Who are the 'most' Islamic Countries in the World?


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

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