17 percent of respondents who were raised in the Christian faith reported that they no longer identify with any religion. Similarly, around 14 percent of respondents who were raised as Buddhists expressed a similar shift in their religious identification. In total, about 35 percent of respondents raised in a different religious tradition stated that they no longer identify with any specific religion.
Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023
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Pew Research Center. (June 16, 2024). Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/
Pew Research Center. "Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023." Chart. June 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/
Pew Research Center. "Share of People Who Were Raised in a Religion but Are Now Unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/
Pew Research Center, Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Share of people who were raised in a religion but are now unaffiliated in South Korea in 2023 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481659/south-korea-people-who-no-longer-identify-with-religion/