Islamic Countries. Who are they?

How Islamic are the Islamic Countries? The results may surprise you!

A study conducted by Professor Hussain Askari of George Washington University entitled "How Islamic are the Islamic Countries" showed that most of the countries that adhere to Islamic Principles in their daily lives are not Muslim countries.

Islamicity Rankings 2017
RANK	COUNTRY TOTAL: 152 countries	SCORE
01	New Zealand Most Islamic Country 1st Most Islamic country	9.00 points
02	Netherlands 2nd Most Islamic country	8.98
03	Sweden 3rd Most Islamic country	8.94
04	Ireland	8.85
05	Switzerland	8.83
06	Denmark	8.77
07	Canada	8.69
08	Australia	8.65
09	Luxembourg	8.63
10	Finland	8.62
11	United Kingdom	8.58
12	Germany	8.57
13	Norway	8.49
14	Austria	8.45
15	Iceland	8.36
16	Belgium	8.30
17	Malta	8.20
18	Japan	8.13
19	United States	8.05
20	Czech Republic	7.95
21	Spain	7.86
22	Slovenia	7.82
23	France	7.80
24	Estonia	7.74
25	Singapore	7.56
26	Portugal	7.52
27	Slovak Republic	7.37
28	Poland	7.32
29	Italy	7.30
30	Lithuania	7.24
31	Hong Kong	7.24
32	Cyprus	7.23
33	Korea, Rep.	7.22
34	Mauritius	7.20
35	Latvia	7.18
36	Israel	7.15
37	Chile	7.09
38	Costa Rica	6.95
39	Hungary	6.74
40	Uruguay	6.70
41	Croatia	6.38
42	Romania	6.35
43	Malaysia First Muslim Country	6.22 points
44	Bulgaria	6.21
45	Jamaica	6.10
46	Panama	6.03
47	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	6.02
48	Albania	5.94
49	Trinidad and Tobago	5.90
50	Montenegro	5.84
51	Qatar	5.84
52	Georgia	5.79
53	Greece	5.72
54	South Africa	5.59
55	Serbia	5.57
56	Macedonia	5.50
57	Botswana	5.49
58	Peru	5.28
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.17
60	Dominican Republic	5.16
61	Mexico	5.12
62	Oman	5.11
63	Colombia	5.08
64	Philippines	5.06
65	Namibia	5.06
66	Mongolia	5.05
67	Bahrain	5.03
68	Thailand	5.00
69	El Salvador	4.91
70	Argentina	4.89
71	Ghana	4.82
72	Belize	4.79
73	Kuwait	4.78
74	Indonesia	4.73
75	Tunisia	4.65
76	Brazil	4.63
77	Jordan	4.62
78	Senegal	4.62
79	Kazakhstan	4.62
80	Armenia	4.51
81	Turkey	4.48
82	Rwanda	4.48
83	Moldova	4.48
84	Paraguay	4.46
85	Sri Lanka	4.41
86	China	4.41
87	Guyana	4.40
88	Saudi Arabia Muhammad's Birth Place	4.40 points
89	Suriname	4.31
90	India	4.27
91	Belarus	4.21
92	Honduras	4.18
93	Morocco	4.18
94	Benin	4.12
95	Bolivia	4.08
96	Vietnam	4.08
97	Nicaragua	4.03
98	Ecuador	3.95
99	Guatemala	3.93
100	Burkina Faso	3.90
101	Kyrgyz Republic	3.89
102	Zambia	3.89
103	Papua New Guinea	3.88
104	Cote d’Ivoire	3.87
105	Lesotho	3.83
106	Kenya	3.81
107	Tanzania	3.65
108	Azerbaijan	3.64
109	Ukraine	3.58
110	Uganda	3.57
111	Malawi	3.52
112	Lebanon	3.50
113	Russian Federation	3.48
114	Lao PDR	3.28
115	Cambodia	3.27
116	Niger	3.27
117	Nepal	3.25
118	Togo	3.23
119	Swaziland	3.19
120	Liberia	3.14
121	Sierra Leone	3.13
122	Gabon	3.13
123	Mali	3.09
124	Tajikistan	3.03
125	Algeria	3.01
126	Bangladesh	2.96
127	Mozambique	2.92
128	Uzbekistan	2.90
129	Haiti	2.89
130	Egypt	2.85
131	Nigeria	2.85
132	Turkmenistan	2.82
133	Madagascar	2.82
134	Iran	2.65
135	Ethiopia	2.59
136	Libya	2.57
137	Pakistan	2.53
138	Cameroon	2.50
139	Guinea	2.45
140	Venezuela	2.41
141	Iraq	2.41
142	Mauritania	2.25
143	Congo	2.19
144	Syria	2.18
145	Zimbabwe	2.03
146	Burundi	1.86
147	Congo	1.79
148	Afghanistan	1.58
149	Angola	1.56
150	Chad	1.55
151	Sudan	1.51
152	Yemen Least Islamic country	1.10 points

* Muslim majority countries are highlighted in green

NOTES
To view the Islamicity Rankings 2017 report in greater detail, and the methodology in the country scoring and ranking order, click here

CREDIT
http://islamicity-index.org/wp/latest-indices

Author: Guest • Updated: 13 Aug 2026

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