{"id":5317,"date":"2026-10-03T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:13:35","slug":"les-statistiques-des-equipes-notre-dame-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/les-statistiques-des-equipes-notre-dame-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Statistics of the Teams of our Lady 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Teams of Our Lady gather figures from their Super-Regions (SR) and Attached Regions (RR) to follow the life of the Movement. Here are the highlights of the 2026 statistics, based on <strong>2025 data collected in 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Key figures 2025<\/h2>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; margin: 1em 0;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 150px; border-left: 4px solid #2e75b6; background: #f2f7fb; padding: 10px 16px;\"><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; color: #1f4e79; line-height: 1.3;\">15,281<\/span>teams<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 150px; border-left: 4px solid #2e75b6; background: #f2f7fb; padding: 10px 16px;\"><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; color: #1f4e79; line-height: 1.3;\">77,997<\/span>couples<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 150px; border-left: 4px solid #2e75b6; background: #f2f7fb; padding: 10px 16px;\"><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; color: #1f4e79; line-height: 1.3;\">2,941<\/span>widows and widowers<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 150px; border-left: 4px solid #2e75b6; background: #f2f7fb; padding: 10px 16px;\"><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; color: #1f4e79; line-height: 1.3;\">9,683<\/span>spiritual counsellors (priests)<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 150px; border-left: 4px solid #2e75b6; background: #f2f7fb; padding: 10px 16px;\"><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; color: #1f4e79; line-height: 1.3;\">777<\/span>spiritual advisors (non-priests)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Breakdown by zone<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 1em 0;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; min-width: 560px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Zone<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Teams<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Couples<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Widows \/ Widowers<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Spiritual counsellors<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: center; background: #1f4e79; color: #fff; font-weight: bold;\">Spiritual advisors<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: left; background: #eef4f9; font-weight: bold;\" scope=\"row\">Americas<\/th>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">6,312<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">35,851<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">814<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">3,491<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: left; background: #eef4f9; font-weight: bold;\" scope=\"row\">Central Europe and Middle East<\/th>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">3,149<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">13,114<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">706<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">2,459<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: left; background: #eef4f9; font-weight: bold;\" scope=\"row\">Eurafrica<\/th>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">4,671<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">23,427<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">1,164<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">3,310<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: left; background: #eef4f9; font-weight: bold;\" scope=\"row\">Transoceanic<\/th>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">1,149<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">5,605<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">257<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">423<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; text-align: right;\">84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">Total<\/th>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\">15,281<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\">77,997<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\">2,941<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\">9,683<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #888; padding: 5px 8px; background: #dfeaf5; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\">777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trends 2017-2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teams:<\/strong> a record 15,281 teams in 2025 (13,575 in 2017), i.e. <strong>+12.6%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Couples:<\/strong> 77,997 in 2025, the highest level of the period (<strong>+13.7%<\/strong> since 2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widows and widowers:<\/strong> 2,941 in 2025, <strong>+16.2%<\/strong> since 2017, a larger increase than for couples, which points to an ageing age pyramid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spiritual counsellors:<\/strong> 9,683 in 2025, the highest level since 2017 (<strong>+3.7%<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spiritual advisors:<\/strong> a very irregular curve, with another sharp drop in 2025; the underlying data should be checked locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teams without spiritual support:<\/strong> 2,246 teams (15%) have neither a spiritual counsellor nor a spiritual advisor. 13 of 21 SR\/RR exceed 10%, including the 5 largest SR. The rate reaches 65% for SR USA, 47% for Oceania and 38% for Transatlantic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ageing of the teams:<\/strong> 37% of teams beyond piloting are 10 years old or less (40% five years ago, 38% ten years ago), and 32% have more than 20 years of existence (30% and 28% respectively).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spiritual support:<\/strong> spiritual counsellors are better represented in teams of 10 years or less, which is a priority for the Movement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>By Super-Region:<\/strong> Brazil is extending its lead and the largest SR are all growing; SR Spain has been declining steadily since 2019; SR Poland is the only one in its group to grow; among the RR, the Baltic RR shows the strongest growth, followed by Lebanon, Syria and Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1.5em;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 12px 22px; background: #1f4e79; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/STATISTIQUES-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the full report (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #555;\">SR: Super-Region \u2013 RR: Attached Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the RR and SR check the situation of the teams, couples, counselors and spiritual advisors, as well as the status of the pilots and transmit the results to the International Secretariat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fr","pt","es","it","en"],"languages":{"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"pt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"it":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5324,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5317\/revisions\/5324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}