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Annual assessment
World Watch List 2026 · Open Doors International
- Rank
- 11 of 50
- Level
- Extreme
- Score
- 86 of 100
Annual · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Higher scores mean more pressure on Christians and more violence against them. The 15 countries scoring 81 or more in this edition.
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| Area of life | Score (0 to 16.7) |
|---|---|
| Private life | 15.6 |
| Family life | 16.5 |
| Community life | 15.9 |
| National life | 16.4 |
| Church life | 16.7 |
| Violence | 4.8 |
A national, annual assessment. Conditions differ within each country, and it does not measure this week’s events.
Source: World Watch List 2026, © 2026 Open Doors International. Reporting period October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. Country dossier · How this assessment is made
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