World Christian Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).

Table Field Description
version_2020_country Missionaries Sent 2010 2010. Number of this country's citizen missionaries working abroad.
version_2020_country Missionaries Sent per m Christians Number of this country's citizen missionaries abroad, per million of its own Christians.
version_2020_country Muslim % Number of Muslims as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020.
version_2020_country Muslims Number of Muslims in this country's population.
version_2020_country Muslims who know Christians Muslims who know Christians.
version_2020_country National Christian workers 2010. Number of Citizen Christian workers in this country. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national.
version_2020_country National Christian workers per m Number of citizen Christian workers working in this country, per million of this country's population. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national.
version_2020_country Net Worth per capita Net worth per person, 2000, expressed in $US. See Wealth per capita for 2018 data.
version_2020_country New Chr pa 2025 Projected net gain or loss in the number of new Christians each year for this country by 2025. The formula used to arrive at this is: Christian births + converts - Christian deaths - Christian defectors.
version_2020_country New Chr pa 2050 Projected net gain or loss in the number of new Christians each year for this country by 2050. The formula used to arrive at this is: Christian births + converts - Christian deaths - Christian defectors.
version_2020_country New Christians % pa Each year, new Christians represent this percentage of the nation's Affiliated Christians. This percentage is based on the country's Christian population in 2000 and 2020, plus the death percentage and an adjustment for exceptional emmigration patterns.
version_2020_country New religionist % Number of New religionists (neoreligionists) as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020.
version_2020_country New religionists Number of New religionists (Neoreligionists) in this country's population.
version_2020_country non-Christians who know Christians non-Christians who know Christians.
version_2020_country No-Scripture languages count Count of languages with no book of scripture translated.
version_2020_country NT Achievement % New Testaments actually distributed over the past 20 years as a percentage of the desired goal for this country.
version_2020_country NT Duplicate pa Number of New Testaments distributed each year in Bibles in this country. Distribution (free subsidized, commercial).
version_2020_country NT Goal Goal for the number of New Testaments to be placed in this country. Equals the number of literate Christians.
version_2020_country NT Goal pa The number of New Testaments that must be dispensed each year to meet distribution goals in this country.
version_2020_country NT languages count Count of ISO languages with a New Testament translation.
version_2020_country NT Other pa Number of New Testaments distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), each year in this country.
version_2020_country NT Total pa Total number of New Testaments distributed in this country by both the United Bible Societies (UBS) and other agencies.
version_2020_country NT UBS pa Number of New Testaments distributed each year by the United Bible Societies (UBS) in this country (5 year average).
version_2020_country NTs in place New Testaments distributed in the past 20 yrs (= in place)".
version_2020_country Offers per capita pa A scientific count producing numbers of concrete disciple-opportunities, invitations, chances to hear the gospel and become disciples of Christ. This is a per year/ per capita figure for the cited country.
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