A bigger share of Australians than respondents in most other countries think religion does more harm than good in the world, new polling has revealed.
It showed 49 per cent of respondents across all countries agreed with the statement "religion does more harm in the world than good".
But the proportion of Australians agreeing with that statement was well above the international average at 63 per cent.
"Australia is one of the more negative countries regarding the perceived harm that religion does," David Elliott from the Ipsos Social Research Institute said.
Only Belgium (68 per cent) had a higher proportion than Australia who agreed religion does more harm than good, while Germany and Spain were on par with Australia.
Japan was least likely to think that religion does more harm than good in the world (26 per cent) followed by Russia and South Korea (both with 36 per cent).
The share in the United States who think religion does more harm than good in the world was also well below the international average at 39 per cent. »
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