Ireland'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.

Ireland has a Press Freedom Index of 94.5 ranking it 2nd of 150 in the global listings.

Ireland'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 94.5
Denmark 94.0
Sweden 92.6
Finland 92.4
Netherlands 91.4
Lithuania 91.2
Estonia 89.6
Portugal 88.9
Switzerland 88.7
New Zealand 88.5
Canada 87.8
Latvia 87.5
Iceland 87.4
Slovak Republic 87.4
Germany 86.1
Luxembourg 86.1
Namibia 85.0
Costa Rica 84.3
France 82.7
South Africa 82.6
United Kingdom 82.5
Australia 82.2
Moldova 81.6
Austria 81.2
Belgium 80.3
Jamaica 79.7
Taiwan 79.4
Spain 79.2
North Macedonia 78.1
Argentina 77.1
Italy 75.7
Croatia 75.6
Dominican Republic 75.5
United States 74.8
Gambia 74.7
Korea, Rep. 74.4
Armenia 74.2
Slovenia 74.2
Suriname 74.2
Uruguay 73.9
Romania 72.5
Cote d'Ivoire 72.3
Cyprus 72.1
Burkina Faso 71.1
Poland 71.1
Papua New Guinea 71.0
Guyana 70.9
Niger 70.2
Ghana 69.3
Mauritius 68.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.7
Botswana 67.9
Liberia 67.6
Lesotho 67.5
Japan 67.2
Panama 66.9
Togo 66.3
Bulgaria 66.2
Hungary 66.1
Malaysia 66.0
Sierra Leone 65.7
Comoros 65.4
Georgia 64.8
Guinea-Bissau 64.7
Ukraine 64.3
Ecuador 63.6
Congo, Rep. 63.5
Malawi 63.4
Chile 63.1
Malta 62.8
Guinea 62.5
Mauritania 62.5
Zambia 62.4
Bhutan 62.3
Mongolia 62.3
Serbia 62.2
Brazil 61.6
Gabon 61.1
Albania 60.8
Nepal 60.8
Central African Republic 60.5
Israel 60.5
Haiti 60.3
Madagascar 59.5
Mozambique 59.0
Paraguay 58.8
Senegal 58.6
Qatar 58.1
Greece 58.0
Thailand 58.0
Indonesia 57.6
Chad 56.5
Peru 55.4
Eswatini 55.3
Benin 55.1
Mali 54.9
Burundi 54.8
El Salvador 54.0
Bolivia 53.7
Kenya 53.7
Lebanon 53.0
Tunisia 52.6
Kyrgyzstan 52.4
Nigeria 52.1
Congo, Dem. Rep 51.0
Angola 50.7
Guatemala 50.6
Zimbabwe 50.6
Mexico 50.4
Singapore 50.3
Ethiopia 50.1
Rwanda 48.9
Philippines 48.6
Uganda 48.4
Kazakhstan 48.2
Sri Lanka 48.2
Algeria 48.1
Uzbekistan 48.0
Cameroon 47.9
Colombia 47.5
Hong Kong 47.1
Brunei Darussalam 46.4
Tanzania 46.2
Morocco 45.9
United Arab Emirates 45.2
Jordan 45.0
Cambodia 44.1
Sudan 42.9
Libya 42.3
Azerbaijan 42.0
Pakistan 42.0
Afghanistan 41.8
Tajikistan 41.0
Kuwait 40.8
Oman 39.8
Belarus 39.1
Nicaragua 39.0
India 38.5
Laos 38.5
Bangladesh 37.1
Russia 36.5
Türkiye 35.7
Egypt 35.1
Yemen, Rep. 34.4
Honduras 34.3
Saudi Arabia 34.1
Bahrain 32.1
Myanmar 29.7
Turkmenistan 27.1
Vietnam 25.8
China 24.1
Bahamas, The 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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