Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 who completed tertiary education (2019)
This map is based on the data from OECD for 2019 (Eurostat for Cyprus).
Percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 who participated in lifelong learning (2019)
This map is based on the data from Eurostat for 2019.
Beliefs & Values
Map of traditional religious majorities by region in Europe
Percentage of Muslims by region (2013-17)
This map is based on the data from the Wikipedia as well as many other sources.
Percentage of Atheists, Agnostics and non-religious people (2015-17)
This map is based on the data from the WIN-Gallup Poll for 2017 and the Pew Research Survey for Central and Eastern Europe for 2015, as well as additional data from Wikipedia for a few missing countries.
Percentage of people who do not believe in evolution (creationsim).
The percentages of believers used for this map were calculated based on the averages of five different surveys:
Percentage who say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases (2015-17)
This map is based on the data from the Pew Research, except for Turkey, India, China and Japan, which are from the Ipsos survey for 2017. No data was available for Muslim countries, but another Pew Research survey showed that over 70% of Muslims in Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa believed that abortion was morally wrong (thus less than 30% of support).
World Giving Index (2018)
This map is based on the data from CAF World Giving Index for 2018. It takes into account the percentage of people who donated money to a charity, volunteered your time to an organisation, and helped a stranger, or someone they didn’t know who needed help. It can be seen as a measure of generosity toward strangers.
Lifestyle
Percentage of people who read at least 10 books over the last 12 months
This map is based on the data from Wikipedia (for Europe).
Percentage of households owning a dog (2019)
This map is based on the data from FEDIAF for Europe. Other sources were used for Iceland, Ukraine, the USA, India, China and Japan. Note that pet dogs are very rare in Muslim countries for religious reasons.
This map is based on the Fragile State Index published by the think tank Fund for Peace and the American magazine Foreign Policy. The index aims to assess states' vulnerability to conflict or collapse.
This map is based on the scoring system of the Global Slavery Index for 2018. The index includes data on three key variables: the prevalence in each country, vulnerability and government responses.
Public Opinion
Satisfaction with democracy in own country (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500. Note that results from such surveys can vary a lot from year to year depending on current political events.
Percentage who believes that the EU’s voice counts in the world (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of support for a common EU foreign policy (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of support for a common EU trade policy (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of support for free movement of EU citizens within the EU (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of support for common EU policy on migration (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of respondents feeling positive towards immigrants from other EU countries (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of respondents feeling positive towards immigrants from outside the EU (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.
Percentage of respondents who believe that globalisation is an opportunity for economic growth (September 2019)
This map is based on the data from the European Commission's Eurobarometer for Autumn 2019. The sample size for each country is about 1000, except for Luxembourg, Cyprus and Malta for which it is 500.