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Index of persecution of Christians in countries worldwide 2025

Characteristic	Index points (out of 100)
North Korea	98
Somalia	94
Yemen	94
Libya	91
Sudan	90
Eritrea	89
Nigeria	88
Pakistan	87
Iran	86
Afghanistan	85
India	84
Saudi Arabia	81
Myanmar	81
Mali	80
China	78
Maldives	78
Iraq	78
Syria	78
Algeria	77
Burkina Faso	76
Morocco	74
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	74
Mauritania	74
Bangladesh	74
Uzbekistan	73
Cuba	73
Central African Republic	72
Niger	72
Turkmenistan	71
Nicaragua	71
Mexico	71
Oman	70
Ethiopia	70
Tunisia	70
Democratic Republic of Congo	70
Bhutan	69
Mozambique	68
Kazakhstan	68
Tajikistan	68
Egypt	68
Qatar	67
Comoros	67
Cameroon	67
Vietnam	67
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Colombia	66
Kyrgyzstan	66
Brunei Darussalam	66
Chad	65
Jordan	65

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June 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2025

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Numbers were rounded up.

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In 2025, North Korea was the country with the strongest suppression of Christians with an index value of 98. Somalia followed behind with 94, with Yemen in third.

The World Watch List

The index ranges from 0 (complete freedom) to 100 (total suppression). The survey for the World Watch List included various aspects of religious freedom: the legal and official status of Christians, the actual situation of Christians living in the country, regulations from the state as well as factors that can undermine the freedom of religion in a country.

Christianity worldwide

Even though Christianity is the largest religion worldwide, there are many areas of the world where Christians are persecuted. As the list shows, this is especially the case in countries with larger Muslim populations. Moreover, these countries are characterized by their authoritarian nature. The global distribution of religions varies strongly; whereas almost 100 percent of Hindus and Buddhists are found in the Asia-Pacific, Christians are spread around most world regions except the Middle East and North Africa.