China's Press Freedom

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Freedom of the press is the right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government.

The data below is a relative index on a scale of 0-100 comparing each countries freedom to all others in the database. 100 = country with most freedom, 0= least freedom.

China has a Press Freedom Index of 0 ranking it 155th of 150 in the global listings.

China's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Base data source: RSF Reporters Without Borders, Paris
Data indexed by: World Economics, London


Press Freedom (Index): All Countries Data



Norway 100.0
Ireland 92.7
Denmark 92.1
Sweden 90.3
Finland 90.0
Netherlands 88.7
Lithuania 88.4
Estonia 86.3
Portugal 85.3
Switzerland 85.1
New Zealand 84.8
Canada 83.9
Latvia 83.5
Iceland 83.4
Slovak Republic 83.4
Luxembourg 81.7
Germany 81.6
Namibia 80.2
Costa Rica 79.3
France 77.2
South Africa 77.0
United Kingdom 76.9
Australia 76.5
Moldova 75.7
Austria 75.2
Belgium 74.1
Jamaica 73.3
Taiwan 72.8
Spain 72.6
North Macedonia 71.2
Argentina 69.8
Italy 68.0
Croatia 67.8
Dominican Republic 67.7
United States 66.8
Gambia 66.6
Korea, Rep. 66.3
Armenia 66.0
Suriname 66.0
Slovenia 65.9
Uruguay 65.6
Romania 63.8
Cote d'Ivoire 63.5
Cyprus 63.2
Burkina Faso 61.9
Poland 61.9
Papua New Guinea 61.8
Guyana 61.7
Niger 60.8
Ghana 59.5
Mauritius 59.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.8
Botswana 57.7
Liberia 57.3
Lesotho 57.2
Japan 56.8
Panama 56.4
Togo 55.5
Bulgaria 55.4
Hungary 55.4
Malaysia 55.2
Sierra Leone 54.8
Comoros 54.4
Georgia 53.6
Guinea-Bissau 53.5
Ukraine 52.9
Ecuador 52.0
Congo, Rep. 51.9
Malawi 51.8
Chile 51.4
Malta 50.9
Guinea 50.6
Mauritania 50.5
Zambia 50.5
Mongolia 50.4
Bhutan 50.2
Serbia 50.1
Brazil 49.4
Gabon 48.7
Nepal 48.4
Albania 48.3
Central African Republic 47.9
Israel 47.9
Haiti 47.7
Madagascar 46.7
Mozambique 45.9
Paraguay 45.7
Senegal 45.5
Qatar 44.7
Thailand 44.7
Greece 44.6
Indonesia 44.1
Chad 42.6
Peru 41.2
Eswatini 41.1
Benin 40.8
Mali 40.6
Burundi 40.4
El Salvador 39.3
Kenya 39.0
Bolivia 38.9
Lebanon 38.1
Tunisia 37.6
Kyrgyzstan 37.3
Nigeria 36.8
Congo, Dem. Rep 35.4
Angola 35.1
Zimbabwe 34.9
Guatemala 34.8
Mexico 34.6
Singapore 34.5
Ethiopia 34.2
Rwanda 32.7
Philippines 32.2
Uganda 32.0
Kazakhstan 31.7
Sri Lanka 31.7
Algeria 31.5
Uzbekistan 31.5
Cameroon 31.3
Colombia 30.8
Hong Kong 30.3
Tanzania 29.2
Morocco 28.7
United Arab Emirates 27.7
Jordan 27.4
Cambodia 26.4
Sudan 24.7
Libya 23.9
Azerbaijan 23.5
Pakistan 23.5
Afghanistan 23.2
Tajikistan 22.3
Kuwait 22.0
Oman 20.6
Belarus 19.7
Nicaragua 19.6
Laos 19.0
India 18.9
Bangladesh 17.1
Russia 16.3
Türkiye 15.2
Egypt 14.4
Yemen, Rep. 13.6
Honduras 13.4
Saudi Arabia 13.1
Bahrain 10.6
Myanmar 7.3
Turkmenistan 3.9
Vietnam 2.2
Bahamas, The 0.0
China 0.0



Key:
Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         Press Freedom: 0 = Low press freedom, 100 = High press freedom.

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