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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 4.7 ranking it 151st 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


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Bahamas, The 100.0
Brunei Darussalam 100.0
Turkmenistan 73.0
Myanmar 73.0
China 72.8
Vietnam 71.8
Yemen, Rep. 68.5
Egypt 67.4
Bahrain 66.6
Saudi Arabia 63.6
Honduras 62.6
Oman 61.2
Bangladesh 60.5
Laos 60.5
Nicaragua 60.0
Kuwait 59.1
Pakistan 59.0
Afghanistan 58.7
Russia 58.1
Azerbaijan 57.5
Belarus 57.2
Tajikistan 56.5
Sudan 55.8
India 55.7
Turkey 55.5
Hong Kong 55.1
Philippines 54.8
Sri Lanka 54.5
Colombia 54.2
Libya 53.4
Cambodia 53.1
Singapore 52.3
United Arab Emirates 52.0
Zimbabwe 51.5
Rwanda 51.2
Morocco 51.0
Algeria 50.9
Uzbekistan 50.6
Uganda 50.0
Eswatini 49.9
Lebanon 49.7
Nigeria 49.5
Mexico 48.7
Congo, Dem. Rep 48.6
Bolivia 48.6
Guatemala 48.3
Kazakhstan 47.9
Tanzania 47.9
Benin 47.8
Jordan 47.5
Qatar 47.1
Cameroon 47.0
Indonesia 46.8
Mozambique 46.2
Thailand 45.9
Ethiopia 45.5
Malaysia 44.4
El Salvador 41.6
Mali 41.2
Zambia 40.2
Brazil 40.2
Greece 40.1
Ukraine 39.8
Burundi 39.8
Gabon 39.6
Chad 39.4
Albania 39.1
Central African Republic 38.5
Angola 38.3
Togo 38.3
Madagascar 37.4
Mauritania 37.3
Paraguay 37.0
Tunisia 36.9
Botswana 36.9
Congo, Rep. 36.7
Guinea Bissau 36.5
Bulgaria 36.2
Mongolia 36.1
Georgia 36.0
Lesotho 35.9
Israel 35.7
Hungary 35.5
Guinea 35.4
Comoros 35.1
Chile 34.6
Malawi 33.7
Malta 33.6
Serbia 33.6
Peru 33.4
Nepal 32.4
Liberia 32.3
Panama 32.2
Senegal 31.9
Kyrgyzstan 30.7
Japan 30.5
Kenya 30.3
Haiti 30.3
Ecuador 30.3
Poland 29.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.2
Cyprus 28.8
Mauritius 28.7
Papua New Guinea 28.1
Ghana 27.2
Niger 26.8
Italy 26.4
North Macedonia 26.1
Romania 26.1
Slovenia 26.0
Suriname 25.6
Armenia 25.6
Gambia 25.3
Croatia 24.0
Sierra Leone 23.3
Uruguay 22.3
Korea, Rep. 22.2
United States 21.5
Burkina Faso 21.1
Moldova 20.7
Australia 20.4
Taiwan 20.0
Cote d'Ivoire 19.6
Cabo Verde 18.7
South Africa 18.4
Guyana 17.5
Bhutan 17.5
Spain 17.2
Austria 17.2
Dominican Republic 17.0
Argentina 16.6
Netherlands 15.9
Slovak Republic 15.4
France 15.2
Trinidad and Tobago 15.1
United Kingdom 15.0
Belgium 14.9
Latvia 14.5
Luxembourg 13.9
Czech Republic 13.1
Canada 11.8
Namibia 11.7
Germany 11.5
Iceland 10.8
Switzerland 10.7
Jamaica 10.0
New Zealand 9.8
Lithuania 9.2
Costa Rica 7.3
Portugal 6.0
Ireland 4.7
Finland 4.6
Estonia 4.1
Sweden 4.1
Denmark 2.6
Norway 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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