North Korea Somalia Iraq Extreme Persecution Severe Persecution 1 2 3 Pakistan Eritrea Nigeria Afghanistan Syria Sudan Iran 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Uzbekistan Vietnam Central African Republic Saudi Arabia Maldives Libya Yemen 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ethiopia Egypt Djibouti Kenya Qatar Turkmenistan India China Jordan Bhutan Palestinian Territories Myanmar Brunei Laos Tunisia Malaysia Mexico Tanzania Comoros Algeria Colombia Bangladesh Sri Lanka Tajikistan 50 Mali Oman Turkey Kazakhstan Kuwait Indonesia Azerbaijan Mauritania United Arab Emirates 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 44 45 Moderate Persecution Sparse Persecution Tajikistan 2015 WORLD WATCH LIST The World Watch List is a ranking of the top 50 countries where the persecution of Christians is most severe. Open Doors works in the world’s most oppressive countries, strengthening Christians to stand strong in the face of persecution and equipping them to shine Christ’s light in these places. OpenDoorsUSA.org PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES MEXICO COLOMBIA MALI MAURITANIA ALGERIA TUNISIA LIBYA NIGERIA EGYPT SUDAN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ETHIOPIA KENYA TANZANIA COMOROS MALDIVES SOMALIA DJIBOUTI ERITREA YEMEN OMAN JORDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAUDI ARABIA TURKMENISTAN IRAQ SYRIA TURKEY KAZAKHSTAN PAKISTAN TAJIKISTAN UZBEKISTAN SRI LANKA INDIA CHINA NORTH KOREA BHUTAN BANGLADESH MYANMAR (BURMA) VIETNAM LAOS MALAYSIA INDONESIA BRUNEI QATAR IRAN AFGHANISTAN AZERBAIJAN KUWAIT