Press Freedom Index

Press Freedom Index

Source: Reporters Without Border

The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries based on the countries’ press freedom in the previous year. The data is based on a questionnaire around topics like pluralism, media independence, and censorship. Specific countries may be excluded if the data is not reliable. Note that a lower score is better. The Press Freedom Index is published annually by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres).

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Global average trend

Country ranking, 2016