RSF Censorship Index
Good Satisfactory Problematic Difficult Very serious
No interactive map for 2004. RSF's pre-2013 index is ranking only.
Earlier methodology: a lower score means more press freedom.
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 (163 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Switzerland 0.5
+ #1 Denmark 0.5
+ #1 Finland 0.5
+ #1 Ireland 0.5
+ #1 Iceland 0.5
+ #1 Netherlands 0.5
+ #1 Norway 0.5
+ #1 Slovakia 0.5
+ #9 New Zealand 0.7
+ #10 Latvia 1.0
+ #11 Germany 2.0
+ #11 Estonia 2.0
+ #11 Sweden 2.0
+ #15 Slovenia 2.2
+ #16 Lithuania 3.0
+ #17 Austria 3.2
+ #18 Canada 3.3
+ #19 Czechia 3.5
+ #19 France 3.5
+ #22 Belgium 4.0
+ #24 Jamaica 4.2
+ #25 Portugal 4.5
+ #27 Benin 5.5
+ #28 Hungary 6.0
+ #32 Poland 6.8
+ #33 Greece 7.0
+ #34 Hong Kong 7.5
+ #35 Costa Rica 7.6
+ #36 Bulgaria 8.0
+ #38 Cabo Verde 8.8
+ #39 Spain 9.0
+ #39 Italy 9.0
+ #41 Australia 9.5
+ #42 Chile 10.0
+ #42 Japan 10.0
+ #42 Namibia 10.0
+ #42 Uruguay 10.0
+ #46 Mauritius 10.5
+ #46 Paraguay 10.5
+ #48 South Korea 11.1
+ #50 Albania 11.5
+ #50 Botswana 11.5
+ #52 Nicaragua 11.7
+ #53 Honduras 11.8
+ #54 Croatia 11.8
+ #55 Grenade 12.0
+ #56 Mali 12.8
+ #57 Ghana 13.5
+ #57 Timor-Leste 13.5
+ #59 Thailand 14.0
+ #60 Taiwan 14.2
+ #61 Panama 14.5
+ #61 Tanzania 14.5
+ #63 Fiji 16.0
+ #64 Burkina Faso 16.2
+ #64 Mozambique 16.2
+ #66 Brazil 16.5
+ #66 Ecuador 16.5
+ #66 Guatemala 16.5
+ #70 Romania 17.8
+ #71 Niger 18.3
+ #72 Madagascar 18.5
+ #73 Burundi 19.0
+ #73 Mongolia 19.0
+ #75 Togo 19.5
+ #76 Bolivia 20.0
+ #78 Moldova 20.5
+ #79 Argentina 21.3
- #80 Senegal 21.5
Although the country has traditionally provided a favourable environment for the press, the economic struggles faced by media outlets and the rise in threats against journalists in recent years have created conditions for a decline in the right to information. Political topics dominate the news, hampering the diversity of subjects covered by the media.
+ #82 Kenya 22.2
+ #83 Armenia 23.5
+ #83 Guinea Bissau 23.5
+ #83 Seychelles 23.5
+ #86 Uganda 24.0
+ #87 Lebanon 24.4
+ #88 Guinea 24.5
+ #88 Sierra Leone 24.5
+ #90 Venezuela 24.6
+ #91 Angola 26.5
+ #91 Comoros 26.5
+ #93 Cameroon 27.0
+ #94 Georgia 27.5
+ #95 Tajikistan 27.8
+ #96 Mexico 27.8
+ #97 Afghanistan 28.2
+ #98 Gambia 29.5
+ #98 Lesotho 29.5
+ #100 Zambia 29.8
+ #101 Malawi 31.0
+ #101 Eswatini 31.0
+ #103 Kuwait 31.7
+ #104 Qatar 32.5
+ #106 Chad 33.2
+ #107 Kyrgyzstan 35.2
+ #109 Cambodia 36.5
+ #109 Sri Lanka 36.5
+ #111 Philippines 36.6
+ #112 Ethiopia 37.0
+ #113 Rwanda 37.2
+ #113 Türkiye 37.2
+ #115 Gabon 37.5
+ #117 Indonesia 37.8
+ #117 Nigeria 37.8
+ #119 Tonga 38.2
+ #120 India 38.5
+ #121 Jordan 39.1
+ #122 Malaysia 39.8
+ #123 Liberia 40.0
+ #123 Peru 40.0
+ #125 Haiti 42.1
+ #127 Palestine 43.2
+ #128 Algeria 43.5
+ #128 Egypt 43.5
+ #128 Somalia 43.5
+ #131 Kazakhstan 44.2
+ #132 Sudan 44.2
+ #134 Colombia 47.4
+ #135 Yemen 48.0
+ #136 Azerbaijan 49.7
+ #138 Mauritania 51.0
+ #138 Ukraine 51.0
+ #140 Russia 51.4
+ #142 Uzbekistan 52.1
+ #143 Bahrain 52.5
+ #144 Belarus 54.1
+ #145 Djibouti 55.0
+ #146 Bhutan 55.8
+ #147 Singapore 57.0
+ #148 Iraq 58.5
+ #149 Côte d'Ivoire 60.4
+ #150 Pakistan 61.8
+ #151 Bangladesh 62.5
+ #152 Tunisia 62.7
+ #153 Laos 64.3
+ #154 Libya 65.0
+ #155 Syria 67.5
+ #155 Zimbabwe 67.5
+ #157 Maldives 69.2
+ #158 Iran 78.3
+ #159 Saudi Arabia 79.2
+ #160 Nepal 84.0
+ #161 Vietnam 86.9
+ #162 China 92.3
+ #163 Eritrea 93.2
+ #164 Turkmenistan 99.8
+ #165 Myanmar 103.6
+ #166 Cuba 106.8
+ #167 North Korea 107.5
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