A recent study about how many Latter-day Saint converts stay Latter-day Saints after just a year in their newfound faith revealed a few surprises.
At least it did to me. The country I served in half a century ago isn’t doing so well.
Uruguay is near the bottom of the list — found at ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com — with a 33% retention rate a year after baptism. Austria and Venezuela finished in the cellar with 25% of converts sticking around longer than a year.
I don’t know what the retention rate was for my mission in 1973-1975.