Panama'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.

Panama has a Press Freedom Index of 67 ranking it 44th of 150 in the global listings.

Panama'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
Estonia 96.3
Netherlands 95.3
Sweden 94.6
Finland 93.4
Denmark 93.1
Ireland 93.0
Portugal 89.6
Switzerland 89.3
Czechia 89.2
Germany 89.1
Luxembourg 88.0
Lithuania 87.0
Latvia 86.5
Iceland 85.9
New Zealand 85.9
Belgium 84.3
Trinidad and Tobago 83.7
United Kingdom 82.7
Canada 82.5
Austria 81.7
Spain 80.7
Taiwan 80.3
France 79.8
Jamaica 78.7
South Africa 78.6
Namibia 78.1
Australia 77.9
Cabo Verde 77.6
Poland 77.4
Suriname 77.0
Slovenia 76.5
Armenia 76.3
Moldova 75.6
Costa Rica 75.2
Slovak Republic 73.7
Gabon 72.1
North Macedonia 71.8
Dominican Republic 71.0
Italy 68.6
Mauritania 68.0
Mauritius 67.7
Ghana 67.5
Panama 67.0
Liberia 66.8
Romania 66.6
Sierra Leone 66.5
Gambia 65.4
United States 65.4
Uruguay 65.0
Croatia 63.7
Korea, Rep. 63.6
Ukraine 63.4
Brazil 63.2
Cote d'Ivoire 63.1
Japan 62.4
Malta 62.1
Hungary 62.0
Chile 61.2
Bulgaria 59.3
Congo, Rep. 59.1
Central African Republic 58.5
Guyana 58.5
Senegal 57.6
Comoros 57.4
Malawi 57.3
Cyprus 57.1
Papua New Guinea 56.2
Qatar 56.1
Albania 56.0
Botswana 55.3
Zambia 54.9
Niger 54.5
Paraguay 54.2
Thailand 54.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.6
Argentina 53.3
Malaysia 53.3
Greece 52.3
Nepal 52.1
Benin 51.3
Bolivia 50.7
Ecuador 50.3
Tanzania 50.2
Serbia 50.0
Brunei 49.9
Eswatini 49.1
Angola 48.9
Mozambique 48.8
Guinea 48.7
Mongolia 48.7
Burkina Faso 48.3
Lesotho 48.1
Zimbabwe 48.1
Chad 47.9
Guinea-Bissau 47.2
Haiti 46.8
Israel 46.8
Madagascar 46.4
Georgia 46.1
Colombia 45.2
Philippines 44.9
Kenya 44.7
Mali 43.1
Morocco 42.9
Togo 42.9
Nigeria 41.3
Singapore 40.0
Mexico 39.7
Burundi 39.5
Algeria 38.5
Indonesia 37.8
Kuwait 37.7
Tunisia 37.0
Peru 36.2
Cameroon 36.1
Lebanon 35.9
Congo, Dem. Rep 35.5
Oman 35.5
El Salvador 34.0
Libya 33.1
Guatemala 32.9
Sri Lanka 32.4
Hong Kong 32.3
Kazakhstan 31.7
Honduras 30.6
Uganda 29.4
Kyrgyzstan 29.2
Ethiopia 28.5
Rwanda 27.1
Jordan 26.4
Uzbekistan 26.4
Bangladesh 24.4
Laos 23.8
India 23.4
Bhutan 23.0
Tajikistan 22.5
Yemen, Rep. 21.5
Sudan 20.0
Bahrain 19.9
Pakistan 19.1
Türkiye 18.8
Cambodia 17.3
Saudi Arabia 17.0
United Arab Emirates 15.6
Belarus 14.1
Azerbaijan 13.8
Myanmar 13.6
Egypt 12.8
Russia 12.6
Nicaragua 10.4
Vietnam 6.4
Turkmenistan 5.6
Afghanistan 4.0
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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