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

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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

MEXICO

COLOMBIA

MALIMAURITANIA

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

LIBYA

NIGERIA

EGYPT

SUDAN

CENTRAL AFRICANREPUBLIC

ETHIOPIA

KENYA

TANZANIA

COMOROS

MALDIVES

SOMALIADJIBOUTI

ERITREA YEMENOMAN

JORDAN

UNITED ARABEMIRATES

SAUDIARABIA

TURKMENISTAN

IRAQSYRIA

TURKEY

KAZAKHSTAN

PAKISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

SRILANKA

INDIA

CHINA

NORTH KOREA

BHUTAN

BANGLADESHMYANMAR(BURMA)

VIETNAM

LAOS

MALAYSIA

INDONESIA

BRUNEI

QATAR

IRANAFGHANISTAN

AZERBAIJAN

KUWAIT