RSF Censorship Index
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No interactive map for 2009. 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 (171 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Denmark 0.0
+ #1 Finland 0.0
+ #1 Ireland 0.0
+ #1 Norway 0.0
+ #1 Sweden 0.0
+ #6 Estonia 0.5
+ #7 Switzerland 1.0
+ #7 Netherlands 1.0
+ #9 Iceland 2.0
+ #10 Lithuania 2.2
+ #11 Belgium 2.5
+ #11 Malta 2.5
+ #13 Austria 3.0
+ #13 Latvia 3.0
+ #16 Australia 3.1
+ #17 Japan 3.2
+ #18 Germany 3.5
+ #19 Canada 3.7
+ #20 Luxembourg 4.0
+ #23 Jamaica 4.8
+ #24 Czechia 5.0
+ #25 Cyprus 5.5
+ #25 Hungary 5.5
+ #27 Ghana 6.0
+ #29 Uruguay 7.6
+ #30 Costa Rica 8.0
+ #30 Mali 8.0
+ #30 Portugal 8.0
+ #35 Greece 9.0
+ #35 Namibia 9.0
+ #37 Poland 9.5
+ #37 Slovenia 9.5
+ #39 Chile 10.5
+ #39 Guyana 10.5
+ #42 Suriname 10.6
+ #43 France 10.7
+ #44 Cabo Verde 11.0
+ #44 Spain 11.0
+ #44 Slovakia 11.0
+ #47 Argentina 11.3
+ #48 Hong Kong 11.8
+ #49 Italy 12.1
+ #50 Romania 12.5
+ #51 Maldives 14.0
+ #51 Mauritius 14.0
+ #54 Paraguay 14.3
+ #55 Panama 14.5
+ #57 Burkina Faso 15.0
+ #57 Haiti 15.0
+ #59 Taiwan 15.1
+ #60 Kuwait 15.2
+ #61 Lebanon 15.4
+ #62 Botswana 15.5
+ #62 Liberia 15.5
+ #62 Malawi 15.5
+ #62 Serbia 15.5
+ #62 Togo 15.5
+ #62 Tanzania 15.5
+ #68 Bulgaria 15.6
+ #69 South Korea 15.7
+ #70 Bhutan 15.8
+ #71 Brazil 15.9
+ #72 Benin 16.0
+ #72 Seychelles 16.0
+ #72 Timor-Leste 16.0
+ #75 Kosovo 16.6
+ #76 Nicaragua 16.8
+ #77 Montenegro 17.0
+ #78 Croatia 17.2
+ #79 El Salvador 17.2
+ #81 Georgia 18.8
+ #82 Comoros 19.0
+ #82 Mozambique 19.0
+ #84 Ecuador 20.0
+ #85 Peru 20.9
+ #86 Uganda 21.5
+ #88 Albania 21.8
+ #89 Senegal 22.0
+ #89 Ukraine 22.0
+ #91 Mongolia 23.3
+ #92 Guinea Bissau 23.5
+ #94 Qatar 24.0
+ #95 Bolivia 24.2
+ #96 Kenya 25.0
+ #97 Zambia 26.8
+ #99 Lesotho 27.5
+ #100 Guinea 28.5
+ #100 Indonesia 28.5
+ #100 Mauritania 28.5
+ #103 Burundi 29.0
+ #103 Côte d'Ivoire 29.0
+ #105 India 29.3
+ #106 Guatemala 29.5
+ #106 Oman 29.5
+ #109 Cameroon 30.5
+ #110 Djibouti 31.0
+ #111 Armenia 31.1
+ #112 Jordan 31.9
+ #113 Tajikistan 32.0
+ #114 Moldova 33.8
+ #115 Sierra Leone 34.0
+ #117 Cambodia 35.2
+ #118 Nepal 35.6
+ #119 Angola 36.5
+ #119 Bahrain 36.5
+ #121 Bangladesh 37.3
+ #122 Philippines 38.2
+ #122 Türkiye 38.2
+ #124 Venezuela 39.5
+ #125 Kyrgyzstan 40.0
+ #126 Colombia 40.1
+ #128 Honduras 42.0
+ #129 Gabon 43.5
+ #130 Thailand 44.0
+ #131 Malaysia 44.2
+ #132 Chad 44.5
+ #133 Singapore 45.0
+ #134 Madagascar 45.8
+ #135 Nigeria 46.0
+ #136 Zimbabwe 46.5
+ #137 Gambia 48.2
+ #137 Mexico 48.2
+ #139 Niger 48.5
+ #140 Ethiopia 49.0
+ #141 Algeria 49.6
+ #142 Kazakhstan 49.7
+ #143 Egypt 51.4
+ #144 Eswatini 52.5
+ #145 Iraq 53.3
+ #146 Azerbaijan 53.5
+ #148 Sudan 54.0
+ #149 Afghanistan 54.2
+ #151 Belarus 59.5
+ #152 Fiji 60.0
+ #153 Russia 60.9
+ #154 Tunisia 61.5
+ #155 Brunei 63.5
+ #156 Libya 64.5
+ #157 Rwanda 64.7
+ #159 Pakistan 65.7
+ #160 Uzbekistan 67.7
+ #161 Palestine 69.8
+ #162 Sri Lanka 75.0
+ #163 Saudi Arabia 76.5
+ #164 Somalia 77.5
+ #165 Syria 78.0
+ #166 Vietnam 81.7
+ #167 Yemen 83.4
+ #168 China 84.5
+ #169 Laos 92.0
+ #170 Cuba 94.0
+ #171 Myanmar 102.7
- #172 Iran 104.1
Iran remains one of the world’s most repressive countries in terms of press freedom. The regime has intensified its crackdown and media blackouts since 2022 in response to protests and the 2026 US-Israeli offensive.
+ #173 Turkmenistan 107.0
+ #174 North Korea 112.5
+ #175 Eritrea 115.5
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