List of wealthiest religious organizations
Organization | Worth (billion USD) |
Country | Religion/Belief | Notes |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | 265.0 | ![]() |
Church of Latter Day Saints | Includes everything from investments, operating assets(ecclesiastical buildings) and Real estate, mostly from USA[1] |
Catholic Church in Germany | 265.62 to 47.24 | ![]() |
Catholicism | Some sources suggest a value as high as $265.62 billion, while others put it closer to $47.24 billion due to limited public data on the Church's finances. Former totals the value of land, real estate, investments and holdings of the Catholic Church and its institutions[2][3] |
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) | 31.81 | ![]() |
Hinduism | Holdings reportedly includes 10.25 tonnes of gold deposits in banks, 2.5 tonnes of gold jewelry, $1.9 billion in various banks and 980 properties across India[4] |
Muhammadiyah | 27.96 | ![]() |
Sunni Islam | Roughly converted from 400 trillion rupiah as of 2023.[5] |
Catholic Church in France | 23.0[failed verification] | ![]() |
Catholicism | [6][failed verification] |
Catholic Church in Australia | 23.25 | ![]() |
Catholicism | Extrapolated figure from calculating assets and investments in the state of Victoria[7] |
Padmanabhaswamy Temple | 21.43 | ![]() |
Hinduism | No official confirmation, only media reports of Gold Idols, jewelleries, diamonds etc mostly of archeological significance entirely managed by the Temple authorities.[8][9] |
Seventh-day Adventist Church | 15.6 | ![]() |
Adventism | As of 1998[10] |
Church of England | 13.84 | ![]() |
Anglican | Endowment funds.[11] |
Church of Sweden | 11.41 | ![]() |
Lutheran | FY2012. Largely of assets that are in forests, buildings and securities. Another 3.07 billion as annual income.[12] |
Trinity Church | 6.0 | ![]() |
Anglican | [13][14][15] |
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) | 2.8 | ![]() |
Catholicism | [16] |
Church of Scientology | 2.0 | ![]() |
Scientology | [17][18] |
Holy See (Vatican) | Unknown[19] | ![]() |
Catholicism | Not available due to widespread properties globally.[20][21][22] |
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