![Ce mercredi 14 janvier, 388 millions de chrétiens ont été "confrontés à des contextes de fortes persécutions et discriminations en raison de leur foi" à travers le monde en 2025, selon un rapport annuel de l'ONG Portes Ouvertes. [Europe 1]](/cdn-cgi/image/onerror=redirect,width=640,height=640,format=webp/https://storage.googleapis.com/uploads.mongoosehq.com/url/media/93214906/1646579a188655d6bd6b7e4bdc967bcc049b1cec6df2a7f5fa009a5bf24c03cf)
Overview
- The 2025 World Watch List from Portes Ouvertes reports 388 million Christians living in contexts of strong persecution, an increase of 8 million from 2024.
- The index covers October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 and records 4,849 killed, 4,712 detained, 3,632 churches targeted, 22,702 forced to flee, and 4,055 cases of sexual violence.
- North Korea ranks first, followed by Somalia and Yemen, and sub‑Saharan Africa remains the deadliest region for Christians.
- About 1,000 churches were attacked in both Nigeria and China, India led detentions with 2,192 under anti‑conversion laws, and Syria rose from 18th to 6th place.
- Portes Ouvertes cites 84 criteria and input from roughly 5,000 contributors and defends its methodology as other groups, including AED with a November estimate, publish differing figures and political actors such as Donald Trump cite its data.