Direct answer · reviewed September 2026

What is the 10/40 Window?

A mission-planning term for the region of North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia located roughly between 10 and 40 degrees north latitude, where many communities have historically had limited Gospel access. It is home to most of the world's unreached peoples — 19 of the 25 nations profiled here that fall inside it are frontier or unreached.

Latitude10°N – 40°N
Nations profiled inside25
Frontier or unreached19
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Why it matters

It is a useful prayer lens, but not a boundary around God’s mission. Need, migration, and opportunity exist both inside and outside the window.

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Nations in the 10/40 Window

Profiled nations whose centre lies between 10° and 40° north, from West Africa to East Asia. Borders are approximate; the window is a planning tool, not a line on the ground.

Profiled nations inside the 10/40 Window
NationChristian shareGospel access
Afghanistan0.02%Frontier
Algeria2%Less-reached
Bangladesh0.5%Unreached
China7%Unreached
Egypt10%Less-reached
India2.4%Unreached
Iran0.5%Frontier
Iraq0.4%Unreached
Japan1.5%Unreached
Libya1.5%Frontier
Mali2.5%Unreached
Morocco0.1%Frontier
Myanmar6%Unreached
Nepal2.5%Less-reached
Pakistan1.8%Unreached
Philippines90%Reached
Qatar14%Unreached
Saudi Arabia4%Frontier
South Korea29%Reached
Sudan5%Unreached
Syria2.5%Unreached
Thailand1.2%Unreached
Türkiye0.2%Frontier
Vietnam8%Less-reached
Yemen0.1%Frontier
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Who coined the term 10/40 Window?

Mission strategist Luis Bush popularised it in 1990.