World Watch List prayer profiles
The world's top 50 worst persecutors of Christians
These prayer profiles are based on our annual World Watch List which ranks countries by the intensity of persecution that Christians face for actively pursuing their faith.
The top 50 countries are categorised as indicated by the colour coding shown on the map above. You can download the latest World Watch List map in PDF format (1Mb).
1. North Korea
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Iran
4. Somalia
5. Maldives
6. Yemen
7. Bhutan
8. Vietnam
9. Laos
10. Afghanistan
11. Uzbekistan
12. China
13. Eritrea
14. Turkmenistan
15. Comoros
16. Chechnya
17. Pakistan
18. Egypt
19. Myanmar (Burma)
20. Sudan (North)
21. Iraq
22. Azerbaijan
23. Brunei
24. Cuba
25. Qatar
26. Libya
27. Nigeria (North)
28. Djibouti
29. India
30. Sri Lanka
31. Algeria
32. Mauritania
33. Morocco
34. Tajikistan
35. Turkey
36. Oman
37. Ethiopia
38. United Arab Emirates
39. Kuwait
40. Jordan
41. Indonesia
42. Belarus
43. Colombia
44. Bangladesh
45. Syria
46. Tunisia
47. Kenya (North-East)
48. Nepal
49. Mexico (South)
50. Bahrain