Religion in Spain

Religious affiliation in Spain (2016).

Catholic Christianity is by far the largest religion in Spain. According to a study by the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research, in 2016 about 68% of Spaniards self-identify as Catholic Christians, 2% as followers of other faiths (including Islam, Protestant Christianity and Buddhism etc.), and about 27% identify as atheists or non-believers. Most Spaniards do not participate regularly in religious worship. This same study shows that of the Spaniards who identify themselves as religious, 59% barely ever goes to mass, 16% go to mass few times a year, 9% few times per month and 15% every Sunday or multiple times per week. Although a majority of Spaniards are Catholics, most, especially those of the young generation, ignore the Church's moral doctrines on issues such as pre-marital sex, sexual orientation or contraception. The total number of parish priests has shrunk from 24,300 in 1975 to 19,307 in 2005. The number of nuns also dropped by 6.9% to 54,160 between 2000 and 2005.

While Roman Catholicism is still the largest religion in Spain, most Spaniards—and especially the younger—choose to ignore the Catholic teachings in morals, politics or sexuality, and do not attend Mass regularly.Agnosticism and atheism enjoy social prestige, according to the general Western European secularization.Culture wars are far more related to politics than religion, and the huge lack of popularity of typically religion-related issues like creationism prevent them from being used in such conflicts. Revivalist efforts by the Catholic Church and other creeds have not had any significant success out of their previous sphere of influence. According to the Eurobarometer 69 (2008), only 3% of Spaniards consider religion as one of their three most important values, even lower than the 7% European average. And according to the 2005 Eurobarometer Poll:

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