Press Freedom Index 2019

The Press Freedom Index

The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organisation’s own assessment of the countries’ press freedom records in the previous year.

Source: Reporters without borders

Rank2019	Country	Score 2019	Progression RANK	Rank 2018	Score 2018
1	Norway	7.82	0	1	7.63
2	Finland	7.90	2	4	10.26
3	Sweden	8.31	-1	2	8.31
4	Netherlands	8.63	-1	3	10.01
5	Denmark	9.87	4	9	13.99
6	Switzerland	10.52	-1	5	11.27
7	New Zealand	10.75	1	8	13.62
8	Jamaica	11.13	-2	6	11.33
9	Belgium	12.07	-2	7	13.16
10	Costa Rica	12.24	0	10	14.01
11	Estonia	12.27	1	12	14.08
12	Portugal	12.63	2	14	14.17
13	Germany	14.60	2	15	14.39
14	Iceland	14.71	-1	13	14.10
15	Ireland	15.00	1	16	14.59
16	Austria	15.33	-5	11	14.04
17	Luxembourg	15.66	0	17	14.72
18	Canada	15.69	0	18	15.28
19	Uruguay	16.06	1	20	15.56
20	Suriname	16.38	1	21	16.44
21	Australia	16.55	-2	19	15.46
22	Samoa	18.25	0	22	16.69
23	Namibia	18.95	3	26	20.24
24	Latvia	19.53	0	24	19.63
25	Cape Verde	19.81	4	29	20.39
26	Liechtenstein	20.49	4	30	20.49
27	Ghana	20.81	-4	23	18.41
28	Cyprus	21.74	-3	25	19.85
29	Spain	21.99	2	31	20.51
30	Lithuania	22.06	6	36	22.20
31	South Africa	22.19	-3	28	20.39
32	France	22.21	1	33	21.87
33	United Kingdom	22.23	7	40	23.25
34	Slovenia	22.31	-2	32	21.69
35	Slovakia	23.58	-8	27	20.26
36	Burkina Faso	24.53	5	41	23.33
37	Andorra	24.63	0	37	22.21
38	Papua New Guinea	24.70	15	53	26.19
39	Trinidad and Tobago	24.74	0	39	22.79
40	Czech Republic	24.89	-6	34	21.89
41	South Korea	24.94	2	43	23.51
42	Taiwan	24.98	0	42	23.36
43	Italy	24.98	3	46	24.12
44	Botswana	25.09	4	48	25.29
45	Tonga	25.41	6	51	25.68
46	Chile	25.65	-8	38	22.69
47	Romania	25.67	-3	44	23.65
48	United States	25.69	-3	45	23.73
49	Senegal	25.81	1	50	25.61
50	OECS	26.04	-15	35	22.11
51	Guyana	26.63	4	55	26.25
52	Fiji	27.18	5	57	26.55
53	Belize	27.50	-6	47	24.55
54	Madagascar	27.76	0	54	26.20
55	Dominican Republic	27.90	4	59	26.79
56	Comoros	27.91	-7	49	25.30
57	Argentina	28.30	-5	52	26.05
58	Mauritius	28.46	-2	56	26.45
59	Poland	28.89	-1	58	26.59
60	Georgia	28.98	1	61	27.34
61	Armenia	28.98	19	80	29.99
62	Haiti	29.00	-2	60	26.82
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.02	-1	62	27.37
64	Croatia	29.03	5	69	28.94
65	Greece	29.08	9	74	29.19
66	Niger	29.26	-3	63	27.40
67	Japan	29.36	0	67	28.64
68	Malawi	29.36	-4	64	27.43
69	Seychelles	29.41	16	85	30.17
70	Mongolia	29.51	1	71	29.05
71	Ivory Coast	29.52	11	82	30.08
72	Tunisia	29.61	25	97	30.91
73	Hong Kong	29.65	-3	70	29.04
74	Cyprus North	29.67	3	77	29.59
75	Kosovo	29.68	3	78	29.61
76	Togo	29.69	10	86	30.23
77	Malta	29.74	-12	65	27.44
78	Lesotho	29.74	-10	68	28.78
79	Panama	29.78	12	91	30.56
80	Bhutan	29.81	14	94	30.73
81	El Salvador	29.81	-15	66	27.78
82	Albania	29.84	-7	75	29.49
83	Kyrgyzstan	29.92	15	98	31.00
84	East Timor	29.93	11	95	30.81
85	Peru	30.22	3	88	30.27
86	Sierra Leone	30.36	-7	79	29.98
87	Hungary	30.44	-14	73	29.11
88	Israel	30.80	-1	87	30.26
89	Guinea-Bissau	30.95	-6	83	30.09
90	Serbia	31.18	-14	76	29.58
91	Moldova	31.21	-10	81	30.01
92	Gambia	31.35	30	122	38.36
93	Liberia	31.49	-4	89	30.33
94	Mauritania	31.65	-22	72	29.09
95	Macedonia	31.66	14	109	32.43
96	Benin	31.74	-12	84	30.16
97	Ecuador	31.88	-5	92	30.56
98	Maldives	32.16	22	120	37.95
99	Paraguay	32.40	8	107	32.32
100	Kenya	32.44	-4	96	30.82
101	Lebanon	32.44	-1	100	31.15
102	Ukraine	32.46	-1	101	31.16
103	Mozambique	32.66	-4	99	31.12
104	Montenegro	32.74	-1	103	31.21
105	Brazil	32.79	-3	102	31.20
106	Nepal	33.40	0	106	32.05
107	Guinea	33.49	-3	104	31.90
108	Kuwait	33.86	-3	105	31.91
109	Angola	34.96	12	121	38.35
110	Ethiopia	35.11	40	150	50.17
111	Bulgaria	35.11	0	111	35.22
112	Mali	35.23	3	115	36.15
113	Bolivia	35.38	-3	110	32.45
114	Nicaragua	35.53	-24	90	30.41
115	Gabon	35.60	-7	108	32.37
116	Guatemala	35.94	0	116	36.17
117	Congo	36.04	-3	114	35.42
118	Tanzania	36.28	-25	93	30.65
119	Zambia	36.38	-6	113	35.36
120	Nigeria	36.50	-1	119	37.41
121	Afghanistan	36.55	-3	118	37.28
122	Chad	36.71	1	123	38.45
123	Malaysia	36.74	22	145	47.41
124	Indonesia	36.77	0	124	39.68
125	Uganda	39.42	-8	117	36.77
126	Sri Lanka	39.61	5	131	41.37
127	Zimbabwe	42.23	-1	126	40.53
128	Qatar	42.51	-3	125	40.16
129	Colombia	42.82	1	130	41.03
130	Jordan	43.11	2	132	41.71
131	Cameroon	43.32	-2	129	40.92
132	Oman	43.42	-5	127	40.67
133	United Arab Emirates	43.63	-5	128	40.86
134	Philippines	43.91	-1	133	42.53
135	Morocco	43.98	0	135	43.13
136	Thailand	44.10	4	140	44.31
137	Palestine	44.68	-3	134	42.96
138	Myanmar	44.92	-1	137	43.15
139	South Sudan	45.65	5	144	46.88
140	India	45.67	-2	138	43.24
141	Algeria	45.75	-5	136	43.13
142	Pakistan	45.83	-3	139	43.24
143	Cambodia	45.90	-1	142	45.90
144	Mexico	46.78	3	147	48.91
145	Central African Republic	47.27	-33	112	35.25
146	Honduras	48.53	-5	141	45.23
147	Swaziland	49.09	5	152	51.46
148	Venezuela	49.10	-5	143	46.03
149	Russian Federation	50.31	-1	148	49.96
150	Bangladesh	50.74	-4	146	48.62
151	Singapore	51.41	0	151	50.95
152	Brunei Darussalam	51.48	1	153	51.48
153	Belarus	51.66	2	155	52.59
154	DR Congo	51.71	0	154	51.60
155	Rwanda	52.43	1	156	52.90
156	Iraq	52.60	4	160	56.56
157	Turkey	52.81	0	157	53.50
158	Kazakhstan	52.82	0	158	54.41
159	Burundi	52.89	0	159	55.26
160	Uzbekistan	53.52	5	165	60.84
161	Tajikistan	54.02	-12	149	50.06
162	Libya	55.77	0	162	56.79
163	Egypt	56.47	-2	161	56.72
164	Somalia	57.24	4	168	63.04
165	Equatorial Guinea	58.35	6	171	66.47
166	Azerbaijan	59.13	-3	163	59.73
167	Bahrain	61.31	-1	166	60.85
168	Yemen	61.66	-1	167	62.23
169	Cuba	63.81	3	172	68.90
170	Iran	64.41	-6	164	60.71
171	Lao People's DR	64.49	-1	170	66.41
172	Saudi Arabia	65.88	-3	169	63.13
173	Djibouti	71.36	0	173	70.77
174	Syria	71.78	3	177	79.22
175	Sudan	72.45	-1	174	71.13
176	Vietnam	74.93	-1	175	75.05
177	China	78.92	-1	176	78.29
178	Eritrea	80.26	1	179	84.24
179	DPR Korea	83.40	1	180	88.87
180	Turkmenistan	85.44	-2	178	84.20

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