Click here to view The Top 10 Persecuted Countries in 2011

Each year Open Doors releases the World Watch List, a detailed analysis of Christian persecution worldwide. In this free resource, countries are evaluated and ranked according to the severity of persecution that occurred in the past year.

They offer the World Watch List free as part of their mission at Open Doors to inform and inspire others with the message of the persecuted.

Inside the World Watch List you will find an extensive treatment of each of the top countries. You will learn how persecution has intensified or decreased in the last year and projections for the coming year.

This year North Korea has topped the list again.

“There is no other country in the world where Christians are being persecuted in such a horrible and systematic manner,” says Carl Moeller, President/CEO of Open Doors USA.

One expert on North Korea stated: “Christians are the target of fierce government action, and once caught, are not regarded as human. Last year we had evidence that some [of those captured] were used as guinea pigs to test chemical and biological weapons.”

The Top 10 Countries are:

1.  North Korea
2.  Iran
3.  Afghanistan
4.  Saudi Arabia
5.  Somalia
6.  Maldives
7.  Yemen
8.  Iraq
9.  Uzbekistan
10.Laos 

Copyright 2011 Open Doors International. Used by permission.