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Nicaragua'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.

Nicaragua has a Press Freedom Index of 14.1.

Nicaragua'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
Netherlands 95.2
Estonia 94.7
Denmark 94.6
Sweden 93.5
Finland 91.8
Ireland 91.4
Switzerland 90.0
Luxembourg 89.1
Portugal 88.6
Czechia 87.7
Iceland 87.4
Germany 86.6
Lithuania 85.6
Belgium 85.4
Latvia 85.1
United Kingdom 83.2
Austria 83.1
Canada 82.3
South Africa 81.3
New Zealand 80.6
Namibia 80.0
France 79.7
Jamaica 78.6
Poland 78.2
Spain 78.1
Taiwan 78.1
Moldova 77.2
Trinidad and Tobago 77.2
Australia 77.0
Suriname 75.3
Slovenia 74.8
Slovak Republic 74.6
Costa Rica 74.2
Ghana 74.0
Cabo Verde 73.7
Mauritius 72.4
Gabon 71.9
Dominican Republic 70.9
Gambia 70.5
North Macedonia 70.5
Korea, Rep. 70.1
Uruguay 69.6
Romania 68.3
Armenia 67.4
Brazil 66.6
Cote d'Ivoire 66.5
Croatia 66.5
Ukraine 66.2
Italy 65.1
Liberia 64.3
Mauritania 62.8
Botswana 62.2
Japan 62.2
United States 61.8
Panama 61.2
Malta 60.3
Congo, Rep. 60.0
Malawi 59.7
Chile 59.6
Bulgaria 58.9
Comoros 58.8
Papua New Guinea 58.7
Hungary 58.3
Qatar 58.2
Guyana 58.0
Zambia 56.7
Senegal 56.1
Sierra Leone 54.8
Cyprus 54.6
Central African Republic 54.4
Albania 54.1
Mongolia 53.2
Greece 52.2
Nepal 51.9
Paraguay 51.8
Lesotho 51.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.3
Bolivia 51.2
Thailand 50.9
Chad 50.8
Malaysia 49.3
Brunei 49.1
Togo 49.1
Argentina 48.9
Mozambique 48.7
Guinea-Bissau 48.4
Eswatini 48.3
Colombia 47.9
Madagascar 47.0
Serbia 46.8
Kenya 46.5
Morocco 46.5
Haiti 46.2
Angola 44.3
Burkina Faso 44.0
Guinea 43.9
Nigeria 43.4
Benin 42.5
Philippines 41.8
Lebanon 41.4
Israel 41.3
Tanzania 41.0
Burundi 40.9
Niger 40.8
Mali 40.3
Mexico 39.8
Singapore 39.0
Ecuador 38.7
Zimbabwe 38.7
Oman 37.8
Guatemala 37.2
Indonesia 37.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 35.9
Uganda 35.7
Honduras 34.4
Cameroon 34.3
Georgia 34.1
Sri Lanka 34.1
Kuwait 33.7
Tunisia 33.7
Libya 33.6
Rwanda 32.6
Hong Kong 32.5
Jordan 32.3
El Salvador 31.7
Peru 30.4
Algeria 29.8
Kyrgyzstan 26.9
Uzbekistan 26.8
Ethiopia 26.4
Kazakhstan 26.1
Bhutan 24.9
Cambodia 24.6
Bangladesh 24.3
Pakistan 23.8
Laos 23.7
Tajikistan 23.3
India 23.0
United Arab Emirates 21.6
Sudan 19.2
Türkiye 17.9
Yemen, Rep. 17.8
Belarus 17.6
Myanmar 15.9
Nicaragua 14.1
Egypt 14.0
Bahrain 13.9
Azerbaijan 12.8
Russia 11.8
Turkmenistan 11.7
Vietnam 9.3
Afghanistan 7.2
Saudi Arabia 6.7
China 0.0
Bahamas, The -



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

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