RSF Censorship Index
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No interactive map for 2007. 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 Iceland 0.8
+ #1 Norway 0.8
+ #3 Estonia 1.0
+ #3 Slovakia 1.0
+ #5 Belgium 1.5
+ #5 Finland 1.5
+ #5 Sweden 1.5
+ #8 Denmark 2.0
+ #8 Ireland 2.0
+ #8 Portugal 2.0
+ #12 Latvia 3.5
+ #14 Czechia 4.0
+ #16 Austria 4.2
+ #17 Hungary 4.5
- #18 Canada 4.9
While Canada continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to international press freedom protections and practices, there is more room for progress, particularly with regards to press coverage involving the rights of Indigenous peoples and land disputes.
+ #20 Germany 5.8
+ #21 Costa Rica 6.5
+ #21 Slovenia 6.5
+ #23 Lithuania 7.0
+ #25 Mauritius 8.5
+ #25 Namibia 8.5
+ #27 Jamaica 8.6
+ #28 Australia 8.8
+ #29 Ghana 9.0
+ #30 Greece 9.2
+ #31 France 9.8
+ #32 Taiwan 10.0
+ #33 Spain 10.2
+ #35 Italy 11.2
+ #37 Japan 11.8
+ #37 Uruguay 11.8
+ #39 Chile 12.1
+ #39 South Korea 12.1
+ #41 Croatia 12.5
+ #42 Romania 12.8
+ #43 South Africa 13.0
+ #45 Cabo Verde 14.0
+ #45 Cyprus 14.0
+ #47 Nicaragua 14.2
+ #49 Togo 15.2
+ #50 Mauritania 15.5
+ #51 Bulgaria 16.2
+ #52 Mali 16.5
+ #53 Benin 17.0
+ #54 Panama 17.9
+ #55 Tanzania 18.0
+ #56 Ecuador 18.5
+ #56 Poland 18.5
+ #58 Montenegro 19.0
+ #60 Kosovo 19.8
+ #61 Hong Kong 20.0
+ #61 Madagascar 20.0
+ #63 Kuwait 20.2
+ #64 El Salvador 20.2
+ #66 Georgia 20.8
+ #67 Serbia 21.0
+ #68 Burkina Faso 21.5
+ #68 Bolivia 21.5
+ #68 Zambia 21.5
+ #73 Mozambique 23.0
+ #74 Mongolia 23.4
+ #75 Botswana 23.5
+ #75 Haiti 23.5
+ #77 Armenia 23.6
+ #78 Kenya 23.8
+ #79 Qatar 24.0
+ #81 Moldova 24.8
+ #82 Argentina 24.8
+ #83 Senegal 25.0
+ #84 Brazil 25.2
+ #85 Cambodia 25.3
+ #85 Liberia 25.3
+ #87 Albania 25.5
+ #87 Honduras 25.5
+ #87 Niger 25.5
+ #90 Paraguay 26.1
+ #91 Angola 26.5
+ #92 Malawi 26.8
+ #92 Ukraine 26.8
+ #94 Côte d'Ivoire 27.0
+ #94 Timor-Leste 27.0
+ #96 Comoros 28.0
+ #96 Uganda 28.0
+ #98 Lebanon 28.8
+ #99 Lesotho 29.5
+ #100 Indonesia 30.5
+ #101 Türkiye 31.2
+ #102 Gabon 31.5
+ #104 Guatemala 33.0
+ #104 Seychelles 33.0
+ #107 Fiji 33.5
+ #107 Guinea 33.5
+ #107 Guinea Bissau 33.5
+ #110 Kyrgyzstan 33.6
+ #111 Cameroon 36.0
+ #113 Chad 36.5
+ #114 Venezuela 36.9
+ #115 Tajikistan 37.0
+ #116 Bhutan 37.2
+ #117 Peru 37.4
+ #118 Bahrain 38.0
+ #119 Tonga 38.2
+ #120 India 39.3
+ #121 Sierra Leone 39.5
+ #122 Jordan 40.2
+ #123 Algeria 40.5
+ #124 Malaysia 41.0
+ #125 Kazakhstan 41.6
+ #126 Colombia 42.3
+ #127 Burundi 43.4
+ #128 Philippines 44.8
+ #129 Maldives 45.2
+ #130 Gambia 48.2
+ #131 Nigeria 49.8
+ #132 Djibouti 50.2
+ #134 Bangladesh 53.2
+ #135 Thailand 53.5
+ #136 Mexico 53.6
+ #137 Nepal 53.8
+ #138 Eswatini 54.5
+ #139 Azerbaijan 55.4
+ #140 Sudan 55.8
+ #141 Singapore 56.0
+ #142 Afghanistan 56.5
+ #143 Yemen 56.7
+ #144 Russia 56.9
+ #145 Tunisia 57.0
+ #146 Egypt 58.0
+ #147 Rwanda 58.9
+ #148 Saudi Arabia 59.8
+ #149 Zimbabwe 62.0
+ #150 Ethiopia 63.0
+ #151 Belarus 63.6
+ #152 Pakistan 64.8
+ #154 Syria 66.0
+ #155 Libya 66.5
+ #156 Sri Lanka 67.5
+ #157 Iraq 67.8
+ #158 Palestine 69.8
+ #159 Somalia 71.5
+ #160 Uzbekistan 74.9
+ #161 Laos 75.0
+ #162 Vietnam 79.2
+ #163 China 89.0
+ #164 Myanmar 93.8
+ #165 Cuba 96.2
+ #166 Iran 96.5
+ #167 Turkmenistan 103.8
+ #168 North Korea 108.8
+ #169 Eritrea 114.8
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