Norway'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.

Norway has a Press Freedom Index of 100 ranking it 1st of 150 in the global listings.

Norway'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
Denmark 96.9
Sweden 95.1
Netherlands 94.3
Finland 92.7
Estonia 92.5
Portugal 91.8
Ireland 91.3
Switzerland 89.2
Germany 88.9
Luxembourg 88.9
Latvia 87.7
Canada 86.0
Lithuania 86.0
Belgium 85.7
Czechia 83.9
Iceland 83.8
New Zealand 83.3
France 81.8
United Kingdom 80.2
Jamaica 80.0
Costa Rica 78.4
Taiwan 78.4
Suriname 78.3
Slovak Republic 78.2
Spain 78.2
Moldova 76.6
Austria 76.4
Mauritania 75.7
Namibia 75.6
Dominican Republic 75.3
North Macedonia 75.1
South Africa 75.1
Australia 74.6
Slovenia 73.5
Armenia 72.1
Italy 69.7
Poland 68.8
Croatia 68.3
Romania 67.8
Ghana 66.8
Uruguay 66.8
Chile 66.3
Cote d'Ivoire 65.7
United States 65.2
Gabon 64.2
Gambia 63.8
Mauritius 63.8
Bulgaria 63.5
Liberia 63.2
Ukraine 63.1
Korea, Rep. 62.9
Malawi 62.3
Sierra Leone 62.1
Argentina 60.5
Cyprus 60.5
Hungary 60.3
Congo, Rep. 59.7
Japan 59.1
Comoros 58.2
Malta 57.5
Nepal 56.9
Central African Republic 56.4
Guyana 56.3
Guinea 56.2
Botswana 55.9
Niger 55.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.6
Brazil 54.3
Panama 54.2
Qatar 54.1
Eswatini 53.9
Burkina Faso 53.8
Thailand 53.6
Greece 52.3
Benin 51.7
Papua New Guinea 50.7
Guinea-Bissau 50.6
Haiti 50.6
Senegal 49.9
Zambia 49.8
Chad 49.1
Tanzania 49.1
Serbia 48.6
Albania 48.1
Madagascar 48.0
Israel 46.9
Kenya 46.9
Georgia 46.6
Angola 45.8
Mozambique 45.8
Malaysia 45.3
Burundi 44.9
Mongolia 44.3
Ecuador 44.2
Indonesia 44.0
Nigeria 43.9
Togo 43.7
Mali 43.2
Paraguay 43.1
Zimbabwe 42.9
Tunisia 42.4
Colombia 42.0
Kyrgyzstan 41.2
Mexico 41.1
Congo, Dem. Rep 41.0
Lesotho 41.0
Bolivia 40.9
Peru 39.4
Singapore 38.6
Uganda 37.0
Morocco 36.9
Cameroon 35.5
Kuwait 35.1
Jordan 34.6
El Salvador 34.2
Philippines 33.3
Hong Kong 32.9
Oman 32.2
Guatemala 31.9
Algeria 31.4
Lebanon 31.3
Ethiopia 30.6
Kazakhstan 30.2
Libya 29.5
Rwanda 29.5
Honduras 26.2
Bhutan 25.0
Uzbekistan 25.0
Sudan 22.9
Sri Lanka 22.1
Cambodia 20.9
Pakistan 20.3
Laos 20.2
Yemen, Rep. 20.0
Tajikistan 19.5
Türkiye 17.2
India 16.7
United Arab Emirates 15.8
Russia 14.8
Nicaragua 13.9
Azerbaijan 12.2
Bangladesh 11.7
Saudi Arabia 11.1
Belarus 10.6
Egypt 8.3
Myanmar 7.3
China 5.9
Bahrain 5.7
Vietnam 4.4
Turkmenistan 4.0
Afghanistan 0.0
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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