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World Press Freedom Index

The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the organisation's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists, news organisations, and netizens have in each country, and the efforts made by authorities to respect this freedom. Reporters Without Borders is careful to note that the WPFI only deals with press freedom and does not measure the quality of journalism in the countries it assesses, nor does it look at human rights violations in general.[2]

2023 World Press Freedom Index[1]
  Good: 85–100 points
  Satisfactory: 70–85 points
  Problematic: 55–70 points
  Difficult: 40–55 points
  Very serious <40 points
  Not classified

Methodology

The WPFI is partly based on a questionnaire[3] using seven general criteria: pluralism (measures the degree of representation of opinions in the media space), media independence, environment and self-censorship, legislative framework, transparency, infrastructure, and abuses. The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media (including penalties for press offences, the existence of a state monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated) and the level of independence of the public media. It also includes violations of the free flow of information on the Internet.

Violence against journalists, netizens, and media assistants, including abuses attributable to the state, armed militias, clandestine organisations or pressure groups, are monitored by RSF staff during the year and are also part of the final score. A smaller score on the report corresponds to greater freedom of the press as reported by the organisation. The questionnaire is sent to Reporters Without Borders's partner organisations: 18 freedom of expression non-governmental organisations located in five continents, its 150 correspondents around the world and journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists.[2]

The methodology for the WPFI was dramatically changed in 2022 from the methodology used from 2013–2021, and the thresholds for each categorization have been shifted accordingly.[4]

Rankings and scores by country

Countries are ranked on a scale from 0–100 points.

Country 2023
[5]
2022
[6]
2021
[7]
2020
[8]
2019
[9]
  Norway (001)
95.18
(001)
92.65
(001)
93.28
(001)
92.16
(001)
92.18
  Ireland (002)
89.91
(006)
88.3
(012)
88.09
(013)
87.40
(015)
85.00
  Denmark (003)
89.48
(002)
90.27
(004)
91.43
(003)
91.87
(005)
90.13
  Sweden (004)
88.15
(003)
88.84
(003)
92.76
(004)
90.75
(003)
91.69
  Finland (005)
87.94
(005)
88.42
(002)
93.01
(002)
92.07
(002)
92.10
  Netherlands (006)
87.00
(028)
77.93
(006)
90.33
(005)
90.04
(004)
91.37
  Lithuania (007)
86.79
(009)
84.14
(028)
79.95
(028)
78.81
(030)
77.94
  Estonia (008)
85.31
(004)
88.83
(015)
84.75
(014)
87.39
(011)
87.73
  Portugal (009)
84.60
(007)
87.07
(009)
89.89
(010)
88.17
(012)
87.37
  East Timor (010)
84.49
(017)
81.89
(071)
70.89
(078)
70.10
(084)
70.07
  Liechtenstein (011)
84.47
(010)
84.03
(023)
80.51
(024)
80.48
(026)
79.51
  Switzerland (012)
84.40
(014)
82.72
(010)
89.45
(008)
89.38
(006)
89.48
  New Zealand (013)
84.23
(011)
83.54
(008)
89.96
(009)
89.31
(007)
89.25
  Czech Republic (014)
83.58
(020)
80.54
(040)
76.62
(040)
76.43
(040)
75.11
  Canada (015)
83.53
(019)
81.74
(013)
84.75
(016)
84.71
(018)
84.31
  Latvia (016)
83.27
(022)
79.17
(022)
80.74
(022)
81.44
(024)
80.47
  Slovakia (017)
83.22
(027)
78.37
(035)
76.98
(033)
77.33
(035)
76.42
  Iceland (018)
83.19
(015)
82.69
(016)
84.63
(015)
84.88
(014)
85.29
  Samoa (019)
82.15
(045)
71.39
(021)
80.76
(021)
81.75
(022)
81.75
  Luxembourg (020)
81.98
(021)
79.81
(020)
82.44
(017)
84.54
(017)
84.34
  Germany (021)
81.91
(016)
82.04
(013)
84.76
(011)
87.84
(013)
85.40
  Namibia (022)
80.91
(018)
81.84
(024)
80.28
(023)
80.75
(023)
81.05
  Costa Rica (023)
82.30
(008)
85.92
(005)
91.24
(007)
89.47
(010)
87.76
  France (024)
78.72
(026)
78.53
(034)
77.4
(034)
77.08
(032)
77.79
  South Africa (025)
78.60
(035)
75.56
(032)
78.41
(031)
77.59
(031)
77.81
  United Kingdom (026)
78.51
(024)
78.71
(033)
78.41
(035)
77.07
(033)
77.77
  Australia (027)
78.24
(039)
73.77
(025)
80.21
(026)
79.79
(021)
83.45
  Moldova (028)
77.62
(040)
73.47
(089)
68.39
(091)
68.84
(091)
68.79
  Austria (029)
77.30
(031)
76.74
(017)
83.66
(018)
84.22
(016)
84.67
  Trinidad and Tobago (030)
76.54
(025)
78.68
(031)
78.45
(036)
76.78
(039)
75.26
  Belgium (031)
76.47
(023)
78.86
(011)
88.31
(012)
87.43
(009)
87.93
  Jamaica (032)
75.89
(012)
83.35
(007)
90.04
(006)
89.49
(008)
88.87
  Cape Verde (033)
75.72
(036)
75.37
(027)
79.91
(025)
79.85
(025)
80.19
  Seychelles (034)
75.71
(013)
83.33
(052)
74.34
(063)
71.34
(069)
70.59
  Taiwan (035)
75.54
(038)
74.08
(043)
76.14
(043)
76.24
(042)
75.02
  Spain (036)
75.37
(032)
76.71
(029)
79.56
(029)
77.84
(029)
78.01
  Andorra (037)
75.05
(053)
68.79
(039)
76.68
(037)
76.77
(037)
75.37
  North Macedonia (038)
74.35
(057)
68.44
(090)
68.33
(092)
68.72
(095)
68.34
  Montenegro (039)
74.28
(063)
66.54
(104)
65.67
(105)
66.17
(104)
67.26
  Argentina (040)
73.36
(029)
77.28
(069)
71.01
(064)
71.22
(057)
71.70
  Italy (041)
72.05
(058)
68.16
(041)
76.61
(041)
76.31
(043)
75.02
  Croatia (042)
71.95
(048)
70.42
(056)
72.05
(059)
71.49
(064)
70.97
  Dominican Republic (043)
71.88
(030)
76.9
(050)
74.4
(055)
72.10
(055)
72.10
  Tonga (044)
71.29
(049)
69.74
(046)
75.41
(050)
72.73
(045)
74.59
  United States (045)
71.22
(042)
72.74
(044)
76.07
(045)
76.15
(048)
74.31
  Gambia (046)
71.06
(050)
69.25
(085)
69.24
(087)
69.38
(092)
68.65
  South Korea (047)
70.83
(043)
72.11
(042)
76.57
(042)
76.30
(041)
75.06
  Suriname (048)
70.62
(052)
68.95
(019)
83.05
(020)
82.50
(020)
83.62
  Armenia (048)
70.61
(051)
68.97
(063)
71.17
(061)
71.40
(061)
71.02
  Slovenia (050)
70.59
(054)
68.54
(036)
76.9
(032)
77.36
(034)
77.69
  Belize (051)
70.49
(047)
70.67
(053)
72.39
(053)
72.50
(053)
72.50
  Uruguay (052)
70.33
(044)
72.03
(018)
83.62
(019)
84.21
(019)
83.94
  Romania (053)
69.04
(056)
68.46
(048)
75.09
(048)
74.09
(047)
74.33
  Ivory Coast (054)
68.83
(037)
74.46
(066)
71.13
(068)
71.06
(071)
70.48
  Cyprus (055)
68.62
(065)
65.97
(026)
80.15
(027)
79.55
(028)
78.26
  Kosovo (056)
68.38
(061)
67
(078)
69.68
(070)
70.67
(075)
70.32
  Poland (057)
67.66
(066)
65.64
(064)
71.16
(062)
71.35
(059)
71.11
  Burkina Faso (058)
67.64
(041)
73.12
(037)
76.83
(038)
76.53
(036)
75.47
  Papua New Guinea (059)
67.62
(062)
66.66
(047)
75.12
(046)
76.07
(038)
75.30
  Guyana (060)
67.50
(034)
76.41
(051)
74.39
(049)
73.37
(051)
73.37
  Niger (061)
66.84
(059)
67.8
(059)
71.56
(057)
71.75
(066)
70.74
  Ghana (062)
65.93
(060)
67.43
(030)
78.67
(030)
77.74
(027)
79.19
  Mauritius (063)
65.56
(064)
66.07
(061)
71.26
(056)
72.00
(058)
71.54
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (064)
65.43
(067)
65.64
(058)
71.66
(058)
71.49
(063)
70.98
  Botswana (065)
64.61
(095)
58.49
(038)
76.75
(039)
76.44
(044)
74.91
  Liberia (066)
64.34
(075)
62.77
(098)
66.64
(095)
67.75
(093)
68.51
  Lesotho (067)
64.29
(088)
59.39
(088)
68.30
(086)
69.55
(078)
70.26
  Japan (068)
63.95
(071)
64.37
(067)
71.12
(066)
71.14
(067)
70.64
  Panama (069)
63.67
(074)
62.78
(077)
70.06
(076)
70.22
(079)
70.22
  Togo (070)
63.06
(100)
57.17
(074)
70.41
(071)
70.67
(076)
70.31
  Bulgaria (071)
62.98
(091)
59.12
(112)
62.71
(111)
64.94
(111)
64.89
  Hungary (072)
62.96
(085)
59.8
(092)
68.24
(089)
69.16
(087)
69.56
  Malaysia (073)
62.83
(113)
51.55
(119)
60.53
(101)
66.88
(123)
63.26
  Sierra Leone (074)
62.55
(046)
71.03
(075)
70.39
(085)
69.72
(086)
69.64
  Comoros (075)
62.25
(083)
60.16
(084)
69.35
(075)
70.23
(056)
72.09
  Northern Cyprus (076)
61.73
(081)
61.08
(076)
70.18
(077)
70.21
(074)
70.33
  Georgia (077)
61.69
(089)
59.3
(060)
71.36
(060)
71.41
(060)
71.02
  Guinea-Bissau (078)
61.57
(092)
58.79
(095)
67.32
(094)
67.94
(089)
69.05
  Ukraine (079)
61.19
(106)
55.76
(097)
67.04
(096)
67.48
(102)
67.54
  Ecuador (080)
60.51
(068)
64.61
(096)
67.17
(098)
67.38
(097)
68.12
  Congo (081)
60.42
(093)
58.64
(118)
61.17
(118)
63.44
(117)
63.96
  Malawi (082)
60.34
(080)
61.4
(062)
71.2
(069)
70.68
(068)
70.64
  Chile (083)
60.09
(082)
60.61
(054)
72.11
(051)
72.69
(046)
74.35
  Malta (084)
59.76
(078)
61.55
(081)
69.54
(081)
69.84
(077)
70.26
  Guinea (085)
59.51
(084)
59.82
(109)
64.58
(110)
65.66
(107)
66.51
  Mauritania (086)
59.45
(097)
58.1
(094)
67.75
(097)
67.46
(094)
68.35
  Zambia (087)
59.41
(109)
55.4
(115)
61.79
(120)
63.00
(119)
63.62
  Mongolia (088)
59.33
(090)
59.17
(068)
71.03
(073)
70.39
(070)
70.49
  Fiji (089)
59.27
(102)
56.91
(055)
72.08
(052)
72.59
(052)
72.82
  Bhutan (090)
59.25
(033)
76.46
(065)
71.14
(067)
71.10
(080)
70.19
  Serbia (091)
59.16
(079)
61.51
(093)
67.97
(093)
68.38
(090)
68.82
  Brazil (092)
58.67
(110)
55.36
(111)
63.75
(107)
65.95
(105)
67.21
  Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (093)
58.36
(055)
68.49
(045)
76.02
(044)
76.22
(050)
73.96
  Gabon (094)
58.12
(105)
56
(117)
61.4
(121)
62.80
(115)
64.40
    Nepal (095)
57.89
(076)
62.67
(106)
65.38
(112)
64.90
(106)
66.60
  Albania (096)
57.86
(103)
56.41
(083)
69.41
(084)
69.75
(082)
70.16
  Israel (097)
57.57
(086)
59.62
(086)
69.1
(088)
69.16
(088)
69.20
  Central African Republic (098)
57.56
(101)
56.96
(126)
58.08
(132)
57.13
(145)
52.73
  Haiti (099)
57.38
(070)
64.55
(087)
68.88
(083)
69.80
(062)
71.00
  Maldives (100)
56.93
(087)
59.55
(072)
70.87
(079)
70.07
(098)
67.84
  Madagascar (101)
56.66
(098)
58.02
(057)
71.76
(054)
72.32
(054)
72.24
  Mozambique (102)
56.13
(116)
49.89
(108)
64.61
(104)
66.21
(103)
67.34
  Paraguay (103)
55.96
(096)
58.36
(100)
66.48
(100)
67.03
(099)
67.60
  Senegal (104)
55.82
(073)
63.07
(049)
74.78
(047)
76.01
(049)
74.19
  Qatar (105)
55.28
(119)
49.03
(128)
57.4
(129)
57.49
(128)
57.49
  Thailand (106)
55.24
(115)
50.15
(137)
54.78
(140)
55.06
(136)
55.90
  Greece (107)
55.20
(108)
55.52
(070)
70.99
(065)
71.20
(065)
70.92
  Indonesia (108)
54.83
(117)
49.27
(113)
62.6
(119)
63.18
(124)
63.23
  Chad (109)
53.73
(104)
56.18
(123)
59.8
(123)
60.30
(122)
63.29
  Peru (110)
52.74
(077)
61.75
(091)
68.29
(090)
69.06
(085)
69.78
  Eswatini (111)
52.66
(131)
46.42
(141)
53.66
(141)
54.85
(147)
50.91
  Benin (112)
52.44
(121)
48.39
(114)
61.82
(113)
64.89
(096)
68.26
  Mali (113)
52.29
(111)
54.48
(099)
66.5
(108)
65.88
(112)
64.77
  Burundi (114)
52.14
(107)
55.74
(147)
52.43
(160)
44.67
(159)
47.11
  El Salvador (115)
51.36
(112)
54.09
(082)
69.51
(074)
70.30
(081)
70.19
  Kenya (116)
51.15
(069)
64.59
(102)
66.35
(103)
66.28
(100)
67.56
  Bolivia (117)
51.09
(126)
47.58
(110)
64.53
(114)
64.63
(113)
64.62
  South Sudan (118)
50.62
(128)
47.06
(139)
54.22
(138)
55.51
(139)
54.35
  Lebanon (119)
50.46
(130)
46.58
(107)
65.07
(102)
66.81
(101)
67.56
  Equatorial Guinea (120)
50.35
(141)
43.96
(164)
44.33
(165)
43.62
(165)
41.65
  Tunisia (121)
50.11
(094)
58.49
(073)
70.47
(072)
70.55
(072)
70.39
  Kyrgyzstan (122)
49.91
(072)
64.25
(079)
69.63
(082)
69.81
(083)
70.08
  Nigeria (123)
49.56
(129)
46.79
(120)
60.31
(115)
64.37
(120)
63.50
  DR Congo (124)
48.55
(125)
47.66
(149)
51.41
(150)
50.91
(154)
48.29
  Angola (125)
48.30
(099)
57.17
(103)
65.94
(106)
66.08
(109)
65.04
  Zimbabwe (126)
48.17
(137)
44.94
(130)
56.88
(126)
59.05
(127)
57.77
  Guatemala (127)
48.12
(124)
47.94
(116)
61.55
(116)
64.26
(116)
64.06
  Mexico (128)
47.98
(127)
47.57
(143)
53.29
(143)
54.55
(144)
53.22
  Singapore (129)
47.88
(139)
44.23
(160)
44.8
(158)
44.77
(151)
48.59
  Ethiopia (130)
47.70
(114)
50.53
(101)
66.37
(099)
67.18
(110)
64.89
  Rwanda (131)
46.58
(136)
45.18
(156)
49.34
(155)
49.66
(155)
47.57
  Philippines (132)
46.21
(147)
41.84
(138)
54.36
(136)
56.46
(134)
56.09
  Uganda (133)
46.08
(132)
46.35
(125)
58.81
(125)
59.05
(125)
60.58
  Kazakhstan (134)
45.87
(122)
48.28
(155)
49.72
(157)
45.89
(158)
47.18
  Sri Lanka (135)
45.85
(146)
42.13
(127)
57.8
(127)
58.06
(126)
60.39
  Algeria (136)
45.74
(134)
45.53
(146)
52.74
(146)
54.48
(141)
54.25
  Uzbekistan (137)
45.73
(133)
46.35
(157)
49.26
(156)
46.93
(160)
46.48
  Cameroon (138)
45.58
(118)
49.1
(135)
56.22
(134)
56.72
(131)
56.68
  Colombia (139)
45.32
(145)
42.43
(134)
56.26
(130)
57.34
(129)
57.18
  Hong Kong (140)
44.86
(148)
41.64
(080)
69.56
(080)
69.99
(073)
70.35
  Somalia (141)
44.24
(140)
44.01
(161)
44.53
(163)
44.55
(164)
42.76
  Brunei (142)
44.20
(144)
42.53
(154)
50.09
(152)
50.35
(152)
48.52
  Tanzania (143)
44.02
(123)
48.28
(124)
59.31
(124)
59.75
(118)
63.72
  Morocco (144)
43.69
(135)
45.42
(136)
56.06
(133)
57.12
(135)
56.02
  United Arab Emirates (145)
42.99
(138)
44.46
(131)
56.87
(131)
57.31
(133)
56.37
  Jordan (146)
42.79
(120)
48.66
(129)
57.11
(128)
57.92
(130)
56.89
  Cambodia (147)
42.02
(142)
43.48
(144)
53.16
(144)
54.54
(143)
54.10
  Sudan (148)
40.83
(151)
40.96
(159)
47.07
(159)
44.67
(175)
27.55
  Libya (149)
40.22
(143)
43.16
(165)
44.27
(164)
44.23
(162)
44.23
  Pakistan (150)
39.95
(157)
37.99
(145)
53.14
(145)
54.48
(142)
54.17
  Azerbaijan (151)
39.93
(154)
39.4
(167)
41.23
(168)
41.52
(166)
40.87
  Afghanistan (152)
39.75
(156)
38.27
(122)
59.81
(122)
62.30
(121)
63.45
  Tajikistan (153)
39.06
(152)
40.26
(162)
44.48
(161)
44.66
(161)
45.98
  Kuwait (154)
38.84
(158)
37.87
(105)
65.64
(109)
65.70
(108)
66.14
  Oman (155)
37.87
(163)
35.99
(133)
56.63
(135)
56.58
(132)
56.58
  Palestine (156)
37.86
(170)
28.98
(132)
56.82
(137)
55.91
(137)
55.32
  Belarus (157)
37.17
(153)
39.62
(158)
49.18
(153)
50.25
(153)
48.34
  Nicaragua (158)
37.09
(160)
37.09
(121)
60.02
(117)
64.19
(114)
64.47
  Venezuela (159)
36.99
(159)
37.78
(148)
52.4
(147)
54.34
(148)
50.90
  Laos (160)
36.66
(161)
36.64
(172)
29.44
(172)
35.72
(171)
35.51
  India (161)
36.62
(150)
41
(142)
53.44
(142)
54.67
(140)
54.33
  Djibouti (162)
35.87
(164)
35.75
(176)
21.38
(176)
23.27
(173)
28.64
  Bangladesh (163)
35.31
(162)
36.63
(152)
50.29
(151)
50.63
(150)
49.26
  Russia (164)
34.77
(155)
38.82
(150)
51.29
(149)
51.08
(149)
49.69
  Turkey (165)
33.97
(149)
41.25
(153)
50.21
(154)
49.98
(157)
47.19
  Egypt (166)
33.37
(168)
30.23
(166)
43.83
(166)
43.18
(163)
43.53
  Iraq (167)
32.94
(172)
28.59
(163)
44.43
(162)
44.63
(156)
47.40
  Yemen (168)
32.78
(169)
29.14
(169)
37.65
(167)
41.75
(168)
38.34
  Honduras (169)
32.65
(165)
34.61
(151)
50.65
(148)
51.80
(146)
51.47
  Saudi Arabia (170)
32.43
(166)
33.71
(170)
37.27
(170)
37.86
(172)
34.12
  Bahrain (171)
30.59
(167)
30.97
(168)
38.9
(169)
39.87
(167)
38.69
  Cuba (172)
29.00
(173)
27.32
(171)
36.06
(171)
36.19
(169)
36.19
  Myanmar (173)
28.26
(176)
25.03
(140)
53.86
(139)
55.23
(138)
55.08
  Eritrea (174)
27.86
(179)
19.62
(180)
18.55
(178)
16.50
(178)
19.74
  Syria (175)
27.22
(171)
28.94
(173)
29.37
(174)
27.43
(174)
28.22
  Turkmenistan (176)
25.82
(177)
25.01
(178)
19.97
(179)
14.56
(180)
14.56
  Iran (177)
24.81
(178)
23.22
(174)
27.3
(173)
35.19
(170)
35.59
  Vietnam (178)
24.58
(174)
26.11
(175)
21.54
(175)
25.29
(176)
25.07
  China (179)
22.97
(175)
25.17
(177)
21.28
(177)
21.52
(177)
21.08
  North Korea (180)
21.72
(180)
13.92
(179)
18.72
(180)
14.18
(179)
16.60

See also

References

  1. ^ "2023 World Press Freedom Index". Reporters Without Borders. 2023.
  2. ^ a b How the index was compiled 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Reporters Without Borders, 2013
  3. ^ 2022 World Press Freedom Index, Methodology Reporters Without Borders, 2022
  4. ^ Reporters Without Borders (2022). "2022 World Press Freedom Index, Methodology". RSF.org.
  5. ^ "Index 2023 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Index 2022 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders.
  7. ^ "Index 2021 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders.
  8. ^ "Index 2020 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders.
  9. ^ "Index 2019 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

External links

  • Full list of rankings from the Press Freedom Index
  • About the World Press Freedom Index

world, press, freedom, index, wpfi, annual, ranking, countries, compiled, published, reporters, without, borders, since, 2002, based, upon, organisation, assessment, countries, press, freedom, records, previous, year, intends, reflect, degree, freedom, that, j. The World Press Freedom Index WPFI is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders RSF since 2002 based upon the organisation s own assessment of the countries press freedom records in the previous year It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists news organisations and netizens have in each country and the efforts made by authorities to respect this freedom Reporters Without Borders is careful to note that the WPFI only deals with press freedom and does not measure the quality of journalism in the countries it assesses nor does it look at human rights violations in general 2 2023 World Press Freedom Index 1 Good 85 100 points Satisfactory 70 85 points Problematic 55 70 points Difficult 40 55 points Very serious lt 40 points Not classified Contents 1 Methodology 2 Rankings and scores by country 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksMethodology EditThe WPFI is partly based on a questionnaire 3 using seven general criteria pluralism measures the degree of representation of opinions in the media space media independence environment and self censorship legislative framework transparency infrastructure and abuses The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media including penalties for press offences the existence of a state monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated and the level of independence of the public media It also includes violations of the free flow of information on the Internet Violence against journalists netizens and media assistants including abuses attributable to the state armed militias clandestine organisations or pressure groups are monitored by RSF staff during the year and are also part of the final score A smaller score on the report corresponds to greater freedom of the press as reported by the organisation The questionnaire is sent to Reporters Without Borders s partner organisations 18 freedom of expression non governmental organisations located in five continents its 150 correspondents around the world and journalists researchers jurists and human rights activists 2 The methodology for the WPFI was dramatically changed in 2022 from the methodology used from 2013 2021 and the thresholds for each categorization have been shifted accordingly 4 Rankings and scores by country EditCountries are ranked on a scale from 0 100 points Country 2023 5 2022 6 2021 7 2020 8 2019 9 Norway 001 95 18 001 92 65 001 93 28 001 92 16 001 92 18 Ireland 002 89 91 006 88 3 012 88 09 013 87 40 015 85 00 Denmark 003 89 48 002 90 27 004 91 43 003 91 87 005 90 13 Sweden 004 88 15 003 88 84 003 92 76 004 90 75 003 91 69 Finland 005 87 94 005 88 42 002 93 01 002 92 07 002 92 10 Netherlands 006 87 00 028 77 93 006 90 33 005 90 04 004 91 37 Lithuania 007 86 79 009 84 14 028 79 95 028 78 81 030 77 94 Estonia 008 85 31 004 88 83 015 84 75 014 87 39 011 87 73 Portugal 009 84 60 007 87 07 009 89 89 010 88 17 012 87 37 East Timor 010 84 49 017 81 89 071 70 89 078 70 10 084 70 07 Liechtenstein 011 84 47 010 84 03 023 80 51 024 80 48 026 79 51 Switzerland 012 84 40 014 82 72 010 89 45 008 89 38 006 89 48 New Zealand 013 84 23 011 83 54 008 89 96 009 89 31 007 89 25 Czech Republic 014 83 58 020 80 54 040 76 62 040 76 43 040 75 11 Canada 015 83 53 019 81 74 013 84 75 016 84 71 018 84 31 Latvia 016 83 27 022 79 17 022 80 74 022 81 44 024 80 47 Slovakia 017 83 22 027 78 37 035 76 98 033 77 33 035 76 42 Iceland 018 83 19 015 82 69 016 84 63 015 84 88 014 85 29 Samoa 019 82 15 045 71 39 021 80 76 021 81 75 022 81 75 Luxembourg 020 81 98 021 79 81 020 82 44 017 84 54 017 84 34 Germany 021 81 91 016 82 04 013 84 76 011 87 84 013 85 40 Namibia 022 80 91 018 81 84 024 80 28 023 80 75 023 81 05 Costa Rica 023 82 30 008 85 92 005 91 24 007 89 47 010 87 76 France 024 78 72 026 78 53 034 77 4 034 77 08 032 77 79 South Africa 025 78 60 035 75 56 032 78 41 031 77 59 031 77 81 United Kingdom 026 78 51 024 78 71 033 78 41 035 77 07 033 77 77 Australia 027 78 24 039 73 77 025 80 21 026 79 79 021 83 45 Moldova 028 77 62 040 73 47 089 68 39 091 68 84 091 68 79 Austria 029 77 30 031 76 74 017 83 66 018 84 22 016 84 67 Trinidad and Tobago 030 76 54 025 78 68 031 78 45 036 76 78 039 75 26 Belgium 031 76 47 023 78 86 011 88 31 012 87 43 009 87 93 Jamaica 032 75 89 012 83 35 007 90 04 006 89 49 008 88 87 Cape Verde 033 75 72 036 75 37 027 79 91 025 79 85 025 80 19 Seychelles 034 75 71 013 83 33 052 74 34 063 71 34 069 70 59 Taiwan 035 75 54 038 74 08 043 76 14 043 76 24 042 75 02 Spain 036 75 37 032 76 71 029 79 56 029 77 84 029 78 01 Andorra 037 75 05 053 68 79 039 76 68 037 76 77 037 75 37 North Macedonia 038 74 35 057 68 44 090 68 33 092 68 72 095 68 34 Montenegro 039 74 28 063 66 54 104 65 67 105 66 17 104 67 26 Argentina 040 73 36 029 77 28 069 71 01 064 71 22 057 71 70 Italy 041 72 05 058 68 16 041 76 61 041 76 31 043 75 02 Croatia 042 71 95 048 70 42 056 72 05 059 71 49 064 70 97 Dominican Republic 043 71 88 030 76 9 050 74 4 055 72 10 055 72 10 Tonga 044 71 29 049 69 74 046 75 41 050 72 73 045 74 59 United States 045 71 22 042 72 74 044 76 07 045 76 15 048 74 31 Gambia 046 71 06 050 69 25 085 69 24 087 69 38 092 68 65 South Korea 047 70 83 043 72 11 042 76 57 042 76 30 041 75 06 Suriname 048 70 62 052 68 95 019 83 05 020 82 50 020 83 62 Armenia 048 70 61 051 68 97 063 71 17 061 71 40 061 71 02 Slovenia 050 70 59 054 68 54 036 76 9 032 77 36 034 77 69 Belize 051 70 49 047 70 67 053 72 39 053 72 50 053 72 50 Uruguay 052 70 33 044 72 03 018 83 62 019 84 21 019 83 94 Romania 053 69 04 056 68 46 048 75 09 048 74 09 047 74 33 Ivory Coast 054 68 83 037 74 46 066 71 13 068 71 06 071 70 48 Cyprus 055 68 62 065 65 97 026 80 15 027 79 55 028 78 26 Kosovo 056 68 38 061 67 078 69 68 070 70 67 075 70 32 Poland 057 67 66 066 65 64 064 71 16 062 71 35 059 71 11 Burkina Faso 058 67 64 041 73 12 037 76 83 038 76 53 036 75 47 Papua New Guinea 059 67 62 062 66 66 047 75 12 046 76 07 038 75 30 Guyana 060 67 50 034 76 41 051 74 39 049 73 37 051 73 37 Niger 061 66 84 059 67 8 059 71 56 057 71 75 066 70 74 Ghana 062 65 93 060 67 43 030 78 67 030 77 74 027 79 19 Mauritius 063 65 56 064 66 07 061 71 26 056 72 00 058 71 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 064 65 43 067 65 64 058 71 66 058 71 49 063 70 98 Botswana 065 64 61 095 58 49 038 76 75 039 76 44 044 74 91 Liberia 066 64 34 075 62 77 098 66 64 095 67 75 093 68 51 Lesotho 067 64 29 088 59 39 088 68 30 086 69 55 078 70 26 Japan 068 63 95 071 64 37 067 71 12 066 71 14 067 70 64 Panama 069 63 67 074 62 78 077 70 06 076 70 22 079 70 22 Togo 070 63 06 100 57 17 074 70 41 071 70 67 076 70 31 Bulgaria 071 62 98 091 59 12 112 62 71 111 64 94 111 64 89 Hungary 072 62 96 085 59 8 092 68 24 089 69 16 087 69 56 Malaysia 073 62 83 113 51 55 119 60 53 101 66 88 123 63 26 Sierra Leone 074 62 55 046 71 03 075 70 39 085 69 72 086 69 64 Comoros 075 62 25 083 60 16 084 69 35 075 70 23 056 72 09 Northern Cyprus 076 61 73 081 61 08 076 70 18 077 70 21 074 70 33 Georgia 077 61 69 089 59 3 060 71 36 060 71 41 060 71 02 Guinea Bissau 078 61 57 092 58 79 095 67 32 094 67 94 089 69 05 Ukraine 079 61 19 106 55 76 097 67 04 096 67 48 102 67 54 Ecuador 080 60 51 068 64 61 096 67 17 098 67 38 097 68 12 Congo 081 60 42 093 58 64 118 61 17 118 63 44 117 63 96 Malawi 082 60 34 080 61 4 062 71 2 069 70 68 068 70 64 Chile 083 60 09 082 60 61 054 72 11 051 72 69 046 74 35 Malta 084 59 76 078 61 55 081 69 54 081 69 84 077 70 26 Guinea 085 59 51 084 59 82 109 64 58 110 65 66 107 66 51 Mauritania 086 59 45 097 58 1 094 67 75 097 67 46 094 68 35 Zambia 087 59 41 109 55 4 115 61 79 120 63 00 119 63 62 Mongolia 088 59 33 090 59 17 068 71 03 073 70 39 070 70 49 Fiji 089 59 27 102 56 91 055 72 08 052 72 59 052 72 82 Bhutan 090 59 25 033 76 46 065 71 14 067 71 10 080 70 19 Serbia 091 59 16 079 61 51 093 67 97 093 68 38 090 68 82 Brazil 092 58 67 110 55 36 111 63 75 107 65 95 105 67 21 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States 093 58 36 055 68 49 045 76 02 044 76 22 050 73 96 Gabon 094 58 12 105 56 117 61 4 121 62 80 115 64 40 Nepal 095 57 89 076 62 67 106 65 38 112 64 90 106 66 60 Albania 096 57 86 103 56 41 083 69 41 084 69 75 082 70 16 Israel 097 57 57 086 59 62 086 69 1 088 69 16 088 69 20 Central African Republic 098 57 56 101 56 96 126 58 08 132 57 13 145 52 73 Haiti 099 57 38 070 64 55 087 68 88 083 69 80 062 71 00 Maldives 100 56 93 087 59 55 072 70 87 079 70 07 098 67 84 Madagascar 101 56 66 098 58 02 057 71 76 054 72 32 054 72 24 Mozambique 102 56 13 116 49 89 108 64 61 104 66 21 103 67 34 Paraguay 103 55 96 096 58 36 100 66 48 100 67 03 099 67 60 Senegal 104 55 82 073 63 07 049 74 78 047 76 01 049 74 19 Qatar 105 55 28 119 49 03 128 57 4 129 57 49 128 57 49 Thailand 106 55 24 115 50 15 137 54 78 140 55 06 136 55 90 Greece 107 55 20 108 55 52 070 70 99 065 71 20 065 70 92 Indonesia 108 54 83 117 49 27 113 62 6 119 63 18 124 63 23 Chad 109 53 73 104 56 18 123 59 8 123 60 30 122 63 29 Peru 110 52 74 077 61 75 091 68 29 090 69 06 085 69 78 Eswatini 111 52 66 131 46 42 141 53 66 141 54 85 147 50 91 Benin 112 52 44 121 48 39 114 61 82 113 64 89 096 68 26 Mali 113 52 29 111 54 48 099 66 5 108 65 88 112 64 77 Burundi 114 52 14 107 55 74 147 52 43 160 44 67 159 47 11 El Salvador 115 51 36 112 54 09 082 69 51 074 70 30 081 70 19 Kenya 116 51 15 069 64 59 102 66 35 103 66 28 100 67 56 Bolivia 117 51 09 126 47 58 110 64 53 114 64 63 113 64 62 South Sudan 118 50 62 128 47 06 139 54 22 138 55 51 139 54 35 Lebanon 119 50 46 130 46 58 107 65 07 102 66 81 101 67 56 Equatorial Guinea 120 50 35 141 43 96 164 44 33 165 43 62 165 41 65 Tunisia 121 50 11 094 58 49 073 70 47 072 70 55 072 70 39 Kyrgyzstan 122 49 91 072 64 25 079 69 63 082 69 81 083 70 08 Nigeria 123 49 56 129 46 79 120 60 31 115 64 37 120 63 50 DR Congo 124 48 55 125 47 66 149 51 41 150 50 91 154 48 29 Angola 125 48 30 099 57 17 103 65 94 106 66 08 109 65 04 Zimbabwe 126 48 17 137 44 94 130 56 88 126 59 05 127 57 77 Guatemala 127 48 12 124 47 94 116 61 55 116 64 26 116 64 06 Mexico 128 47 98 127 47 57 143 53 29 143 54 55 144 53 22 Singapore 129 47 88 139 44 23 160 44 8 158 44 77 151 48 59 Ethiopia 130 47 70 114 50 53 101 66 37 099 67 18 110 64 89 Rwanda 131 46 58 136 45 18 156 49 34 155 49 66 155 47 57 Philippines 132 46 21 147 41 84 138 54 36 136 56 46 134 56 09 Uganda 133 46 08 132 46 35 125 58 81 125 59 05 125 60 58 Kazakhstan 134 45 87 122 48 28 155 49 72 157 45 89 158 47 18 Sri Lanka 135 45 85 146 42 13 127 57 8 127 58 06 126 60 39 Algeria 136 45 74 134 45 53 146 52 74 146 54 48 141 54 25 Uzbekistan 137 45 73 133 46 35 157 49 26 156 46 93 160 46 48 Cameroon 138 45 58 118 49 1 135 56 22 134 56 72 131 56 68 Colombia 139 45 32 145 42 43 134 56 26 130 57 34 129 57 18 Hong Kong 140 44 86 148 41 64 080 69 56 080 69 99 073 70 35 Somalia 141 44 24 140 44 01 161 44 53 163 44 55 164 42 76 Brunei 142 44 20 144 42 53 154 50 09 152 50 35 152 48 52 Tanzania 143 44 02 123 48 28 124 59 31 124 59 75 118 63 72 Morocco 144 43 69 135 45 42 136 56 06 133 57 12 135 56 02 United Arab Emirates 145 42 99 138 44 46 131 56 87 131 57 31 133 56 37 Jordan 146 42 79 120 48 66 129 57 11 128 57 92 130 56 89 Cambodia 147 42 02 142 43 48 144 53 16 144 54 54 143 54 10 Sudan 148 40 83 151 40 96 159 47 07 159 44 67 175 27 55 Libya 149 40 22 143 43 16 165 44 27 164 44 23 162 44 23 Pakistan 150 39 95 157 37 99 145 53 14 145 54 48 142 54 17 Azerbaijan 151 39 93 154 39 4 167 41 23 168 41 52 166 40 87 Afghanistan 152 39 75 156 38 27 122 59 81 122 62 30 121 63 45 Tajikistan 153 39 06 152 40 26 162 44 48 161 44 66 161 45 98 Kuwait 154 38 84 158 37 87 105 65 64 109 65 70 108 66 14 Oman 155 37 87 163 35 99 133 56 63 135 56 58 132 56 58 Palestine 156 37 86 170 28 98 132 56 82 137 55 91 137 55 32 Belarus 157 37 17 153 39 62 158 49 18 153 50 25 153 48 34 Nicaragua 158 37 09 160 37 09 121 60 02 117 64 19 114 64 47 Venezuela 159 36 99 159 37 78 148 52 4 147 54 34 148 50 90 Laos 160 36 66 161 36 64 172 29 44 172 35 72 171 35 51 India 161 36 62 150 41 142 53 44 142 54 67 140 54 33 Djibouti 162 35 87 164 35 75 176 21 38 176 23 27 173 28 64 Bangladesh 163 35 31 162 36 63 152 50 29 151 50 63 150 49 26 Russia 164 34 77 155 38 82 150 51 29 149 51 08 149 49 69 Turkey 165 33 97 149 41 25 153 50 21 154 49 98 157 47 19 Egypt 166 33 37 168 30 23 166 43 83 166 43 18 163 43 53 Iraq 167 32 94 172 28 59 163 44 43 162 44 63 156 47 40 Yemen 168 32 78 169 29 14 169 37 65 167 41 75 168 38 34 Honduras 169 32 65 165 34 61 151 50 65 148 51 80 146 51 47 Saudi Arabia 170 32 43 166 33 71 170 37 27 170 37 86 172 34 12 Bahrain 171 30 59 167 30 97 168 38 9 169 39 87 167 38 69 Cuba 172 29 00 173 27 32 171 36 06 171 36 19 169 36 19 Myanmar 173 28 26 176 25 03 140 53 86 139 55 23 138 55 08 Eritrea 174 27 86 179 19 62 180 18 55 178 16 50 178 19 74 Syria 175 27 22 171 28 94 173 29 37 174 27 43 174 28 22 Turkmenistan 176 25 82 177 25 01 178 19 97 179 14 56 180 14 56 Iran 177 24 81 178 23 22 174 27 3 173 35 19 170 35 59 Vietnam 178 24 58 174 26 11 175 21 54 175 25 29 176 25 07 China 179 22 97 175 25 17 177 21 28 177 21 52 177 21 08 North Korea 180 21 72 180 13 92 179 18 72 180 14 18 179 16 60See also EditCensorship by country Internet censorship and surveillance by country List of freedom indicesReferences Edit 2023 World Press Freedom Index Reporters Without Borders 2023 a b How the index was compiled Archived 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Reporters Without Borders 2013 2022 World Press Freedom Index Methodology Reporters Without Borders 2022 Reporters Without Borders 2022 2022 World Press Freedom Index Methodology RSF org Index 2023 Global score Reporters Without Borders Retrieved 3 May 2023 Index 2022 Global score Reporters Without Borders Index 2021 Global score Reporters Without Borders Index 2020 Global score Reporters Without Borders Index 2019 Global score Reporters Without Borders Retrieved 16 August 2022 External links EditFull list of rankings from the Press Freedom Index About the World Press Freedom Index Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Press Freedom Index amp oldid 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