According to a survey conducted in Spain in September 2024, **** percent of respondents stated they considered themselves lapsed ********. The second-largest denomination was practicing *********, with nearly ** percent of respondents.

Although traditionally a Catholic country, Spain saw a decline in the number of believers over the past years. Compared to 2011, when the share of believers accounted for slightly over 70 percent of the Spanish population, the Catholic community lost approximately 15 percentage points of their faithful by June 2025 with a share of 56.1 percent of the surveyed population. Believers of a religion other than Catholicism accounted for approximately 3.6 percent of the Spanish population in 2025 according to the most recent data. A Catholic majority, a practicing minority Going to mass is no longer a thing in Spain, or so it would seem when looking at the latest statistics about the matter: over 47 percent of those who consider themselves Catholics almost never attend any religious service in June 2025. The not so Catholic Spain Around 37 percent of the surveyed population stated to be either non-believers or full atheists in 2025. Non-believers or people that do not have a religious faith fluctuated over the past years with the latest figures showing a 21 percent of people that categorize themselves as so. The share of Spanish atheists is on the rise according to the most recent surveys, taking up 13.3 percent of respondents in June 2025.

In 2024, approximately ** percent of the population aged 75 and older reported being religious. In contrast, in the ***** age group, ****percent reported not being religious. Between the ages of ** and **, **** percent were not religious.

Since 1980, the percentage of nonreligious people has more than quadrupled. In that year, 8.5 percent of the Spanish population was nonreligious. By 2024, more than 39 percent of the Spanish population reported not being religious.

In June 2025, the percentage of believers in a religion other than Catholicism in Spain reached *** percent. The largest share was reached in May 2024 and January 2025, when *** of respondents claimed to follow a religion other than Catholicism.

In 2023, approximately 79 percent of the population aged 75 and older reported being religious. In contrast, in the 18-24 age group, 59.9 percent reported not being religious. Between the ages of 45 and 54, 41.2 percent were not religious.

As of May 2023, the Popular Party (PP) is the party that has gained the most voting intentions from the Spanish Catholic population, with nearly 40 percent of practicing Catholics and approximately 27 percent of non-practicing Catholics intending to vote for this party. The preference of non-believing atheists, with more than 22 percent, is towards the Sumar party. As for believers in other religions, more than 24 percent stated that they would not vote in the July 23 elections.

This statistic presents the share of the Spanish population affiliated with a religious denomination in 2018, broken down by specific denomination. To that date, about ** percent of the population were affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, whereas approximately ** percent said they did not have any affiliation with any particular religious denomination.

In 2023, the agnostic group were the least likely to say that paying a woman for sex was acceptable, at about 25 percent. On the other hand, the Spanish residents that believe in a minority religion were the demographic most likely to say this behavior is unacceptable and should be criminalized, at approximately 38 percent.

In the ********* school year, about **** million students were enrolled in Catholic religious education. In that year, elementary school students were the largest group, with about **** million enrolled.

According to the source, the percentage of atheists in Spain doubled within 11 years, increasing sharply from *** percent in January 2013 to roughly ** percent in May 2024.

In 2023, the number of baptisms celebrated in the Catholic Church in Spain exceeded *******, being the second most popular celebratory activity that year, surpassed only by first communions, which totaled almost *******.

This statistic depicts the perception of Spanish respondents on whether they could be happy without religious beliefs, according to a survey conducted in July 2018. Only ** percent of women and men stated that they could not live a happy life without religious beliefs.

According to a survey carried out in Spain in 2020, Maghrebis experienced the most discrimination due to their religion or clothing (such as the veil), with 56 percent. In the same year, 45 percent of people of Indo-Pakistani origin also reported being victim of religious discrimination.

The statistic presents the frequency of prayer of the population affiliated with a religion in Spain in 2019. During that year, ** percent of the respondents stated that they never or almost never pray, while ** percent answered that they pray ever day.

In the school year 2021/2022, there were ***** primary school teachers in Andalusia. Of these, more than ***** were teachers of the Catholic religion, ** were teachers of the Evangelical religion and ** were teachers of the Islamic religion.

In 2023, nearly ** percent of the crimes committed against diseased people were solved. In contrast, less than ** percent of the crimes due to ideology and age discrimination were solved.

According to the source, the percentage of believers who almost never attend mass or other religious services gradually increased from **** percent in 2011 to **** percent in 2020. A sharp decrease was reported the following years, with the share of non-practicing believers falling to approximately **** percent in 2024.

In 2023, more than 25 percent of hate crimes in Spain were committed by perpetrators with an age between 26 and 40 years old. Additionally, men were responsible for the majority of cases, making up 903 of the 1,161 individuals detained or suspected of committing the crime.

Approximately ** percent of pilgrims who arrived in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela in 2024 completed the pilgrimage route for religious reasons. Contrastingly, ** percent of pilgrims were at Santiago de Compostela for non-religious reasons.