Country

2013

www.WorldWatchList.us

A ranking of the

50 countries where

persecution of Christians

is most severe.

EXTREME PERSECUTION

SEVERE PERSECUTION

MODERATE PERSECUTION

SPARSE PERSECUTION

= Increase in rank
= Decrease in rank
= Rank stayed the same

Rank 2012

North Korea.............................1.......................... 1
Saudi Arabia............................2..........................3
Afghanistan.............................3..........................2
Iraq................................................4..........................9
Somalia.......................................5..........................4
Maldives....................................6.......................... 6
Mali...............................................7........................n/a
Iran................................................8..........................5
Yemen.........................................9..........................8
Eritrea.........................................10........................11
Syria ............................................11........................36
Sudan.........................................12....................16
Nigeria.......................................13........................13
Pakistan.....................................14........................10
Ethiopia.....................................15........................38
Uzbekistan..............................16.........................7
Libya............................................17........................26
Laos..............................................18........................12
Turkmenistan........................19........................18
Qatar...........................................20........................22
Vietnam....................................21........................19
Oman..........................................22........................27
Mauritania...............................23........................14
Tanzania.................................... 24......................n/a
Egypt........................................... 25.......................15
United Arab Emirates...... 26.......................37
Brunei......................................... 27.......................28
Bhutan....................................... 28.......................17
Algeria........................................ 29.......................23
Tunisia........................................ 30.......................35
India............................................. 31.......................32
Myanmar.................................. 32.......................33
Kuwait........................................ 33.......................30
Jordan........................................ 34.......................40
Bahrain...................................... 35.......................46
Palestinian Territories...... 36.......................44
China........................................... 37.......................21
Azerbaijan............................... 38.......................25
Morocco.................................... 39.......................29
Kenya.......................................... 40......................n/a
Comoros................................... 41.......................24
Malaysia.................................... 42.......................50
Djibouti..................................... 43.......................39
Tajikistan..................................44.......................34
Indonesia................................. 45.......................43
Colombia.................................. 46.......................47
Uganda...................................... 47......................n/a
Kazakhstan............................. 48.......................45
Kyrgyzstan.............................. 49.......................48
Niger........................................... 50......................n/a