RSF Censorship Index
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No interactive map for 2012. 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 (151 countries, free -> censored)
+ #1 Finland 0.0
+ #26 OECS 0.0
+ #27 Slovakia 0.0
+ #29 Niger 2.5
+ #30 Australia 4.0
+ #31 Lithuania 4.0
+ #32 Uruguay 4.2
+ #33 Portugal 5.3
+ #34 Tanzania 6.0
+ #36 Slovenia 9.1
+ #38 France 9.5
+ #39 Spain 9.8
+ #40 Hungary 10.0
+ #41 Ghana 11.0
+ #42 South Africa 12.0
+ #43 Botswana 12.0
+ #44 South Korea 12.7
+ #45 Comoros 13.0
+ #46 Taiwan 13.0
+ #48 Argentina 14.0
+ #49 Romania 14.0
+ #50 Latvia 15.0
+ #52 Haiti 15.7
+ #53 Moldova 16.0
+ #54 Hong Kong 17.0
+ #55 Mauritius 17.0
+ #56 Samoa 17.0
+ #58 Malta 19.5
+ #60 Guyana 19.5
+ #61 Italy 19.7
+ #63 Lesotho 21.0
+ #64 Sierra Leone 21.0
+ #65 Tonga 21.0
+ #66 Mozambique 21.5
+ #67 Mauritania 22.2
+ #68 Croatia 23.3
+ #69 Burkina Faso 23.3
+ #70 Bhutan 24.0
+ #71 Greece 24.0
+ #72 Nicaragua 24.3
+ #73 Maldives 25.0
+ #74 Seychelles 25.0
+ #75 Guinea Bissau 26.0
+ #76 Senegal 26.0
+ #77 Armenia 27.0
+ #78 Kuwait 28.0
+ #79 Togo 28.5
+ #80 Serbia 29.0
+ #81 Bulgaria 29.0
+ #82 Chile 29.0
+ #83 Paraguay 29.0
+ #84 Kenya 29.5
+ #85 Madagascar 29.5
+ #86 Guinea 30.0
+ #87 Kosovo 30.0
+ #88 Timor-Leste 30.0
+ #89 Zambia 30.0
+ #91 Benin 31.0
+ #93 Lebanon 31.5
+ #96 Albania 34.4
+ #97 Cameroon 35.0
+ #98 Guatemala 35.0
+ #99 Brazil 35.3
+ #100 Mongolia 35.8
+ #101 Gabon 36.5
+ #103 Chad 37.7
+ #104 Ecuador 38.0
+ #105 Georgia 38.0
+ #106 Nepal 38.8
+ #107 Montenegro 39.0
+ #108 Bolivia 40.0
+ #109 Kyrgyzstan 40.0
+ #110 Liberia 40.5
+ #111 South Sudan 41.2
+ #113 Panama 45.7
+ #114 Qatar 46.0
+ #115 Peru 51.2
+ #116 Ukraine 54.0
+ #117 Cambodia 55.0
+ #118 Fiji 55.0
+ #119 Oman 55.0
+ #120 Venezuela 55.0
+ #121 Zimbabwe 55.0
+ #122 Algeria 56.0
+ #123 Tajikistan 56.0
+ #124 Malaysia 56.0
+ #125 Brunei 56.2
+ #126 Nigeria 56.4
+ #127 Ethiopia 56.6
+ #128 Jordan 56.8
+ #129 Bangladesh 57.0
+ #130 Burundi 57.8
+ #131 India 58.0
+ #132 Angola 58.4
+ #134 Tunisia 60.2
+ #135 Singapore 61.0
+ #136 Honduras 61.0
+ #137 Thailand 61.5
+ #139 Uganda 64.0
+ #140 Philippines 64.5
+ #141 Gambia 65.5
+ #142 Russia 66.0
+ #143 Colombia 66.5
+ #144 Eswatini 67.0
+ #146 Indonesia 68.0
+ #147 Malawi 68.0
+ #148 Türkiye 70.0
+ #149 Mexico 72.7
+ #150 Afghanistan 74.0
+ #151 Pakistan 75.0
+ #152 Iraq 75.4
+ #153 Palestine 76.0
+ #154 Kazakhstan 77.5
+ #155 Libya 77.5
+ #156 Rwanda 81.0
+ #157 Uzbekistan 83.0
+ #158 Saudi Arabia 83.2
+ #159 Côte d'Ivoire 83.5
+ #160 Djibouti 83.5
+ #162 Azerbaijan 87.2
+ #163 Sri Lanka 87.5
+ #164 Somalia 88.3
+ #165 Laos 89.0
+ #166 Egypt 97.5
+ #167 Cuba 98.8
+ #168 Belarus 99.0
+ #169 Myanmar 100.0
+ #170 Sudan 100.8
+ #171 Yemen 101.0
+ #172 Vietnam 114.0
+ #173 Bahrain 125.0
+ #174 China 136.0
+ #175 Iran 136.6
- #176 Syria 138.0
The fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 brought an end to five decades of brutal and violent repression of the press. Despite the considerable improvements in working conditions for journalists in most parts of the country, their freedom remains fragile due to ongoing political instability and mounting economic pressures.
+ #177 Turkmenistan 140.7
+ #178 North Korea 141.0
+ #179 Eritrea 142.0
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