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Good Satisfactory Problematic Difficult Very serious
⠦⢤⠴⠶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣭⣿⣥⣮⣿⢿⣛⡉⢿⣷⡤ ⠸⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⠫⢥⡤ ⢀⣠⣶⣶⣿⣷⣶⣦⣦⣤⣯⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾
⠈⠙⠿⠛⠉⠉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⣀⣺⣿⣦⣶⣀ ⠈⠉ ⣠⣄ ⢻⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⡋⠙⢻⣽⠏⠉⠉
⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠙⠧ ⠈⠉⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡇⡀⠐⠁
⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁ ⢿⢿⣋⣘⡫⠟⢿⡿⠶⣶⣾⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡏⣀⣼⠁
⠻⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⢻⡁ ⢀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿ ⠉⠁
⠐⠄ ⠈⠹⠿⣧⣠⡶ ⠒⠠⠄⢀ ⢀⡀⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡻⣿⣿⡿⠇ ⠙⣿⣿⡿⠋⢻⣿⣿⣿⠏⠉⣉
⠈⠙⠧⢄⣴⣦⣴⣄ ⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡵ ⠘⢿⡀ ⠸⡛⠟⠃⠠⢭⣶
⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀ ⠉⠈ ⠩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁ ⠹⣿⡀⣶⣿⣅⠠⠄⣀⡀
⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷ ⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡀ ⠈ ⠈⠓⠒ ⠉⠄⢀⡈⢛⡟⠦⠁
⢂⠈ ⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿ ⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⣶⡟⢀ ⣀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣾⣷⡀ ⢀⡀ ⠐
⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉ ⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁ ⠉⠁ ⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆
⣼⣿⣿⠿⠉ ⠈⠉⠉ ⠉⠉⠁ ⠙⠻⠿⠿⠁ ⢰⡤
⣿⣿⠋ ⠈⠁ ⠒⠋
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RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.
Compiled by Reporters Without Borders. Support their work at rsf.org
Press Freedom Ranking (181 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Norway 92.7 Good
+ #2 Netherlands 88.9 Good
+ #3 Estonia 88.5 Good
+ #4 Denmark 88.5 Good
+ #5 Sweden 87.6 Good
+ #6 Finland 86.2 Good
+ #7 Ireland 85.9 Good
+ #8 Switzerland 84.8 Satisfactory
+ #9 Luxembourg 84.1 Satisfactory
+ #10 Portugal 83.7 Satisfactory
+ #11 Czech Republic 83.0 Satisfactory
+ #12 Iceland 82.8 Satisfactory
+ #13 Liechtenstein 82.6 Satisfactory
+ #14 Germany 82.2 Satisfactory
+ #15 Lithuania 81.3 Satisfactory
+ #16 Belgium 81.2 Satisfactory
+ #17 Latvia 81.0 Satisfactory
+ #18 United Kingdom 79.5 Satisfactory
+ #19 Austria 79.4 Satisfactory
+ #20 Canada 78.8 Satisfactory
+ #21 South Africa 78.0 Satisfactory
+ #22 New Zealand 77.4 Satisfactory
+ #23 Namibia 77.0 Satisfactory
+ #24 Fiji 76.8 Satisfactory
+ #25 France 76.7 Satisfactory
+ #26 Jamaica 75.9 Satisfactory
+ #27 Poland 75.5 Satisfactory
+ #28 Taiwan 75.4 Satisfactory
+ #29 Spain 75.4 Satisfactory
+ #30 East Timor 75.3 Satisfactory
+ #31 Moldova 74.8 Satisfactory
+ #32 Trinidad and Tobago 74.7 Satisfactory
+ #33 Australia 74.6 Satisfactory
+ #34 Suriname 73.2 Satisfactory
- #35 Seychelles 73.0 Satisfactory
Attacks on press freedom are quite rare in Seychelles. The environment tends to be favourable towards journalism, despite the 2025 expulsion of the Mauritian editor-in-chief of a newspaper that criticised the authorities.
+ #36 Slovenia 72.9 Satisfactory
+ #37 Slovakia 72.7 Satisfactory
+ #38 Costa Rica 72.3 Satisfactory
+ #39 Ghana 72.2 Satisfactory
+ #40 Cap Verde 72.0 Satisfactory
+ #41 Montenegro 71.8 Satisfactory
+ #42 Mauritius 70.9 Satisfactory
+ #43 Gabon 70.6 Satisfactory
+ #44 Dominican Republic 69.7 Problematic
+ #45 Macedonia 69.5 Problematic
+ #46 Gambia 69.4 Problematic
+ #47 South Korea 69.1 Problematic
+ #48 Uruguay 68.7 Problematic
+ #49 Romania 67.7 Problematic
+ #50 Armenia 67.0 Problematic
+ #51 Tonga 66.6 Problematic
+ #52 Brazil 66.4 Problematic
+ #52 Brazil 66.4 Problematic
+ #53 Croatia 66.3 Problematic
+ #54 Ivory Coast 66.3 Problematic
+ #55 Ukraine 66.1 Problematic
+ #56 Italy 65.2 Problematic
+ #57 OECO 64.6 Problematic
+ #58 Liberia 64.5 Problematic
+ #59 Samoa 64.5 Problematic
+ #60 Andorra 63.9 Problematic
+ #61 Mauritania 63.4 Problematic
+ #62 Japan 62.9 Problematic
+ #63 Botswana 62.9 Problematic
+ #64 United States of America 62.6 Problematic
+ #65 Panama 62.1 Problematic
+ #66 Belize 61.7 Problematic
+ #67 Malta 61.4 Problematic
+ #68 Republic of the Congo 61.2 Problematic
+ #69 Malawi 61.0 Problematic
+ #70 Chile 60.8 Problematic
+ #71 Bulgaria 60.3 Problematic
+ #72 Comoros 60.2 Problematic
+ #73 Papua New Guinea 60.1 Problematic
+ #74 Hungary 59.9 Problematic
+ #75 Qatar 59.8 Problematic
+ #76 Guyana 59.6 Problematic
+ #77 Zambia 58.6 Problematic
+ #78 Senegal 58.1 Problematic
+ #79 Sierra Leone 57.1 Problematic
+ #80 Cyprus 56.9 Problematic
+ #81 Central African Republic 56.7 Problematic
+ #82 Northen Cyprus 56.6 Problematic
+ #83 Albania 56.5 Problematic
+ #84 Kosovo 55.9 Problematic
+ #85 Mongolia 55.8 Problematic
+ #86 Greece 55.0 Problematic
+ #87 Nepal 54.8 Difficult
+ #88 Paraguay 54.7 Difficult
+ #89 Lesotho 54.4 Difficult
+ #90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.3 Difficult
+ #91 Bolivia 54.2 Difficult
+ #92 Thailand 54.0 Difficult
+ #93 Chad 53.9 Difficult
+ #94 Equatorial Guinea 52.8 Difficult
+ #95 Malaysia 52.7 Difficult
+ #96 Brunei 52.6 Difficult
+ #97 Togo 52.6 Difficult
+ #98 Argentina 52.4 Difficult
+ #99 Mozambique 52.3 Difficult
+ #100 Guinea Bissau 52.0 Difficult
+ #101 Swaziland 51.9 Difficult
+ #102 Colombia 51.7 Difficult
+ #103 Madagascar 51.0 Difficult
+ #104 Republic of Serbia 50.8 Difficult
+ #105 Maroc 50.5 Difficult
+ #106 Kenya 50.5 Difficult
+ #107 Haiti 50.3 Difficult
+ #108 Maldives 49.2 Difficult
+ #109 Angola 48.8 Difficult
+ #110 Burkina Faso 48.5 Difficult
+ #111 Guinea 48.5 Difficult
+ #112 Nigeria 48.1 Difficult
+ #113 Benin 47.4 Difficult
+ #114 Philippines 46.8 Difficult
+ #115 Lebanon 46.5 Difficult
+ #116 Israel 46.5 Difficult
+ #117 United Republic of Tanzania 46.2 Difficult
+ #118 South Sudan 46.2 Difficult
+ #119 Burundi 46.1 Difficult
+ #120 Niger 46.0 Difficult
+ #121 Mali 45.6 Difficult
+ #122 Mexico 45.2 Difficult
+ #123 Singapor 44.6 Difficult
+ #124 Zimbabwe 44.4 Difficult
+ #125 Ecuador 44.4 Difficult
+ #126 Somalia 43.8 Difficult
+ #127 Oman 43.7 Difficult
+ #128 Guatemala 43.2 Difficult
+ #129 Indonesia 43.0 Difficult
+ #130 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.2 Difficult
+ #131 Uganda 42.0 Difficult
+ #132 Honduras 41.0 Difficult
+ #133 Cameroon 40.9 Difficult
+ #134 Sri Lanka 40.8 Difficult
+ #135 Georgia 40.8 Difficult
+ #136 Kuwait 40.4 Difficult
+ #137 Tunisia 40.4 Difficult
+ #138 Libya 40.3 Difficult
+ #139 Rwanda 39.6 Very serious
+ #140 Hong Kong 39.5 Very serious
+ #141 Syria 39.4 Very serious
+ #142 Jordan 39.3 Very serious
+ #143 El Salvador 38.9 Very serious
+ #144 Peru 37.9 Very serious
+ #145 Algeria 37.4 Very serious
+ #146 Kyrgyzstan 35.1 Very serious
+ #147 Uzbekistan 35.0 Very serious
+ #148 Ethiopia 34.7 Very serious
+ #149 Kazakhstan 34.4 Very serious
+ #150 Bhutan 33.5 Very serious
+ #151 Cambodia 33.3 Very serious
+ #152 Bangladesh 33.0 Very serious
+ #153 Pakistan 32.6 Very serious
+ #154 Laos 32.5 Very serious
+ #155 Tajikistan 32.2 Very serious
+ #156 West Bank 32.1 Very serious
+ #157 India 32.0 Very serious
+ #158 United Arab Emirates 30.9 Very serious
+ #159 Venezuela 30.5 Very serious
+ #160 Cuba 29.2 Very serious
+ #161 Sudan 29.0 Very serious
+ #162 Iraq 28.9 Very serious
+ #163 Turkey 27.9 Very serious
+ #164 Yemen 27.9 Very serious
+ #165 Belarus 27.7 Very serious
+ #166 Myanmar 26.4 Very serious
+ #167 Djibouti 25.0 Very serious
+ #168 Nicaragua 25.0 Very serious
+ #169 Egypt 24.9 Very serious
+ #170 Bahrain 24.8 Very serious
+ #171 Azerbaijan 23.9 Very serious
+ #172 Russia 23.1 Very serious
+ #173 Turkmenistan 23.1 Very serious
+ #174 Vietnam 21.1 Very serious
+ #175 Afghanistan 19.5 Very serious
+ #176 Saudi Arabia 19.1 Very serious
+ #177 Iran 17.4 Very serious
+ #178 China 13.8 Very serious
+ #179 North Korea 12.7 Very serious
+ #180 Eritrea 10.2 Very serious
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