RSF Censorship Index
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No interactive map for 2005. 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 (165 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
+ #8 Slovakia 0.8
+ #9 Czechia 1.0
+ #9 Slovenia 1.0
+ #11 Estonia 1.5
+ #12 Hungary 2.0
+ #12 Sweden 2.0
+ #16 Austria 2.5
+ #16 Latvia 2.5
+ #18 Belgium 4.0
+ #18 Germany 4.0
+ #18 Greece 4.0
+ #21 Canada 4.5
+ #21 Lithuania 4.5
+ #23 Portugal 4.8
+ #25 Benin 5.5
+ #25 Cyprus 5.5
+ #25 Namibia 5.5
+ #29 Cabo Verde 6.0
+ #30 France 6.2
+ #31 Australia 6.5
+ #34 Jamaica 7.5
+ #34 Mauritius 7.5
+ #37 Japan 8.0
+ #37 Mali 8.0
+ #39 Hong Kong 8.2
+ #40 Spain 8.3
+ #41 Costa Rica 8.5
+ #42 Italy 8.7
+ #45 Bolivia 9.7
+ #46 Uruguay 9.8
+ #47 Israel 10.0
+ #48 Bulgaria 10.2
+ #49 Mozambique 10.5
+ #50 Chile 11.8
+ #51 Taiwan 12.2
+ #53 Mongolia 12.5
+ #53 Poland 12.5
+ #56 Croatia 12.8
+ #57 Niger 13.0
+ #58 Timor-Leste 13.5
+ #59 Argentina 13.7
+ #60 Botswana 14.0
+ #60 Fiji 14.0
+ #62 Albania 14.2
+ #63 Brazil 14.5
+ #63 Tonga 14.5
+ #66 Ghana 15.0
- #66 Panama 15.0
In Panama, journalists who criticise government policies or cover corruption-related issues, especially international financial scandals, are frequently targeted for legal action. Self-censorship is growing, as is the importance of government advertising contracts for online media, which limits their independence.
+ #68 Nicaragua 15.2
+ #69 Paraguay 15.5
+ #70 Romania 16.2
+ #71 Guinea Bissau 17.0
+ #71 Seychelles 17.0
+ #74 Moldova 17.5
+ #74 Tanzania 17.5
+ #76 Angola 18.0
+ #76 Honduras 18.0
+ #78 Burkina Faso 19.0
+ #78 Senegal 19.0
+ #80 Uganda 19.2
+ #81 Lesotho 19.5
+ #83 Cameroon 20.5
+ #83 Liberia 20.5
+ #85 Kuwait 21.2
+ #86 Guatemala 21.5
+ #87 Ecuador 21.8
+ #88 Comoros 22.0
+ #89 Malawi 22.8
+ #90 Burundi 23.0
+ #90 Cambodia 23.0
+ #90 Qatar 23.0
+ #90 Venezuela 23.0
+ #90 Zambia 23.0
+ #95 Togo 23.8
+ #96 Jordan 24.0
+ #97 Madagascar 24.5
+ #98 Türkiye 25.0
+ #99 Georgia 25.2
+ #100 Kosovo 25.8
+ #102 Armenia 26.0
+ #102 Gabon 26.0
+ #102 Guinea 26.0
+ #102 Indonesia 26.0
+ #106 India 27.0
+ #107 Thailand 28.0
+ #108 Lebanon 28.2
+ #109 Kenya 30.0
+ #109 Chad 30.0
+ #111 Kyrgyzstan 32.0
+ #112 Ukraine 32.5
+ #113 Malaysia 33.0
+ #113 Tajikistan 33.0
+ #115 Sri Lanka 33.2
+ #116 Peru 33.3
+ #117 Haiti 33.5
+ #118 Eswatini 35.0
+ #119 Kazakhstan 36.2
+ #121 Djibouti 37.0
+ #122 Rwanda 38.0
+ #123 Bahrain 38.8
+ #123 Nigeria 38.8
+ #125 Afghanistan 39.2
+ #126 Sierra Leone 39.5
+ #127 Mauritania 40.0
+ #128 Colombia 40.2
+ #129 Algeria 40.3
+ #130 Gambia 41.0
+ #131 Ethiopia 42.0
+ #132 Palestine 42.5
+ #133 Sudan 44.0
+ #135 Mexico 45.5
+ #136 Yemen 46.2
+ #138 Russia 48.7
+ #139 Philippines 50.0
+ #140 Singapore 50.7
+ #141 Azerbaijan 51.0
+ #142 Bhutan 51.5
+ #143 Egypt 52.0
+ #144 Côte d'Ivoire 52.2
+ #145 Syria 55.0
+ #147 Tunisia 57.5
+ #148 Maldives 58.5
+ #149 Somalia 59.0
+ #150 Pakistan 60.8
+ #151 Bangladesh 61.2
+ #152 Belarus 61.3
+ #153 Zimbabwe 64.2
+ #154 Saudi Arabia 66.0
+ #155 Laos 66.5
+ #155 Uzbekistan 66.5
+ #157 Iraq 67.0
+ #158 Vietnam 73.2
+ #159 China 83.0
+ #160 Nepal 86.8
+ #161 Cuba 87.0
+ #162 Libya 88.8
+ #163 Myanmar 88.8
+ #164 Iran 89.2
+ #165 Turkmenistan 93.5
+ #166 Eritrea 99.8
+ #167 North Korea 109.0
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