WWL 2025: Over 380 million Christians face high levels of persecution
From Evangelical Focus.
North Korea heads the new Open Doors ranking. North African countries such as Morocco and Algeria appear on the list. “If we lose religious freedom, then all other freedoms fall”.
The World Watch List (WWL) 2025 shows that “more than 380 million Christians face high levels of persecution or discrimination for their faith. Far from receiving equal protection as citizens, in too many cases they are denied basic legal rights in societies hostile to their faith”.
That is the conclusion of the annual report by Open Doors, which has just been published and provides comprehensive figures on the situation facing Christians around the world.
“It is of the utmost importance to defend the rights of all people, of all religions. If we don’t defend all the freedoms of all religions, we can become persecutors”, says Ted Blake, director of Open Doors Spain, to news website Protestante Digital.
In addition to the stifling oppression long endured by underground Christians in North Korea, the 2025 WWL records other trends that have been spreading for years, as well as the relentless lethal violence across much of the African continent. Another negative evolution can be seen in Central Asia.
The 10 most dangerous countries
These are the 10 countries where Christians suffer most because of their faith, according to the 2025 World Watch List:
1. North Korea (98)
2. Somalia (94)
3. Yemen (94)
4. Libya (91)
5. Sudan (90)
6. Eritrea (89)
7. Nigeria (88)
8. Pakistan (87)
9. Iran (86)
10. Afghanistan (85)
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