Evangelicals are no longer going to church as much. The habit of attending churches more than once a week is still high in the group, but this share has dropped from 65% to 53% in the last six years, if comparing Datafolha surveys carried out in 2016 and 2022. The custom of going to at least two services weekly decreased across all religions. Of those interviewed who declare some faith, 29% have this routine of intense devotion. In 2016, it was 34%. Evangelicals are more generous than Catholics when it comes to contributing financially to their churches: 42% say they do so all the time, while 34% of the other Christian denominations donate regularly.
Datafolha's latest round of interviews, conducted on June 22 and 23 with 2,556 people in 181 cities, included questions about the religious experience in Brazil. The margin of error for the total sample is two percentage points. See the main points raised by the survey.
We have a large Christian majority: 51% of the population declare themselves Catholic, and 26%, Evangelical. There are still 2% Adventists, another line of Christianity. Other religions make up 5% of the sample. There are still 12% left, which are Brazilians who say they do not have a specific faith.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon