The Catholic majority in Mexico is slipping, as Protestants surpassed 10 percent of the population in the country for the first time ever.<\/p>\n
According to recently released data from Mexico\u2019s 2020 census, the Protestant\/evangelical movement increased<\/a> from 7.5 percent in 2010 to 11.2 percent last year.<\/p>\n The Catholic Church has historically dominated the religious landscape across Latin America, but especially in Mexico, which ranks<\/a> among the most heavily Catholic countries in the region. Today, though an overwhelming majority of Mexicans still identify as Catholic, declines are accelerating.<\/p>\n It took 50 years\u2014from 1950 to 2000\u2014for the proportion of Catholics in Mexico to drop from 98 percent<\/a> to 88 percent. Now, only two decades later, that percentage has slipped another 10 points to 77.7 percent.<\/p>\n National church leaders attribute the boom in Protestantism to a range of factors, from the influence of Americans and fellow Latin Americans in the country to effective evangelical outreach in indigenous areas.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n It took 50 years\u2014from 1950 to 2000\u2014for the proportion of Catholics in Mexico to drop from 98% to 88%. <\/p>\n Now, only two decades later, that percentage has slipped another 10 points to 77.7%. https:\/\/t.co\/dasMAE3xBq<\/a><\/p>\n — Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n
![ranks<\/a> among the most heavily Catholic countries in the region. Today, though an overwhelming majority of Mexicans still identify as Catholic, declines are accelerating.<\/p>\nIt took 50 years\u2014from 1950 to 2000\u2014for the proportion of Catholics in Mexico to drop from 98 percent<\/a> to 88 percent. Now, only two decades later, that percentage has slipped another 10 points to 77.7 percent.<\/p>\nNational church leaders attribute the boom in Protestantism to a range of factors, from the influence of Americans and fellow Latin Americans in the country to effective evangelical outreach in indigenous areas.<\/p>\nRead it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nIt took 50 years\u2014from 1950 to 2000\u2014for the proportion of Catholics in Mexico to drop from 98% to 88%. <\/p>\nNow, only two decades later, that percentage has slipped another 10 points to 77.7%. https:\/\/t.co\/dasMAE3xBq<\/a><\/p>\n— Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n](\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/11\/PR_14.11.13_latinAmerica-overview_revised3-00.png\"){kind=link}