Secular state

Map of secular states in blue. States with state religions are shown in red and ambiguous states are shown in grey.

A secular state is a state that does not have a state religion or a theocracy, instead advocating secularism and a separation of church and state. Most states in the world today are secular states.

List of secular countries

There are two types of secular countries:

• Constitutionally secular countries
• Countries that practice state atheism

Africa

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zimbabwe

Americas

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Paraguay
• Panama
• Peru
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United States
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Asia

• China
• East Timor
• India
• Indonesia
• Israel
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Philippines
• Russia
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Turkey
• Uzbekistan

Europe

• Albania
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Hungary
• Italy
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Moldova
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Ukraine

Oceania

• Australia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Partially-recognised countries

• Northern Cyprus

Related pages

• State religion
• Theocracy
• Freedom of religion
• Irreligion
• Separation of church and state