Open Doors World Watch List 2023

In late January, the Open Doors World Watch List 2023 was publicly released. Open Doors World Watch Research is responsible for the production and background analysis surrounding this annual index of countries where Christians experience high, very high and extreme levels of persecution. In the WWL 2023 reporting period (1 October 2021 – 30 September 2022) there were 76 countries scoring 41 points or more. Over 360 million Christians suffer at least high levels of persecution for their faith. This does not mean that all Christians in those situations are directly facing high levels of persecution or discrimination. It means they are living in regions within their countries (or are part of Christian denominations) where the seriousness of the persecution situation is estimated to be ‘high’ (or higher).

Click here for the 45 page report.