“I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims;
I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but no Islam.”
(Mohammad Abduh)
The Latest Islamicity Rankings – 2021
| Overall | Economic | Legal and Governance |
Human and Political Rights |
International Relations |
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| COUNTRIES | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score |
| New Zealand | 1 | 9. 02 | 3 | 8.62 | 3 | 9.59 | 7 | 9. 2 | 7 | 8.46 |
| Denmark | 2 | 9.00 | 1 | 9.05 | 1 | 9. 71 | 6 | 9.2 | 22 | 7.25 |
| Ireland | 3 | 8.96 | 7 | 8.51 | 15 | 9.00 | 10 | 9.2 | 3 | 9.33 |
| Iceland | 4 | 8.94 | 15 | 8.14 | 16 | 9.00 | 8 | 9.2 | 1 | 9.87 |
| Sweden | 5 | 8.84 | 5 | 8.58 | 7 | 9.32 | 1 | 9.6 | 29 | 6.98 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 8.84 | 4 | 8.60 | 2 | 9.64 | 5 | 9.3 | 25 | 7.08 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 8.83 | 2 | 8.65 | 8 | 9.29 | 4 | 9.3 | 21 | 7.38 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 8.74 | 10 | 8.30 | 6 | 9.43 | 13 | 8.8 | 8 | 8.42 |
| Norway | 9 | 8.73 | 8 | 8.50 | 5 | 9.56 | 2 | 9.5 | 46 | 6.21 |
| Finland | 10 | 8.58 | 9 | 8.32 | 3 | 9.59 | 3 | 9.4 | 61 | 5.67 |
| Australia | 11 | 8.53 | 14 | 8.15 | 8 | 9.29 | 9 | 9.2 | 35 | 6.64 |
| Canada | 12 | 8.49 | 19 | 7.81 | 10 | 9.20 | 11 | 9.0 | 13 | 7.68 |
| Germany | 13 | 8.48 | 13 | 8.17 | 17 | 8.93 | 12 | 8.8 | 13 | 7.68 |
| Austria | 14 | 8.47 | 16 | 8.14 | 11 | 9.16 | 17 | 8.4 | 10 | 8.09 |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 8.33 | 12 | 8.25 | 14 | 9.04 | 14 | 8.8 | 41 | 6.44 |
| Japan | 16 | 8.31 | 20 | 7.68 | 13 | 9.04 | 22 | 8.2 | 5 | 8.62 |
| Belgium | 17 | 8.18 | 23 | 7.62 | 19 | 8.66 | 15 | 8.7 | 19 | 7.45 |
| Malta | 18 | 8.14 | 24 | 7.43 | 25 | 8.08 | 25 | 8.1 | 2 | 9.77 |
| Estonia | 19 | 7.97 | 11 | 8.30 | 18 | 8.81 | 18 | 8.4 | 74 | 5.00 |
| Slovenia | 20 | 7.81 | 26 | 7.35 | 28 | 7.80 | 19 | 8.4 | 15 | 7.58 |
| Czech Republic | 21 | 7.77 | 22 | 7.64 | 26 | 8.06 | 28 | 7.8 | 17 | 7.48 |
| Portugal | 22 | 7.69 | 38 | 6.88 | 23 | 8.20 | 16 | 8.5 | 33 | 6.74 |
| Spain |
23 | 7.68 | 34 | 7.06 | 24 | 8.14 | 20 | 8.3 | 31 | 6.85 |
| France | 24 | 7.57 | 27 | 7.29 | 20 | 8.34 | 21 | 8.2 | 63 | 5.54 |
| Singapore | 25 | 7.48 | 6 | 8.53 | 12 | 9.14 | 43 | 6.3 | 77 | 4.87 |
| Mauritius | 26 | 7.32 | 36 | 6.93 | 29 | 7.77 | 41 | 6.6 | 4 | 8.86 |
| Italy | 27 | 7.28 | 45 | 6.40 | 30 | 7.69 | 26 | 8.0 | 30 | 6.91 |
| Korea Rep. | 28 | 7.23 | 21 | 7.66 | 27 | 7.81 | 24 | 8.1 | 109 | 3.59 |
| Latvia | 29 | 7.22 | 32 | 7.12 | 31 | 7.68 | 30 | 7.5 | 51 | 6.11 |
| Lithuania | 30 | 7.21 | 28 | 7.28 | 22 | 8.26 | 31 | 7.5 | 81 | 4.83 |
| United States | 31 | 7.16 | 18 | 7.95 | 21 | 8.32 | 27 | 8.0 | 135 | 1.95 |
| Slovakia | 32 | 6.95 | 31 | 7.12 | 38 | 7.12 | 36 | 7.0 | 46 | 6.21 |
| Poland | 33 | 6.93 | 25 | 7.39 | 39 | 7.05 | 39 | 6.9 | 57 | 5.84 |
| Chile | 34 | 6.92 | 44 | 6.47 | 33 | 7.52 | 29 | 7.6 | 66 | 5.40 |
| Costa Rica | 35 | 6.85 | 70 | 5.15 | 37 | 7.16 | 32 | 7.4 | 6 | 8.59 |
| Cyprus | 36 | 6.72 | 30 | 7.18 | 35 | 7.36 | 33 | 7.3 | 111 | 3.52 |
| Croatia | 37 | 6.58 | 46 | 6.39 | 46 | 6.67 | 37 | 7.0 | 53 | 6.1 |
| Uruguay | 38 | 6.57 | 71 | 5.04 | 32 | 7.55 | 23 | 8.1 | 81 | 4.83 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 6.51 | 35 | 7.02 | 41 | 6.88 | 59 | 5.4 | 24 | 7.15 |
| Hungary | 40 | 6.50 | 42 | 6.59 | 47 | 6.66 | 46 | 6.1 | 32 | 6.81 |
| Romania | 41 | 6.27 | 49 | 6.22 | 40 | 6.94 | 44 | 6.3 | 69 | 5.27 |
| Bulgaria | 42 | 6.24 | 41 | 6.65 | 50 | 6.22 | 48 | 5.9 | 49 | 6.14 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 6.17 | 17 | 8.12 | 34 | 7.48 | 78 | 4.5 | 112 | 3.49 |
| Israel | 44 | 6.12 | 29 | 7.22 | 36 | 7.21 | 38 | 6.9 | 148 | 0.47 |
| Greece | 45 | 6.03 | 60 | 5.47 | 42 | 6.88 | 35 | 7.2 |
114 | 3.36 |
| Panama | 46 | 6.00 | 53 | 5.76 | 66 | 5.05 | 47 | 6.1 | 12 | 7.82 |
| Georgia | 47 | 5.84 | 47 | 6.28 | 44 | 6.81 | 54 | 5.6 | 105 | 3.83 |
| Jamaica | 48 | 5.82 | 79 | 4.72 | 51 | 6.22 | 42 | 6.4 | 44 | 6.24 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 49 | 5.77 | 83 | 4.58 | 61 | 5.47 | 40 | 6.6 | 28 | 7.01 |
| Qatar | 50 | 5.71 | 33 | 7.11 | 45 | 6.71 | 84 | 4.2 | 99 | 4.23 |
| North Macedonia | 51 | 5.71 | 48 | 6.27 | 60 | 5.49 | 58 | 5.5 | 64 | 5.50 |
| Albania | 52 | 5.67 | 58 | 5.56 | 70 | 4.94 | 49 | 5.9 | 34 | 6.68 |
| Montenegro | 53 | 5.60 | 61 | 5.46 | 49 | 6.37 | 50 | 5.8 | 100 | 4.19 |
| Serbia | 54 | 5.56 | 56 | 5.70 | 58 | 5.55 | 53 | 5.6 | 71 | 5.13 |
| Peru | 55 | 5.44 | 57 | 5.68 | 72 | 4.73 | 45 | 6.2 | 86 | 4.66 |
| Argentina | 56 | 5.41 | 121 | 3.11 | 68 | 4.97 | 34 | 7.3 | 27 | 7.05 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 5.33 | 54 | 5.75 | 77 | 4.57 | 77 | 4.5 | 20 | 7.45 |
| Botswana | 58 | 5.27 | 76 | 4.78 | 43 | 6.84 | 69 | 4.9 | 94 | 4.36 |
| Armenia | 59 | 5.21 | 55 | 5.73 | 53 | 6.00 | 55 | 5.6 | 131 | 2.08 |
| Moldova | 60 | 5.19 | 59 | 5.48 | 81 | 4.44 | 71 | 4.9 | 40 | 6.48 |
| Ghana | 61 | 5.17 | 94 | 3.92 | 69 | 4.95 | 66 | 5.0 | 9 | 8.32 |
| Kazakhstan | 62 | 5.16 | 50 | 6.11 | 63 | 5.33 | 82 | 4.3 | 83 | 4.77 |
| Kuwait | 63 | 5.14 | 52 | 6.05 | 57 | 5.62 | 79 | 4.5 | 104 | 3.89 |
| Oman | 64 | 5.08 | 39 | 6.76 | 54 | 5.95 | 91 | 3.9 | 124 | 2.68 |
| Thailand | 65 | 5.04 | 37 | 6.91 | 82 | 4.43 | 76 | 4.5 | 114 | 3.36 |
| Mongolia | 66 | 5.03 | 86 | 4.47 | 67 | 5.01 | 51 | 5.7 | 77 | 4.87 |
| Dominican Republic | 67 | 4.98 | 81 | 4.64 | 89 | 4.02 | 60 | 5.3 | 35 | 6.64 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68 | 4.86 | 73 | 4.97 | 93 | 3.70 | 63 | 5.2 | 56 | 5.91 |
| South Africa | 69 | 4.86 | 91 | 3.99 | 55 | 5.90 | 70 | 4.9 | 83 | 4.77 |
| Mexico | 70 | 4.83 | 64 | 5.38 | 95 | 3.66 | 65 | 5.1 | 70 | 5.20 |
| Bahrain | 71 | 4.80 | 40 | 6.72 | 62 | 5.37 | 95 | 3.8 | 133 | 1.98 |
| Namibia | 72 | 4.74 | 101 | 3.63 | 48 | 6.46 | 73 | 4.8 | 101 | 4.03 |
| Belize | 73 | 4.73 | 118 | 3.16 | 74 | 4.63 | 52 | 5.6 | 45 | 6.24 |
| China | 74 | 4.68 | 68 | 5.24 | 64 | 5.13 | 96 | 3.6 | 76 | 4.90 |
| Paraguay | 75 | 4.63 | 88 | 4.28 | 96 | 3.63 | 72 | 4.8 | 38 | 6.54 |
| Colombia | 76 | 4.57 | 74 | 4.90 | 75 | 4.62 | 62 | 5.3 | 127 | 2.45 |
| Jordan | 77 | 4.53 | 62 | 5.41 | 59 | 5.54 | 104 | 3.4 | 114 | 3.36 |
| Guyana | 78 | 4.50 | 110 | 3.37 | 76 | 4.60 | 67 | 5.0 | 59 | 5.70 |
| Saudi Arabia | 79 | 4.43 | 51 | 6.06 | 56 | 5.69 | 105 | 3.4 | 140 | 1.21 |
| Philippines | 80 | 4.41 | 72 | 4.98 | 98 | 3.59 | 85 | 4.2 | 72 | 5.07 |
| Senegal | 81 | 4.39 | 99 | 3.68 | 80 | 4.45 | 83 | 4.2 | 54 | 5.97 |
| Brazil | 82 | 4.38 | 120 | 3.13 | 79 | 4.49 | 57 | 5.5 | 89 | 4.56 |
| El Salvador | 83 | 4.36 | 82 | 4.60 | 97 | 3.60 | 75 | 4.7 | 89 | 4.56 |
| Rwandaا | 84 | 4.34 | 80 | 4.71 | 52 | 6.12 | 134 | 2.1 | 72 | 5.07 |
| Vietnam | 85 | 4.31 | 65 | 5.37 | 85 | 4.20 | 107 | 3.3 | 96 | 4.30 |
| Sri Lanka | 86 | 4.31 | 97 | 3.75 | 78 | 4.56 | 64 | 5.1 | 113 | 3.46 |
| Ecuador | 87 | 4.27 | 114 | 3.27 | 100 | 3.53 | 56 | 5.6 | 77 | 4.87 |
| Belarus | 88 | 4.23 | 69 | 5.21 | 86 | 4.15 | 80 | 4.4 | 131 | 2.08 |
| Tunisia | 89 | 4.22 | 95 | 3.83 | 73 | 4.27 | 74 | 4.7 | 118 | 3.32 |
| Morocco | 90 | 4.19 | 66 | 5.33 | 65 | 5.05 | 116 | 2.9 | 120 | 3.05 |
| Guatemala | 91 | 4.17 | 78 | 4.73 | 119 | 2.66 | 87 | 4.0 | 55 | 5.94 |
| Azerbaijan | 92 | 4.09 | 43 | 6.53 | 88 | 4.04 | 110 | 3.2 | 141 | 1.17 |
| Benin | 93 | 4.09 | 102 | 3.61 | 87 | 4.09 | 98 | 3.5 | 48 | 6.17 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 94 | 4.06 | 77 | 4.77 | 107 | 3.13 | 88 | 3.9 | 92 | 4.43 |
| Ukraine | 95 | 4.05 | 75 | 4.84 | 91 | 3.82 | 68 | 5.0 | 144 | 1.04 |
| Suriname | 96 | 4.05 | 140 | 2.00 | 84 | 4.24 | 61 | 5.3 | 67 | 5.37 |
| Tanzania | 97 | 4.01 | 93 | 3.94 | 94 | 3.67 | 126 | 2.6 | 16 | 7.55 |
| India | 98 | 4.00 | 84 | 4.58 | 71 | 4.79 | 106 | 3.3 | 122 | 2.82 |
| Kenya | 99 | 3.97 | 87 | 4.40 | 106 | 3.26 | 101 | 3.4 | 68 | 5.34 |
| Nepal | 100 | 3.96 | 103 | 3.60 | 102 | 3.52 | 94 | 3.8 | 59 | 5.70 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 3.95 | 115 | 3.22 | 101 | 3.52 | 93 | 3.8 | 42 | 6.31 |
| Turkey | 102 | 3.93 | 63 | 5.40 | 90 | 4.00 | 92 | 3.8 | 142 | 1.04 |
| Cote d’lvoire | 103 | 3.92 | 85 | 4.52 | 111 | 3.05 | 118 | 2.9 | 43 | 6.28 |
| Malawi | 104 | 3.80 | 128 | 2.69 | 92 | 3.73 | 108 | 3.3 | 25 | 7.08 |
| Lesotho | 105 | 3.77 | 135 | 2.52 | 83 | 4.29 | 97 | 3.6 | 58 | 5.81 |
| Russia | 106 | 3.72 | 67 | 5.29 | 99 | 3.55 | 89 | 3.9 | 148 | 0.47 |
| Sierra Leone | 107 | 3.61 | 139 | 2.32 | 113 | 2.97 | 109 | 3.2 | 11 | 8.02 |
| Honduras | 108 | 3.54 | 100 | 3.68 | 121 | 2.55 | 90 | 3..9 | 97 | 4.26 |
| Uzbekistan | 109 | 3.54 | 91 | 3.99 | 105 | 3.26 | 102 | 3.4 | 119 | 3.32 |
| Burkina Faso | 110 | 3.43 | 109 | 3.44 | 103 | 3.40 | 99 | 3.5 | 114 | 3.36 |
| Tajikistan | 111 | 3.38 | 111 | 3.35 | 117 | 2.71 | 123 | 2.7 | 52 | 6.04 |
| Bolivia | 112 | 3.32 | 130 | 2.64 | 123 | 2.41 | 81 | 4.3 | 98 | 4.26 |
| Madagascar | 113 | 3.30 | 131 | 2.59 | 134 | 1.82 | 111 | 3.2 | 17 | 7.48 |
| Liberia | 114 | 3.26 | 138 | 2.41 | 122 | 2.45 | 114 | 3.1 | 37 | 6.58 |
| Bangladesh | 115 | 3.25 | 105 | 3.54 | 132 | 1.94 | 117 | 2.9 | 62 | 5.60 |
| Eswatini | 116 | 3.25 | 127 | 2.69 | 104 | 3.28 | 141 | 1.8 | 23 | 7.18 |
| Zambia | 117 | 3.23 | 136 | 2.45 | 112 | 3.04 | 121 | 2.7 | 49 | 6.14 |
| Gabon | 118 | 3.15 | 123 | 2.97 | 120 | 2.61 | 100 | 3.4 | 106 | 3.79 |
| Uganda | 119 | 3.12 | 98 | 3.73 | 108 | 3.12 | 132 | 2.3 | 108 | 3.66 |
| Niger | 120 | 3.10 | 106 | 3.53 | 115 | 2.71 | 120 | 2.8 | 110 | 3.52 |
| Algeria | 121 | 3.05 | 107 | 3.45 | 110 | 3.05 | 103 | 3.4 | 138 | 1.54 |
| Nigeria | 122 | 2.99 | 124 | 2.92 | 124 | 2.13 | 119 | 2.8 | 77 | 4.87 |
| Turkmenistan | 123 | 2.99 | 96 | 3.82 | 131 | 1.95 | 113 | 3.1 | 123 | 2.79 |
| Togo | 124 | 2.98 | 119 | 3.15 | 114 | 2.85 | 130 | 2.4 | 102 | 3.99 |
| Laos | 125 | 2.97 | 113 | 3.33 | 109 | 3.07 | 142 | 1.8 | 91 | 4.46 |
| Lebanon | 126 | 2.97 | 104 | 3.57 | 128 | 2.04 | 86 | 4.2 | 145 | 0.91 |
| Cambodia | 127 | 2.97 | 89 | 4.04 | 130 | 2.01 | 131 | 2.3 | 106 | 3.79 |
| Guinea | 128 | 2.95 | 117 | 3.18 | 129 | 2.04 | 129 | 2.4 | 47 | 5.00 |
| Egypt | 129 | 2.87 | 90 | 3.99 | 116 | 2.71 | 135 | 2.1 | 128 | 2.42 |
| Nicaragua | 130 | 2.85 | 125 | 2.88 | 133 | 1.83 | 115 | 2.9 | 95 | 4.33 |
| Ethiopia | 131 | 2.80 | 126 | 2.73 | 118 | 2.69 | 139 | 2.0 | 85 | 4.73 |
| Mozambique | 132 | 2.63 | 145 | 1.65 | 126 | 2.11 | 125 | 2.6 | 64 | 5.50 |
| Haiti | 133 | 2.50 | 143 | 1.74 | 142 | 1.04 | 127 | 2.5 | 39 | 6.51 |
| Mali | 134 | 2.49 | 112 | 3.34 | 137 | 1.54 | 124 | 2.6 | 130 | 2.08 |
| Cameroon | 135 | 2.43 | 122 | 3.01 | 139 | 1.34 | 143 | 1.6 | 86 | 4.66 |
| Iran | 136 | 2.40 | 134 | 2.54 | 136 | 1.57 | 112 | 3.2 | 133 | 1.98 |
| Mauritania | 137 | 2.30 | 129 | 2.66 | 127 | 2.08 | 138 | 2.0 | 126 | 2.52 |
| Pakistan | 138 | 2.28 | 116 | 3.20 | 125 | 2.12 | 136 | 2.1 | 142 | 1.04 |
| Zimbabwe | 139 | 2.21 | 142 | 1.75 | 138 | 1.51 | 133 | 2.2 | 93 | 4.40 |
| Iraq | 140 | 2.18 | 108 | 3.45 | 140 | 1.22 | 128 | 2.4 | 146 | 0.70 |
| Angola | 141 | 1.97 | 148 | 1.24 | 135 | 1.61 | 137 | 2.0 | 103 | 3.93 |
| Burundi | 142 | 1.78 | 137 | 2.42 | 141 | 1.14 | 147 | 1.0 | 121 | 3.02 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 143 | 1.63 | 146 | 1.59 | 148 | 0.53 | 146 | 1.1 | 88 | 4.63 |
| Congo, Rep | 144 | 1.61 | 144 | 1.71 | 143 | 0.94 | 140 | 1.9 | 136 | 1.88 |
| Afghanistan | 145 | 1.54 | 132 | 2.59 | 144 | 0.70 | 149 | 0.9 | 129 | 2.21 |
| Venezuela | 146 | 1.50 | 149 | 1.04 | 146 | 0.61 | 122 | 2.7 | 138 | 1.54 |
| Chad | 147 | 1.49 | 133 | 2.55 | 145 | 0.66 | 148 | 1.0 | 137 | 1.78 |
| Sudan | 148 | 1.30 | 147 | 1.27 | 147 | 0.60 | 144 | 1.3 | 125 | 2.62 |
| Syria | 149 | 1.10 | 141 | 1.98 | 149 | 0.31 | 145 | 1.1 | 147 | 0.67 |
| Median Rank and Score for Muslim Countries | 108 | 3.57 | 96 | 3.82 | 106 | 3.20 | 105 | 3.37 | 120 | 3.19 |
*Muslim countries are identified in Green
Note: “The data for Israel is incomplete because there is little information on the Palestinian territories. If information were available on the territories, it would be included for Israel and weighted by population for a more complete picture of Israel. This is especially important for indices on the economy, human and political rights, and legal and governance, which together constitute 85% of the overall index. We have very little data on the territories, on only 5 of the 24 components of the indices, and even for these it is limited data. We have added these but they make limited difference. We hope that with the passage of time, the needed data will become available.”