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Press Freedom

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Freedom of the press is the right to circulate opinions in print and other media 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. 0 = Least freedom, 100 Most freedom.

Base data source: RSF Reporters Without Borders, Paris
Data indexed by: World Economics, London






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Data: All Countries Press Freedom
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Afghanistan 58.7
Albania 39.1
Algeria 50.9
Angola 38.3
Argentina 16.6
Armenia 25.6
Australia 20.4
Austria 17.2
Azerbaijan 57.5
Bahamas, The 100.0
Bahrain 66.6
Bangladesh 60.5
Belarus 57.2
Belgium 14.9
Benin 47.8
Bhutan 17.5
Bolivia 48.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.2
Botswana 36.9
Brazil 40.2
Brunei Darussalam 100.0
Bulgaria 36.2
Burkina Faso 21.1
Burundi 39.8
Cabo Verde 18.7
Cambodia 53.1
Cameroon 47.0
Canada 11.8
Central African Republic 38.5
Chad 39.4
Chile 34.6
China 72.8
Colombia 54.2
Comoros 35.1
Congo, Dem. Rep 48.6
Congo, Rep. 36.7
Costa Rica 7.3
Cote d'Ivoire 19.6
Croatia 24.0
Cyprus 28.8
Czech Republic 13.1
Denmark 2.6
Dominican Republic 17.0
Ecuador 30.3
Egypt 67.4
El Salvador 41.6
Estonia 4.1
Eswatini 49.9
Ethiopia 45.5
Finland 4.6
France 15.2
Gabon 39.6
Gambia 25.3
Georgia 36.0
Germany 11.5
Ghana 27.2
Greece 40.1
Guatemala 48.3
Guinea 35.4
Guinea Bissau 36.5
Guyana 17.5
Haiti 30.3
Honduras 62.6
Hong Kong 55.1
Hungary 35.5
Iceland 10.8
India 55.7
Indonesia 46.8
Ireland 4.7
Israel 35.7
Italy 26.4
Jamaica 10.0
Japan 30.5
Jordan 47.5
Kazakhstan 47.9
Kenya 30.3
Korea, Rep. 22.2
Kuwait 59.1
Kyrgyzstan 30.7
Laos 60.5
Latvia 14.5
Lebanon 49.7
Lesotho 35.9
Liberia 32.3
Libya 53.4
Lithuania 9.2
Luxembourg 13.9
Madagascar 37.4
Malawi 33.7
Malaysia 44.4
Mali 41.2
Malta 33.6
Mauritania 37.3
Mauritius 28.7
Mexico 48.7
Moldova 20.7
Mongolia 36.1
Morocco 51.0
Mozambique 46.2
Myanmar 73.0
Namibia 11.7
Nepal 32.4
Netherlands 15.9
New Zealand 9.8
Nicaragua 60.0
Niger 26.8
Nigeria 49.5
North Macedonia 26.1
Norway 0.0
Oman 61.2
Pakistan 59.0
Panama 32.2
Papua New Guinea 28.1
Paraguay 37.0
Peru 33.4
Philippines 54.8
Poland 29.2
Portugal 6.0
Qatar 47.1
Romania 26.1
Russia 58.1
Rwanda 51.2
Saudi Arabia 63.6
Senegal 31.9
Serbia 33.6
Sierra Leone 23.3
Singapore 52.3
Slovak Republic 15.4
Slovenia 26.0
South Africa 18.4
Spain 17.2
Sri Lanka 54.5
Sudan 55.8
Suriname 25.6
Sweden 4.1
Switzerland 10.7
Taiwan 20.0
Tajikistan 56.5
Tanzania 47.9
Thailand 45.9
Togo 38.3
Trinidad and Tobago 15.1
Tunisia 36.9
Turkey 55.5
Turkmenistan 73.0
Uganda 50.0
Ukraine 39.8
United Arab Emirates 52.0
United Kingdom 15.0
United States 21.5
Uruguay 22.3
Uzbekistan 50.6
Vietnam 71.8
Yemen, Rep. 68.5
Zambia 40.2
Zimbabwe 51.5

See: Data for individual countries by using country lists


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






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