RSF Censorship Index
Good Satisfactory Problematic Difficult Very serious
No interactive map for 2006. 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 (164 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Finland 0.5
+ #2 Ireland 0.5
+ #3 Iceland 0.5
+ #4 Netherlands 0.5
+ #5 Czechia 0.8
+ #6 Estonia 2.0
+ #7 Norway 2.0
+ #8 Slovakia 2.5
+ #9 Switzerland 2.5
+ #10 Hungary 3.0
+ #11 Latvia 3.0
+ #12 Portugal 3.0
+ #13 Slovenia 3.0
+ #14 Belgium 4.0
+ #15 Sweden 4.0
+ #16 Austria 4.5
+ #17 Bolivia 4.5
+ #18 Canada 4.5
+ #20 Denmark 5.0
+ #23 Germany 5.5
+ #24 Benin 5.5
+ #25 Jamaica 5.5
+ #26 Namibia 6.0
+ #27 Lithuania 6.5
+ #29 Costa Rica 6.7
+ #30 Cyprus 7.5
+ #32 Greece 8.0
+ #33 Mauritius 8.0
+ #34 Ghana 8.5
+ #35 Australia 9.0
+ #36 Bulgaria 9.0
- #37 France 9.0
While the legal and regulatory framework is favourable to press freedom, the mechanisms aimed at combatting conflicts of interest in the media and protecting the confidentiality of sources are insufficient, inadequate, and outdated. The public broadcast media outlets are undermined by the lack of sustainable funding caused by the elimination of the TV licence fee. Despite the adoption of a new method of maintaining order during demonstrations that is more respectful of journalists’ rights, reporters continue to be subjected to police violence in addition to physical attacks by demonstrators.
+ #38 Mali 9.0
+ #39 Panama 9.5
+ #40 Italy 9.9
+ #41 El Salvador 10.0
+ #42 Spain 10.0
+ #43 Taiwan 10.5
+ #44 South Africa 11.2
+ #45 Cabo Verde 11.5
+ #47 Mozambique 11.5
+ #49 Chile 11.6
+ #51 Japan 12.5
+ #53 Botswana 13.0
+ #54 Croatia 13.0
+ #56 Tonga 13.0
+ #57 Uruguay 13.8
+ #58 Fiji 14.0
+ #59 Hong Kong 14.0
+ #60 Poland 14.0
+ #61 Romania 14.0
+ #63 Guinea Bissau 14.5
+ #64 Honduras 14.5
+ #66 Madagascar 15.0
+ #67 Togo 15.0
+ #68 Ecuador 15.2
+ #69 Nicaragua 15.5
+ #70 Burkina Faso 16.0
+ #71 Kosovo 16.0
+ #72 Lesotho 16.0
+ #74 Kuwait 17.0
+ #75 Brazil 17.2
+ #76 Argentina 17.3
+ #78 Mauritania 17.5
+ #79 Senegal 17.5
+ #80 Albania 18.0
+ #81 Qatar 18.0
+ #82 Paraguay 18.2
+ #83 Timor-Leste 18.5
+ #84 Liberia 19.0
+ #85 Moldova 19.2
+ #86 Mongolia 19.2
+ #87 Haiti 19.5
+ #88 Tanzania 19.8
+ #89 Georgia 21.0
+ #90 Guatemala 21.2
+ #91 Angola 21.5
+ #92 Malaysia 22.2
+ #93 Comoros 22.5
+ #94 Zambia 22.5
+ #95 Niger 24.5
+ #96 Seychelles 24.5
+ #98 Bhutan 25.0
+ #99 Côte d'Ivoire 25.0
+ #100 Türkiye 25.0
+ #101 Armenia 25.5
+ #102 Malawi 25.5
+ #103 Indonesia 26.0
+ #104 Sierra Leone 26.0
+ #105 India 26.5
+ #106 Ukraine 26.5
+ #107 Lebanon 27.0
+ #108 Cambodia 27.2
+ #109 Guinea 27.5
+ #110 Jordan 27.5
+ #111 Bahrain 28.0
+ #112 Cameroon 28.2
+ #113 Peru 28.2
+ #114 Gabon 28.5
+ #115 Venezuela 29.0
+ #116 Uganda 29.8
+ #117 Tajikistan 30.0
+ #118 Kenya 30.2
+ #120 Nigeria 32.2
+ #121 Djibouti 33.0
+ #122 Thailand 33.5
+ #123 Kyrgyzstan 34.0
+ #124 Chad 35.5
+ #125 Burundi 39.8
+ #126 Algeria 40.0
+ #127 Eswatini 40.5
+ #128 Kazakhstan 41.0
+ #129 Rwanda 41.0
+ #130 Afghanistan 44.2
+ #131 Colombia 44.8
+ #132 Mexico 45.8
+ #133 Egypt 46.2
+ #134 Palestine 46.8
+ #135 Azerbaijan 47.0
+ #137 Bangladesh 48.0
+ #139 Sudan 48.1
+ #140 Zimbabwe 50.0
+ #141 Sri Lanka 50.8
+ #142 Philippines 51.0
+ #144 Maldives 51.2
+ #145 Somalia 51.2
+ #146 Singapore 51.5
+ #147 Russia 52.5
+ #148 Tunisia 53.8
+ #149 Gambia 54.0
+ #150 Yemen 54.0
+ #151 Belarus 57.0
+ #152 Libya 62.5
+ #153 Syria 63.0
+ #154 Iraq 66.8
+ #155 Vietnam 67.2
+ #156 Laos 67.5
+ #157 Pakistan 70.3
+ #158 Uzbekistan 71.0
+ #159 Nepal 73.5
+ #160 Ethiopia 75.0
+ #161 Saudi Arabia 76.0
+ #162 Iran 90.9
+ #163 China 94.0
+ #164 Myanmar 94.8
+ #165 Cuba 95.0
+ #166 Eritrea 97.5
+ #167 Turkmenistan 98.5
+ #168 North Korea 109.0
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