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.[1]

List of secular countries

There are two types of secular countries:

  • Constitutionally secular countries
  • Countries that practice state atheism

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Partially-recognised countries

References

  1. ↑ Madeley, John T. S. and Zsolt Enyedi, Church and state in contemporary Europe: the chimera of neutrality, p. 14, 2003 Routledge