According to a survey conducted in Spain in September 2024, 37.6 percent of respondents stated they considered themselves lapsed Catholic. The second-largest denomination was practicing Catholics, with nearly 20 percent of respondents.

Catholicism was the main religion in Spain as of 2022, with a total of **** million adherents. Islam followed second, with *** followers. Catalonia was the autonomous community with the largest number of Muslims in Spain.

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.

Spain: Christians as percent of the total population: The latest value from 2013 is 88.8 percent, a decline from 89.3 percent in 2012. In comparison, the world average is 51.1 percent, based on data from 145 countries. Historically, the average for Spain from 1960 to 2013 is 95.9 percent. The minimum value, 88.8 percent, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 98.9 percent was recorded in 1960.

In June 2025, the percentage of believers in a religion other than Catholicism in Spain reached 3.1 percent. The largest share was reached in May 2024 and January 2025, when 3.7 of respondents claimed to follow a religion other than Catholicism.

ethnic groups in Spain. name, image, country of origin, continent of origin, Language, Religion, religion, population

This data collection is part of a continuing series of semi-monthly surveys of individuals in Spain. Each survey consists of three sections. The first section collects information on respondents' attitudes regarding personal and national issues. This section includes questions on level of life satisfaction and frequency of relationships, as well as a rating of the importance of national issues. The second section varies according to the monthly topic, with this survey's topics focusing on religiosity and social ethics. Among the issues investigated are the concern about the opinion of others in personal decision-making, salient values of Spanish society, religious atmosphere in the family during respondent's childhood, religious practice during childhood, frequency of charitable donations, attitudes toward religious tax, marriage, and the Catholic Church, frequency of discussion about religious issues, and belief in occult sciences, astrology, and numerology. The third section collects demographic data such as sex, age, religion, income, and place of residence.

The foreign population is 11.3% (5,220,577 individuals) over a total of 46,157,822 individuals. Source: Padrón municipal 2008, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Espana (INE).Foreign population in Spain by countries of origin.

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.

In 2022, approximately 88 percent of Muslims living in Spain said they had felt disadvantaged at work because of their clothing. This figure drops to 65 percent for food. Among Jews, nearly 79 percent said they felt discriminated against because of their faith.

Espagne: Christians as percent of the total population: Pour cet indicateur, The Cline Center for Democracy fournit des données pour la Espagne de 1960 à 2013. La valeur moyenne pour Espagne pendant cette période était de 95.9 pour cent avec un minimum de 88.8 pour cent en 2013 et un maximum de 98.9 pour cent en 1960.

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 64 percent of the population were affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, whereas approximately 30 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 2023-2024 school year, about 2.94 million students were enrolled in Catholic religious education. In that year, elementary school students were the largest group, with about 1.35 million enrolled.

In 2023, the number of baptisms celebrated in the Catholic Church in Spain exceeded 152,000, being the second most popular celebratory activity that year, surpassed only by first communions, which totaled almost 162,000.

The number of hate crimes reported in Spain in 2020 amounted to 1,334. In that year, there were a total of 485 crimes registered by racism or xenophobia in the country, the most common one.

According to the source, the percentage of atheists in Spain doubled within 11 years, increasing sharply from 7.7 percent in January 2013 to roughly 16 percent in May 2024.

In the school year 2021/2022, there were 2,021 primary school teachers in Andalusia. Of these, more than 1,900 were teachers of the Catholic religion, 65 were teachers of the Evangelical religion and 28 were teachers of the Islamic religion.

This statistic presents the number of non-Roman Catholic places of worship in Andalusia in Spain in 2020, broken down by province. That year, the Andalusian province with the highest number of places of worship was Málaga with over 290 places, followed by Seville with slightly over two hundred places of worship.

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.