Freedom of the Press (report)

Map of Press Freedom, 2011

  Free

  Partly Free

  Not Free

Freedom of the Press is a yearly report by US-based non-governmental organization Freedom House, measuring the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. Levels of freedom are scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free".

Change in freedom of the press since 1989 (share of countries with free, partly free and no free press)

  No Data

  Not Free

  Partly Free

  Free

2011 report

Americas

Country Rank Rating Status St. Lucia 1 15 Free St. Vincent and Grenadines 2 17 Free United States of America 17 Free Costa Rica 4 18 Free Jamaica 18 Free Barbados 6 19 Free Canada 19 Free Bahamas 8 20 Free St. Kitts and Nevis 20 Free Belize 10 23 Free Dominica 23 Free Suriname 23 Free Grenada 13 24 Free Trinidad and Tobago 24 Free Uruguay 15 25 Free Chile 16 29 Free Guyana 17 30 Free Antigua and Barbuda 18 38 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Dominican Republic 19 40 Partly Free El Salvador 20 42 Partly Free Peru 21 43 Partly Free Brazil 22 44 Partly Free Panama 44 Partly Free Bolivia 24 46 Partly Free Nicaragua 25 47 Partly Free Haiti 26 49 Partly Free Argentina 27 51 Partly Free Ecuador 28 52 Partly Free Colombia 29 56 Partly Free Guatemala 30 59 Partly Free Paraguay 31 60 Partly Free Honduras 32 61 Not Free Mexico 33 62 Not Free Venezuela 34 76 Not Free Cuba 35 92 Not Free

Asia-Pacific

Country Rank Rating Status Palau 1 14 Free New Zealand 2 15 Free Marshall Islands 3 17 Free Australia 4 21 Free Japan 21 Free Federated States of Micronesia 21 Free Papua New Guinea 7 25 Free Taiwan 25 Free Vanuatu 25 Free Tuvalu 10 26 Free Kiribati 11 27 Free Nauru 12 28 Free Solomon Islands 13 29 Free Samoa 14 30 Free Tonga 15 31 Partly Free Hong Kong 16 32 Partly Free South Korea 32 Partly Free East Timor 18 35 Partly Free India 35 Partly Free Mongolia 20 39 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Philippines 21 46 Partly Free Maldives 22 50 Partly Free Indonesia 23 53 Partly Free Bangladesh 24 54 Partly Free Bhutan 25 57 Partly Free Fiji 57 Partly Free Nepal 27 59 Partly Free Pakistan 28 61 Not Free Thailand 29 62 Not Free Cambodia 30 63 Not Free Malaysia 31 64 Not Free Singapore 32 68 Not Free Sri Lanka 33 71 Not Free Afghanistan 34 75 Not Free Brunei 75 Not Free Vietnam 36 83 Not Free China 37 85 Not Free Laos 85 Not Free Burma 39 94 Not Free North Korea 40 97 Not Free

Central and Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union

Country Rank Rating Status Estonia 1 18 Free Czech Republic 2 19 Free Lithuania 3 22 Free Slovakia 4 22 Free Cyprus 5 22 Free Poland 6 25 Free Slovenia 7 25 Free Latvia 8 26 Free Hungary 9 30 Free Greece 9 30 Free Serbia 11 33 Partly Free Bulgaria 12 35 Partly Free Montenegro 13 37 Partly Free Croatia 14 41 Partly Free Romania 15 42 Partly Free Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 48 Partly Free Macedonia 17 48 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Albania 16 50 Partly Free Kosovo 17 51 Partly Free Georgia 18 55 Partly Free Moldova 55 Partly Free Ukraine 20 56 Partly Free Armenia 21 65 Not Free Kyrgyzstan 22 70 Not Free Tajikistan 23 78 Not Free Azerbaijan 24 79 Not Free Kazakhstan 25 80 Not Free Russia 26 81 Not Free Belarus 27 93 Not Free Uzbekistan 28 94 Not Free Turkmenistan 29 96 Not Free

Middle East and North Africa

Country Rank Rating Status Israel 1 29 Free Lebanon 2 31 Free Kuwait 3 57 Partly Free Turkey 25 54 Partly Free Algeria 4 62 Not Free Jordan 5 63 Not Free Egypt 6 65 Not Free Qatar 7 66 Not Free Iraq 8 68 Not Free Morocco 68 Not Free Oman 10 71 Not Free

Country Rank Rating Status United Arab Emirates 71 Not Free Bahrain 12 72 Not Free Palestinian Authority 13 83 Not Free Saudi Arabia 83 Not Free Yemen 83 Not Free Syria 16 84 Not Free Tunisia 17 85 Not Free Iran 18 91 Not Free Libya 19 94 Not Free

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Rank Rating Status Mali 1 24 Free Ghana 2 26 Free Cape Verde 3 27 Free Mauritius 4 28 Free São Tomé and Príncipe 5 29 Free Benin 6 33 Partly Free South Africa 33 Partly Free Namibia 8 34 Partly Free Botswana 9 40 Partly Free Burkina Faso 10 41 Partly Free Mozambique 11 44 Partly Free Comoros 12 48 Partly Free Lesotho 48 Partly Free Tanzania 48 Partly Free Nigeria 15 52 Partly Free Mauritania 16 53 Partly Free Sierra Leone 53 Partly Free Congo (Brazzaville) 18 54 Partly Free Kenya 54 Partly Free Senegal 54 Partly Free Uganda 54 Partly Free Malawi 22 55 Partly Free Seychelles 23 56 Partly Free Guinea-Bissau 24 57 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Guinea 25 59 Partly Free Liberia 59 Partly Free Niger 59 Partly Free Central African Republic 28 61 Not Free Zambia 61 Not Free Angola 30 64 Not Free Madagascar 64 Not Free Cameroon 32 67 Not Free Côte d’Ivoire 33 68 Not Free Gabon 34 69 Not Free Djibouti 35 73 Not Free Togo 73 Not Free Burundi 37 74 Not Free Chad 38 75 Not Free Swaziland 39 76 Not Free Ethiopia 40 78 Not Free Sudan 78 Not Free Congo (Kinshasa) 42 81 Not Free The Gambia 81 Not Free Zimbabwe 81 Not Free Rwanda 45 84 Not Free Somalia 84 Not Free Equatorial Guinea 47 90 Not Free Eritrea 48 94 Not Free

Western Europe

Country Rank Rating Status Finland 1 10 Free Norway 2 11 Free Sweden 11 Free Belgium 4 12 Free Iceland 12 Free Luxembourg 12 Free Andorra 7 13 Free Denmark 13 Free Switzerland 13 Free Liechtenstein 10 14 Free Netherlands 14 Free Ireland 12 16 Free Monaco 16 Free

Country Rank Rating Status Germany 14 17 Free Portugal 17 Free San Marino 17 Free United Kingdom 17 19 Free Austria 18 21 Free Malta 19 22 Free France 20 23 Free Spain 21 23 Free Italy 22 34 Partly Free

See also

• List of indices of freedom

References

• "Freedom of the Press 2011". Freedom House. http://freedomhouse.org/images/File/fop/2011/FOTP2011GlobalRegionalTables.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 

External links

• Freedom of the Press - online at Freedom House