RSF Censorship Index
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No interactive map for 2010. 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 (174 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Finland 0.0
+ #2 Iceland 0.0
+ #3 Norway 0.0
+ #4 Netherlands 0.0
+ #5 Sweden 0.0
+ #6 Switzerland 0.0
+ #7 Austria 0.5
+ #8 New Zealand 1.5
+ #9 Estonia 2.0
+ #10 Ireland 2.0
+ #11 Denmark 2.5
+ #12 Japan 2.5
+ #13 Lithuania 2.5
+ #14 Belgium 4.0
+ #15 Luxembourg 4.0
+ #16 Malta 4.0
+ #17 Germany 4.2
+ #18 Australia 5.4
+ #21 Canada 7.0
+ #22 Namibia 7.0
+ #23 Hungary 7.5
+ #24 Czechia 7.5
+ #25 Jamaica 7.7
+ #26 Cabo Verde 8.0
+ #27 Ghana 8.0
+ #28 Mali 8.0
+ #29 Costa Rica 8.1
+ #30 Latvia 8.5
+ #32 Poland 8.9
+ #33 Chile 10.5
+ #34 Hong Kong 10.8
+ #35 Slovakia 11.5
+ #36 Suriname 11.5
+ #37 Uruguay 11.8
+ #38 South Africa 12.0
+ #39 Spain 12.2
+ #40 Portugal 12.4
+ #41 Tanzania 13.0
+ #42 South Korea 13.3
+ #44 France 13.4
+ #45 Cyprus 13.4
+ #46 Slovenia 13.4
+ #48 Taiwan 14.5
+ #49 Burkina Faso 15.0
+ #50 Italy 15.0
+ #51 El Salvador 15.8
+ #52 Maldives 16.0
+ #53 Romania 16.0
+ #54 Paraguay 16.2
+ #55 Argentina 16.4
+ #56 Haiti 16.4
+ #57 OECS 16.5
+ #58 Brazil 16.6
+ #59 Guyana 16.6
+ #60 Togo 17.0
+ #62 Botswana 17.5
+ #63 Croatia 17.5
+ #64 Bhutan 17.8
+ #65 Mauritius 18.0
+ #66 Seychelles 18.0
+ #67 Guinea Bissau 18.2
+ #70 Benin 19.0
+ #71 Bulgaria 19.0
+ #72 Comoros 19.0
+ #73 Greece 19.0
+ #74 Kenya 19.0
+ #75 Moldova 19.1
+ #76 Mongolia 19.4
+ #77 Guatemala 20.2
+ #78 Lebanon 20.5
+ #79 Malawi 21.0
+ #80 Albania 21.5
+ #81 Panama 21.8
+ #82 Zambia 22.0
+ #83 Nicaragua 22.3
+ #84 Liberia 22.5
+ #85 Serbia 23.0
+ #88 Kuwait 23.8
+ #89 Tonga 23.8
+ #90 Lesotho 24.0
+ #91 Sierra Leone 24.2
+ #92 Kosovo 24.8
+ #93 Senegal 25.0
+ #94 Timor-Leste 25.0
+ #95 Mauritania 25.4
+ #96 Uganda 25.5
+ #98 Mozambique 26.5
+ #100 Georgia 27.0
+ #101 Armenia 27.5
+ #102 Ecuador 27.5
+ #103 Bolivia 28.1
+ #104 Angola 28.5
+ #105 Montenegro 28.5
+ #106 Niger 28.5
+ #107 Gabon 28.8
+ #108 Burundi 28.9
+ #109 Peru 30.0
+ #110 Djibouti 30.5
+ #111 Samoa 33.0
+ #112 Chad 33.2
+ #113 Guinea 33.5
+ #115 Tajikistan 34.5
+ #116 Madagascar 34.9
+ #117 Indonesia 35.8
+ #118 Côte d'Ivoire 36.0
+ #119 Nepal 36.4
+ #120 Jordan 37.0
+ #121 Qatar 38.0
- #122 India 38.8
With a rise in violence against journalists, highly concentrated media ownership, and outlets with increasingly overt political alignment, press freedom is in crisis in “the world’s largest democracy,” ruled since 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and embodiment of the Hindu nationalist right.
+ #123 Zimbabwe 39.5
+ #124 Oman 40.2
+ #125 Gambia 40.5
+ #126 Bangladesh 42.5
+ #127 Egypt 43.3
+ #128 Cambodia 43.8
+ #129 Cameroon 44.3
+ #130 Iraq 45.6
+ #131 Ukraine 46.8
+ #133 Algeria 47.3
+ #134 Venezuela 47.3
+ #136 Mexico 47.5
+ #137 Singapore 47.5
+ #138 Türkiye 49.2
+ #139 Ethiopia 49.4
+ #140 Russia 49.9
+ #141 Malaysia 50.8
+ #142 Brunei 51.0
+ #143 Honduras 51.1
+ #144 Bahrain 51.4
+ #145 Colombia 51.5
+ #146 Nigeria 51.5
+ #147 Afghanistan 51.7
+ #149 Fiji 52.8
+ #150 Palestine 56.1
+ #151 Pakistan 56.2
+ #152 Azerbaijan 56.4
+ #153 Thailand 56.8
+ #154 Belarus 57.0
+ #155 Eswatini 57.5
+ #156 Philippines 60.0
+ #157 Saudi Arabia 61.5
+ #158 Sri Lanka 62.5
+ #159 Kyrgyzstan 63.0
+ #160 Libya 63.5
+ #161 Somalia 66.0
+ #162 Kazakhstan 68.5
+ #163 Uzbekistan 71.5
+ #164 Tunisia 72.5
+ #165 Vietnam 75.8
+ #166 Cuba 78.0
+ #168 Laos 80.5
+ #169 Rwanda 81.0
+ #170 Yemen 82.1
+ #171 China 84.7
+ #172 Sudan 85.3
+ #173 Syria 91.5
+ #174 Myanmar 94.5
+ #175 Iran 94.6
+ #176 Turkmenistan 95.3
+ #177 North Korea 104.8
+ #178 Eritrea 105.0
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