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The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organization's assessment of their press freedom records. Small countries, such as Andorra, are excluded from this report. A smaller score in the index corresponds to greater freedom of the press. The 2011-2012 index was published on 25 January 2012. Unlike indexes from previous years, the 2011-2012 index allowed for negative scores and has a wider overall spread of scores (-10 to 142, with previous years having 0 to 115.5).
The report is based on a questionnaire[1] sent to partner organizations of Reporters Without Borders (14 freedom of expression groups in five continents) and its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists.[2]
The survey asks questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media as well as other indirect sources of pressure against the free press. Reporters Without Borders is careful to note that the index only deals with press freedom, and does not measure the quality of journalism. Due to the nature of the survey's methodology based on individual perceptions, there are often wide contrasts in a country's ranking from year to year.
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| Rank 2011-2012 | Country | Rank and Index 2011-2012 | Rank and Index 2010 | Rank and Index 2009 | Rank and Index 2008 | Rank and Index 2007 | Rank and Index 2006 | Rank and Index 2005 | Rank and Index 2004 | Rank and Index 2003 | Rank and Index 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland |
(001) -10.00 | (001) 0.00 | (001) 0.00 | (004) 2.00 | (005) 1.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 |
| 1 |  Norway |
(001) -10.00 | (001) 0.00 | (001) 0.00 | (001) 1.50 | (001) 0.75 | (006) 2.00 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 |
| 3 |  Estonia |
(003) -9.00 | (009) 2.00 | (006) 0.50 | (004) 2.00 | (003) 1.00 | (006) 2.00 | (011) 1.50 | (011) 2.00 | (012) 2.50 | |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
(003) -9.00 | (001) 0.00 | (007) 1.00 | (016) 4.00 | (012) 3.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 |
| 5 |  Austria |
(005) -8.00 | (007) 0.50 | (013) 3.00 | (014) 3.50 | (016) 4.25 | (016) 4.50 | (016) 2.50 | (017) 3.25 | (016) 2.75 | (026) 7.50 |
| 6 |  Iceland |
(006) -7.00 | (001) 0.00 | (009) 2.00 | (001) 1.50 | (001) 0.75 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 |
| 6 |  Luxembourg |
(006) -7.00 | (014) 4.00 | (020) 4.00 | (001) 1.50 | ||||||
| 8 |  Switzerland |
(008) -6.20 | (001) 0.00 | (007) 1.00 | (007) 3.00 | (011) 3.00 | (008) 2.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (012) 2.50 | (015) 4.25 |
| 9 |  Cape Verde |
(009) -6.00 | (026) 8.00 | (044) 11.00 | (036) 8.00 | (045) 14.00 | (045) 11.50 | (029) 6.00 | (038) 8.75 | (047) 8.25 | (046) 13.75 |
| 10 |  Canada |
(010) -5.67 | (021) 7.00 | (019) 3.70 | (013) 3.33 | (018) 4.88 | (016) 4.50 | (021) 4.50 | (018) 3.33 | (010) 1.83 | (005) 0.75 |
| 10 |  Denmark |
(010) -5.67 | (011) 2.50 | (001) 0.00 | (014) 3.50 | (008) 2.00 | (019) 5.00 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (005) 1.00 | (010) 3.00 |
| 12 |  Sweden |
(012) -5.50 | (001) 0.00 | (001) 0.00 | (007) 3.00 | (005) 1.50 | (014) 4.00 | (012) 2.00 | (011) 2.00 | (009) 1.50 | (007) 1.50 |
| 13 |  New Zealand |
(013) -5.33 | (008) 1.50 | (013) 3.00 | (007) 3.00 | (015) 4.17 | (019) 5.00 | (012) 2.00 | (009) 0.67 | (017) 2.83 | |
| 14 |  Czech Republic |
(014) -5.00 | (023) 7.50 | (024) 5.00 | (016) 4.00 | (014) 4.00 | (005) 0.75 | (009) 1.00 | (019) 3.50 | (012) 2.50 | (041) 11.25 |
| 15 |  Ireland |
(015) -4.00 | (009) 2.00 | (001) 0.00 | (004) 2.00 | (008) 2.00 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (001) 0.50 | (017) 2.83 | (006) 1.00 |
| 16 |  Cyprusa |
(016) -3.00 | (045) 13.40 | (025) 5.50 | (031) 7.50 | (045) 14.00 | (030) 7.50 | (025) 5.50 | (081) 22.00 | (083) 20.83 | |
| 16 |  Jamaica |
(016) -3.00 | (025) 7.67 | (023) 4.75 | (021) 4.88 | (027) 8.63 | (023) 5.50 | (034) 7.50 | (024) 4.17 | (021) 3.33 | |
| 16 |  Germany |
(016) -3.00 | (017) 4.25 | (018) 3.50 | (020) 4.50 | (020) 5.75 | (023) 5.50 | (018) 4.00 | (011) 2.00 | (008) 1.33 | (007) 1.50 |
| 19 |  Costa Rica |
(019) -2.25 | (029) 8.08 | (030) 8.00 | (022) 5.10 | (021) 6.50 | (029) 6.67 | (041) 8.50 | (035) 7.63 | (024) 3.83 | (015) 4.25 |
| 20 |  Belgium |
(020) -2.00 | (014) 4.00 | (011) 2.50 | (007) 3.00 | (005) 1.50 | (014) 4.00 | (018) 4.00 | (022) 4.00 | (007) 1.17 | (012) 3.50 |
| 20 |  Namibia |
(020) -2.00 | (021) 7.00 | (035) 9.00 | (023) 5.50 | (025) 8.50 | (026) 6.00 | (025) 5.50 | (042) 10.00 | (056) 11.00 | (031) 8.00 |
| 22 |  Japan |
(022) -1.00 | (011) 2.50 | (017) 3.25 | (029) 6.50 | (037) 11.75 | (051) 12.50 | (037) 8.00 | (042) 10.00 | (044) 8.00 | (026) 7.50 |
| 22 |  Suriname |
(022) -1.00 | (035) 11.50 | (042) 10.60 | (026) 6.00 | ||||||
| 24 |  Poland |
(024) -0.67 | (032) 8.88 | (037) 9.50 | (047) 9.00 | (056) 18.50 | (058) 14.00 | (053) 12.50 | (032) 6.83 | (033) 6.17 | (029) 7.75 |
| 25 |  Mali |
(025) 0.00 | (026) 8.00 | (030) 8.00 | (031) 7.50 | (052) 16.50 | (035) 9.00 | (037) 8.00 | (056) 12.83 | (056) 11.00 | (043) 12.50 |
| 25 | Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States | (025) 0.00 | (057) 16.50 | ||||||||
| 25 |  Slovakia |
(025) 0.00 | (035) 11.50 | (044) 11.00 | (007) 3.00 | (003) 1.00 | (008) 2.50 | (008) 0.75 | (001) 0.50 | (012) 2.50 | |
| 28 |  United Kingdom |
(028) 2.00 | (019) 6.00 | (020) 4.00 | (023) 5.50 | (024) 8.25 | (027) 6.50 | (024) 5.17 | (028) 6.00 | (027) 4.25 | (021) 6.00 |
| 29 |  Niger |
(029) 2.50 | (104) 28.50 | (139) 48.50 | (130) 37.00 | (087) 25.50 | (095) 24.50 | (057) 13.00 | (071) 18.33 | (068) 15.75 | (053) 18.50 |
| 30 |  Australia |
(030) 4.00 | (018) 5.38 | (016) 3.13 | (028) 6.25 | (028) 8.79 | (035) 9.00 | (031) 6.50 | (041) 9.50 | (050) 9.25 | (012) 3.50 |
| 30 |  Lithuania |
(030) 4.00 | (011) 2.50 | (010) 2.25 | (016) 4.00 | (023) 7.00 | (027) 6.50 | (021) 4.50 | (016) 3.00 | (017) 2.83 | |
| 32 |  Uruguay |
(032) 4.25 | (037) 11.75 | (029) 7.63 | (043) 8.33 | (037) 11.75 | (057) 13.75 | (046) 9.75 | (042) 10.00 | (025) 4.00 | (021) 6.00 |
| 33 |  Portugal |
(033) 5.33 | (040) 12.36 | (030) 8.00 | (016) 4.00 | (008) 2.00 | (010) 3.00 | (023) 4.83 | (025) 4.50 | (028) 5.17 | (007) 1.50 |
| 34 |  Tanzania |
(034) 6.00 | (041) 13.00 | (062) 15.50 | (070) 15.00 | (055) 18.00 | (088) 19.82 | (074) 17.50 | (061) 14.50 | (069) 16.50 | (062) 21.25 |
 Grenada |
(055) 12.00 | ||||||||||
| 35 |  Papua New Guinea |
(035) 9.00 | (042) 13.33 | (056) 14.70 | |||||||
| 36 |  Slovenia |
(036) 9.14 | (046) 13.44 | (037) 9.50 | (030) 7.33 | (021) 6.50 | (010) 3.00 | (009) 1.00 | (015) 2.25 | (020) 3.00 | (014) 4.00 |
| 37 |  El Salvador |
(037) 9.30 | (051) 15.83 | (079) 17.25 | (062) 12.80 | (064) 20.20 | (041) 10.00 | (028) 5.75 | (028) 6.00 | (037) 6.83 | (033) 8.75 |
| 38 |  France |
(038) 9.50 | (044) 13.38 | (043) 10.67 | (035) 7.67 | (031) 9.75 | (035) 9.00 | (030) 6.25 | (019) 3.50 | (026) 4.17 | (011) 3.25 |
| 39 |  Spain |
(039) 9.75 | (039) 12.25 | (044) 11.00 | (036) 8.00 | (033) 10.25 | (041) 10.00 | (040) 8.33 | (039) 9.00 | (042) 7.67 | (029) 7.75 |
| 40 |  Hungary |
(040) 10.00 | (023) 7.50 | (025) 5.50 | (023) 5.50 | (017) 4.50 | (010) 3.00 | (012) 2.00 | (028) 6.00 | (021) 3.33 | (024) 6.50 |
| 41 |  Ghana |
(041) 11.00 | (026) 8.00 | (027) 6.00 | (031) 7.50 | (029) 9.00 | (034) 8.50 | (066) 15.00 | (057) 13.50 | (048) 8.75 | (067) 23.00 |
| 42 |  South Africa |
(042) 12.00 | (038) 12.00 | (033) 8.50 | (036) 8.00 | (043) 13.00 | (044) 11.25 | (031) 6.50 | (026) 5.00 | (021) 3.33 | (026) 7.50 |
| 42 |  Botswana |
(042) 12.00 | (062) 17.50 | (062) 15.50 | (066) 14.00 | (075) 23.50 | (053) 13.00 | (060) 14.00 | (050) 11.50 | (062) 13.00 | |
| 44 |  South Korea |
(044) 12.67 | (042) 13.33 | (069) 15.67 | (047) 9.00 | (039) 12.13 | (031) 7.75 | (034) 7.50 | (048) 11.13 | (049) 9.17 | (039) 10.50 |
| 45 |  Comoros |
(045) 13.00 | (070) 19.00 | (082) 19.00 | (089) 20.00 | (096) 28.00 | (093) 22.50 | (088) 22.00 | (091) 26.50 | (079) 18.50 | (058) 20.50 |
| 45 |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
(045) 13.00 | (048) 14.50 | (059) 15.08 | (036) 8.00 | (032) 10.00 | (043) 10.50 | (051) 12.25 | (060) 14.25 | (061) 12.00 | (035) 9.00 |
| 47 |  United States |
(047) 14.00 | (020) 6.75 | (020) 4.00 | (036) 8.00 | (048) 14.50 | (053) 13.00 | (044) 9.50 | (022) 4.00 | (031) 6.00 | (017) 4.75 |
| 47 |  Argentina |
(047) 14.00 | (055) 16.35 | (047) 11.33 | (068) 14.08 | (082) 24.83 | (076) 17.30 | (059) 13.67 | (079) 21.33 | (067) 15.17 | (042) 12.00 |
| 47 |  Romania |
(047) 14.00 | (052) 16.00 | (050) 12.50 | (047) 9.00 | (042) 12.75 | (058) 14.00 | (070) 16.17 | (070) 17.83 | (059) 11.50 | (045) 13.25 |
| 50 |  Latvia |
(050) 15.00 | (030) 8.50 | (013) 3.00 | (007) 3.00 | (012) 3.50 | (010) 3.00 | (016) 2.50 | (010) 1.00 | (011) 2.25 | |
| 50 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
(050) 15.00 | (030) 8.50 | (028) 7.00 | (027) 6.13 | (019) 5.00 | (019) 5.00 | (012) 2.00 | (011) 2.00 | (005) 1.00 | |
| 52 |  Haiti |
(052) 15.67 | (056) 16.38 | (057) 15.00 | (073) 15.13 | (075) 23.50 | (087) 19.50 | (117) 33.50 | (125) 42.13 | (100) 31.00 | (106) 36.50 |
| 53 |  Moldova |
(053) 16.00 | (075) 19.13 | (114) 33.75 | (098) 21.38 | (081) 24.75 | (085) 19.17 | (074) 17.50 | (078) 20.50 | (094) 27.00 | |
| 54 |  Hong Kong |
(054) 17.00 | (034) 10.75 | (048) 11.75 | (051) 9.75 | (061) 20.00 | (058) 14.00 | (039) 8.25 | (034) 7.50 | (056) 11.00 | (018) 4.83 |
| 54 |  Mauritius |
(054) 17.00 | (065) 18.00 | (051) 14.00 | (047) 9.00 | (025) 8.50 | (032) 8.00 | (034) 7.50 | (046) 10.50 | (041) 7.25 | (036) 9.50 |
| 54 |  Samoa |
(054) 17.00 | (111) 33.00 | ||||||||
| 57 | United States (extraterritorial) |
(057) 19.00 | (099) 27.00 | (108) 30.00 | (119) 31.00 | (111) 36.00 | (119) 31.50 | (137) 48.50 | (108) 36.00 | (135) 41.00 | |
| 58 |  Malta |
(058) 19.50 | (014) 4.00 | (011) 2.50 | |||||||
| 58 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
(058) 19.50 | (047) 13.50 | (039) 10.50 | (036) 8.00 | (034) 11.17 | (019) 5.00 | (033) 7.00 | (021) 3.67 | (037) 6.83 | (043) 12.50 |
| 58 |  Guyana |
(058) 19.50 | (059) 16.63 | (039) 10.50 | (088) 19.75 | ||||||
| 61 |  Italy |
(061) 19.67 | (049) 15.00 | (049) 12.14 | (044) 8.42 | (035) 11.25 | (040) 9.90 | (042) 8.67 | (039) 9.00 | (053) 9.75 | (040) 11.00 |
| 62 |  Central African Republic |
(062) 20.00 | (069) 18.50 | (080) 17.75 | (085) 18.50 | (071) 22.50 | (062) 14.50 | (082) 19.75 | (104) 32.50 | (107) 32.75 | (063) 21.50 |
| 63 |  Lesotho |
(063) 21.00 | (090) 24.00 | (099) 27.50 | (116) 29.50 | (099) 29.50 | (070) 16.00 | (081) 19.50 | (098) 29.50 | (075) 17.75 | |
| 63 |  Sierra Leone |
(063) 21.00 | (091) 24.25 | (115) 34.00 | (114) 27.75 | (121) 39.50 | (103) 26.00 | (126) 39.50 | (088) 24.50 | (087) 23.50 | (072) 24.50 |
| 63 |  Tonga |
(063) 21.00 | (087) 23.75 | (082) 18.00 | (119) 38.25 | (053) 13.00 | (063) 14.50 | (119) 38.17 | |||
| 66 |  Mozambique |
(066) 21.50 | (098) 26.50 | (082) 19.00 | (090) 20.50 | (073) 23.00 | (045) 11.50 | (049) 10.50 | (064) 16.25 | (063) 14.00 | (070) 23.50 |
| 67 |  Mauritania |
(067) 22.20 | (095) 25.38 | (100) 28.50 | (105) 23.88 | (050) 15.50 | (077) 17.50 | (127) 40.00 | (138) 51.00 | (121) 36.67 | (115) 41.33 |
| 68 |  Croatia |
(068) 23.33 | (062) 17.50 | (078) 17.17 | (045) 8.50 | (041) 12.50 | (053) 13.00 | (056) 12.83 | (054) 11.83 | (069) 16.50 | (033) 8.75 |
| 68 |  Burkina Faso |
(068) 23.33 | (049) 15.00 | (057) 15.00 | (063) 13.00 | (068) 21.50 | (070) 16.00 | (078) 19.00 | (064) 16.25 | (076) 18.00 | (085) 27.75 |
| 70 |  Bhutan |
(070) 24.00 | (064) 17.75 | (070) 15.75 | (074) 15.50 | (116) 37.17 | (098) 25.00 | (142) 51.50 | (146) 55.83 | (157) 77.33 | (135) 90.75 |
| 70 |  Greece |
(070) 24.00 | (070) 19.00 | (035) 9.00 | (031) 7.50 | (030) 9.25 | (032) 8.00 | (018) 4.00 | (033) 7.00 | (031) 6.00 | (019) 5.00 |
| 72 |  Nicaragua |
(072) 24.33 | (083) 22.33 | (076) 16.75 | (059) 12.50 | (047) 14.25 | (069) 15.50 | (068) 15.25 | (052) 11.67 | (034) 6.50 | |
| 73 |  Maldives |
(073) 25.00 | (052) 16.00 | (051) 14.00 | (104) 23.25 | (129) 45.17 | (144) 51.25 | (148) 58.50 | (157) 69.17 | (145) 47.50 | |
| 73 |  Seychelles |
(073) 25.00 | (065) 18.00 | (072) 16.00 | (074) 15.50 | (104) 33.00 | (095) 24.50 | (071) 17.00 | (083) 23.50 | (093) 26.75 | (060) 20.75 |
| 75 |  Guinea-Bissau |
(075) 26.00 | (067) 18.25 | (092) 23.50 | (081) 16.33 | (107) 33.50 | (062) 14.50 | (071) 17.00 | (083) 23.50 | (118) 35.25 | (094) 30.25 |
| 75 |  Senegal |
(075) 26.00 | (093) 25.00 | (089) 22.00 | (086) 19.00 | (083) 25.00 | (077) 17.50 | (078) 19.00 | (080) 21.50 | (066) 14.50 | (047) 14.00 |
| 77 |  Armenia |
(077) 27.00 | (101) 27.50 | (111) 31.13 | (102) 22.75 | (077) 23.63 | (101) 25.50 | (102) 26.00 | (083) 23.50 | (090) 25.17 | |
| 78 |  Kuwait |
(078) 28.00 | (087) 23.75 | (060) 15.25 | (061) 12.63 | (063) 20.17 | (073) 17.00 | (085) 21.25 | (103) 31.67 | (102) 31.33 | (078) 25.50 |
| 79 |  Togo |
(079) 28.50 | (060) 17.00 | (062) 15.50 | (053) 10.00 | (049) 15.17 | (066) 15.00 | (095) 23.75 | (075) 19.50 | (095) 27.50 | (097) 31.50 |
| 80 |  Serbiac |
(080) 29.00 | (085) 23.00 | (062) 15.50 | (064) 13.50 | (067) 21.00 | (045) 11.50 | (065) 14.83 | (077) 20.13 | (085) 21.33 | (060) 20.75 |
| 80 |  Bulgaria |
(080) 29.00 | (070) 19.00 | (068) 15.61 | (059) 12.50 | (051) 16.25 | (035) 9.00 | (048) 10.25 | (036) 8.00 | (034) 6.50 | (038) 9.75 |
| 80 |  Chile |
(080) 29.00 | (033) 10.50 | (039) 10.50 | (056) 11.50 | (039) 12.13 | (049) 11.63 | (050) 11.75 | (042) 10.00 | (037) 6.83 | (024) 6.50 |
| 80 |  Paraguay |
(080) 29.00 | (054) 16.25 | (054) 14.33 | (090) 20.50 | (090) 26.10 | (082) 18.25 | (069) 15.50 | (046) 10.50 | (040) 7.17 | (032) 8.50 |
| 84 |  Kenya |
(084) 29.50 | (070) 19.00 | (096) 25.00 | (097) 21.25 | (078) 23.75 | (118) 30.25 | (109) 30.00 | (082) 22.25 | (079) 18.50 | (075) 24.75 |
| 84 |  Madagascar |
(084) 29.50 | (116) 34.88 | (134) 45.83 | (094) 21.00 | (061) 20.00 | (066) 15.00 | (097) 24.50 | (072) 18.50 | (046) 8.17 | (065) 22.75 |
| 86 |  Guinea |
(086) 30.00 | (113) 33.50 | (100) 28.50 | (099) 21.50 | (107) 33.50 | (109) 27.50 | (102) 26.00 | (088) 24.50 | (109) 33.17 | (079) 26.00 |
| 86 |  Kosovod |
(086) 30.00 | (092) 24.83 | (075) 16.58 | (058) 12.00 | (060) 19.75 | (070) 16.00 | (100) 25.75 | (077) 20.13 | (085) 21.33 | (060) 20.75 |
| 86 |  Timor-Leste |
(086) 30.00 | (093) 25.00 | (072) 16.00 | (065) 13.75 | (094) 27.00 | (083) 18.50 | (058) 13.50 | (057) 13.50 | (030) 5.50 | |
| 86 |  Zambia |
(086) 30.00 | (082) 22.00 | (097) 26.75 | (074) 15.50 | (068) 21.50 | (093) 22.50 | (090) 23.00 | (100) 29.75 | (086) 23.25 | (081) 26.75 |
| 90 |  Republic of the Congo |
(090) 30.38 | (114) 33.60 | (116) 34.75 | (092) 20.75 | (080) 24.50 | (073) 17.00 | (071) 17.00 | (069) 17.50 | (063) 14.00 | (069) 23.17 |
| 91 |  Benin |
(091) 31.00 | (070) 19.00 | (072) 16.00 | (070) 15.00 | (053) 17.00 | (023) 5.50 | (025) 5.50 | (027) 5.50 | (029) 5.25 | (021) 6.00 |
| 92 |  Israel (Israeli territory) |
(092) 31.25 | (086) 23.25 | (093) 23.75 | (046) 8.83 | (044) 13.25 | (050) 12.00 | (047) 10.00 | (036) 8.00 | (044) 8.00 | (092) 30.00 |
| 93 |  Lebanon |
(093) 31.50 | (078) 20.50 | (061) 15.42 | (066) 14.00 | (098) 28.75 | (107) 27.00 | (108) 28.25 | (087) 24.38 | (106) 32.50 | (056) 19.67 |
| 94 |  Macedonia |
(094) 31.67 | (068) 18.40 | (034) 8.75 | (042) 8.25 | (036) 11.50 | (045) 11.50 | (043) 8.75 | (049) 11.25 | (051) 9.67 | |
| 95 |  Dominican Republic |
(095) 33.25 | (097) 26.13 | (098) 26.83 | (082) 18.00 | (072) 22.75 | (052) 12.75 | (051) 12.25 | (031) 6.75 | (072) 17.00 | |
| 96 |  Albania |
(096) 34.44 | (080) 21.50 | (088) 21.75 | (079) 16.00 | (087) 25.50 | (080) 18.00 | (062) 14.17 | (050) 11.50 | (034) 6.50 | |
| 97 |  Cameroon |
(097) 35.00 | (129) 44.30 | (109) 30.50 | (129) 36.90 | (111) 36.00 | (112) 28.25 | (083) 20.50 | (093) 27.00 | (098) 30.50 | (088) 28.83 |
| 97 |  Guatemala |
(097) 35.00 | (077) 20.25 | (106) 29.50 | (101) 22.64 | (104) 33.00 | (090) 21.25 | (086) 21.50 | (066) 16.50 | (099) 30.83 | (083) 27.25 |
| 99 |  Brazil |
(099) 35.33 | (058) 16.60 | (071) 15.88 | (082) 18.00 | (084) 25.25 | (075) 17.17 | (063) 14.50 | (066) 16.50 | (071) 16.75 | (054) 18.75 |
| 100 |  Mongolia |
(100) 35.75 | (076) 19.42 | (091) 23.33 | (093) 20.83 | (074) 23.40 | (086) 19.25 | (053) 12.50 | (073) 19.00 | (077) 18.25 | (072) 24.50 |
| 101 |  Gabon |
(101) 36.50 | (107) 28.75 | (129) 43.50 | (110) 26.75 | (102) 31.50 | (114) 28.50 | (102) 26.00 | (115) 37.50 | (101) 31.25 | (058) 20.50 |
| 102 |  Northern Cyprusb |
(102) 37.00 | (061) 17.25 | (051) 14.00 | (053) 10.00 | (058) 19.00 | (062) 14.50 | (053) 12.50 | (081) 22.00 | (083) 20.83 | |
| 103 |  Chad |
(103) 37.67 | (112) 33.17 | (132) 44.50 | (133) 41.25 | (113) 36.50 | (124) 35.50 | (109) 30.00 | (106) 33.25 | (088) 24.00 | (087) 28.75 |
| 104 |  Ecuador |
(104) 38.00 | (101) 27.50 | (084) 20.00 | (074) 15.50 | (056) 18.50 | (068) 15.25 | (087) 21.75 | (066) 16.50 | (042) 7.67 | (020) 5.50 |
| 104 |  Georgia |
(104) 38.00 | (099) 27.00 | (081) 18.83 | (120) 31.25 | (066) 20.83 | (089) 21.00 | (099) 25.17 | (094) 27.50 | (073) 17.33 | |
| 106 |  Nepal |
(106) 38.75 | (119) 36.38 | (118) 35.63 | (138) 43.25 | (137) 53.75 | (159) 73.50 | (160) 86.75 | (160) 84.00 | (150) 51.50 | (127) 63.00 |
| 107 |  Montenegroc |
(107) 39.00 | (104) 28.50 | (077) 17.00 | (053) 10.00 | (058) 19.00 | (045) 11.50 | (065) 14.83 | (077) 20.13 | (085) 21.33 | (060) 20.75 |
| 108 |  Bolivia |
(108) 40.00 | (103) 28.13 | (095) 24.17 | (115) 28.20 | (068) 21.50 | (016) 4.50 | (045) 9.67 | (076) 20.00 | (051) 9.67 | (048) 14.50 |
| 108 |  Kyrgyzstan |
(108) 40.00 | (159) 63.00 | (125) 40.00 | (111) 27.00 | (110) 33.60 | (123) 34.00 | (111) 32.00 | (107) 35.25 | (104) 32.00 | (098) 31.75 |
| 110 |  Liberia |
(110) 40.50 | (084) 22.50 | (062) 15.50 | (051) 9.75 | (085) 25.33 | (084) 19.00 | (083) 20.50 | (123) 40.00 | (132) 40.00 | (109) 37.75 |
| 111 |  South Sudan |
(111) 41.25 | |||||||||
| 112 |  United Arab Emirates |
(112) 45.00 | (087) 23.75 | (086) 21.50 | (069) 14.50 | (065) 20.25 | (077) 17.50 | (100) 25.75 | (137) 50.25 | (122) 37.00 | |
| 113 |  Panama |
(113) 45.67 | (081) 21.83 | (055) 14.50 | (057) 11.83 | (054) 17.88 | (039) 9.50 | (066) 15.00 | (061) 14.50 | (053) 9.75 | (049) 15.50 |
| 114 |  Qatar |
(114) 46.00 | (121) 38.00 | (094) 24.00 | (074) 15.50 | (079) 24.00 | (080) 18.00 | (090) 23.00 | (104) 32.50 | (115) 35.00 | |
| 115 |  Peru |
(115) 51.25 | (109) 30.00 | (085) 20.88 | (108) 26.25 | (117) 37.38 | (112) 28.25 | (116) 33.33 | (123) 40.00 | (055) 10.25 | (036) 9.50 |
| 116 |  Ukraine |
(116) 54.00 | (131) 46.83 | (089) 22.00 | (087) 19.25 | (092) 26.75 | (105) 26.50 | (112) 32.50 | (138) 51.00 | (132) 40.00 | (112) 40.00 |
| 117 |  Cambodia |
(117) 55.00 | (128) 43.83 | (117) 35.17 | (126) 35.50 | (085) 25.33 | (108) 27.25 | (090) 23.00 | (109) 36.50 | (081) 19.50 | (071) 24.25 |
| 117 |  Fiji |
(117) 55.00 | (149) 52.75 | (152) 60.00 | (079) 16.00 | (107) 33.50 | (058) 14.00 | (060) 14.00 | (063) 16.00 | (059) 11.50 | |
| 117 |  Oman |
(117) 55.00 | (124) 40.25 | (106) 29.50 | (123) 32.67 | (152) 57.75 | |||||
| 117 |  Venezuela |
(117) 55.00 | (133) 47.33 | (124) 39.50 | (113) 27.33 | (114) 36.88 | (115) 29.00 | (090) 23.00 | (090) 24.63 | (096) 27.83 | (077) 25.00 |
| 117 |  Zimbabwe |
(117) 55.00 | (123) 39.50 | (136) 46.50 | (151) 54.00 | (149) 62.00 | (140) 50.00 | (153) 64.25 | (155) 67.50 | (141) 45.50 | (122) 48.25 |
| 122 |  Algeria |
(122) 56.00 | (133) 47.33 | (141) 49.56 | (121) 31.33 | (123) 40.50 | (126) 40.00 | (129) 40.33 | (128) 43.50 | (108) 33.00 | (095) 31.00 |
| 122 |  Tajikistan |
(122) 56.00 | (115) 34.50 | (113) 32.00 | (106) 25.50 | (115) 37.00 | (117) 30.00 | (113) 33.00 | (095) 27.75 | (113) 34.50 | (086) 28.25 |
| 122 |  Malaysia |
(122) 56.00 | (141) 50.75 | (131) 44.25 | (132) 39.50 | (124) 41.00 | (092) 22.25 | (113) 33.00 | (122) 39.83 | (104) 32.00 | (110) 37.83 |
| 125 |  Brunei |
(125) 56.20 | (142) 51.00 | (155) 63.50 | (111) 38.00 | ||||||
| 126 |  Nigeria |
(126) 56.40 | (145) 51.50 | (135) 46.00 | (131) 37.75 | (131) 49.83 | (120) 32.23 | (123) 38.75 | (117) 37.75 | (103) 31.50 | (049) 15.50 |
| 127 |  Ethiopia |
(127) 56.60 | (139) 49.38 | (140) 49.00 | (142) 47.75 | (150) 63.00 | (160) 75.00 | (131) 42.00 | (112) 37.00 | (124) 37.50 | (107) 37.50 |
| 128 |  Jordan |
(128) 56.80 | (120) 37.00 | (112) 31.88 | (128) 36.00 | (122) 40.21 | (109) 27.50 | (096) 24.00 | (121) 39.13 | (122) 37.00 | (099) 33.50 |
| 129 |  Bangladesh |
(129) 57.00 | (126) 42.50 | (121) 37.33 | (136) 42.70 | (134) 53.17 | (137) 48.00 | (151) 61.25 | (151) 62.50 | (143) 46.50 | (118) 43.75 |
| 130 |  Burundi |
(130) 57.75 | (108) 28.88 | (103) 29.00 | (094) 21.00 | (127) 43.40 | (125) 39.83 | (090) 23.00 | (073) 19.00 | (092) 26.25 | (072) 24.50 |
| 131 |  India |
(131) 58.00 | (122) 38.75 | (105) 29.33 | (118) 30.00 | (120) 39.33 | (105) 26.50 | (106) 27.00 | (120) 38.50 | (128) 39.00 | (080) 26.50 |
| 132 |  Angola |
(132) 58.43 | (104) 28.50 | (119) 36.50 | (116) 29.50 | (091) 26.50 | (091) 21.50 | (076) 18.00 | (091) 26.50 | (097) 28.00 | (093) 30.17 |
| 133 | Israel (extraterritorial) |
(133) 59.00 | (132) 47.00 | (150) 55.50 | (149) 51.50 | (103) 32.00 | (135) 47.00 | (115) 37.50 | (146) 49.00 | ||
| 134 |  Tunisia |
(134) 60.25 | (164) 72.50 | (154) 61.50 | (143) 48.10 | (145) 57.00 | (148) 53.75 | (147) 57.50 | (152) 62.67 | (149) 50.83 | (128) 67.75 |
| 135 |  Singapore |
(135) 61.00 | (136) 47.50 | (133) 45.00 | (144) 49.00 | (141) 56.00 | (146) 51.50 | (140) 50.67 | (147) 57.00 | (144) 47.33 | |
| 135 |  Honduras |
(135) 61.00 | (143) 51.13 | (128) 42.00 | (099) 21.50 | (087) 25.50 | (062) 14.50 | (076) 18.00 | (053) 11.75 | (065) 14.17 | |
| 137 |  Thailand |
(137) 61.50 | (153) 56.83 | (130) 44.00 | (124) 34.50 | (135) 53.50 | (122) 33.50 | (107) 28.00 | (059) 14.00 | (082) 19.67 | (065) 22.75 |
| 138 |  Morocco |
(138) 63.29 | (135) 47.40 | (127) 41.00 | (122) 32.25 | (106) 33.25 | (097) 24.83 | (119) 36.17 | (126) 43.00 | (131) 39.67 | (089) 29.00 |
| 139 |  Uganda |
(139) 64.00 | (096) 25.50 | (086) 21.50 | (107) 26.00 | (096) 28.00 | (116) 29.83 | (080) 19.25 | (086) 24.00 | (091) 25.75 | (052) 17.00 |
| 140 |  Philippines |
(140) 64.50 | (156) 60.00 | (122) 38.25 | (139) 45.00 | (128) 44.75 | (142) 51.00 | (139) 50.00 | (111) 36.63 | (118) 35.25 | (089) 29.00 |
| 141 |  Gambia |
(141) 65.50 | (125) 40.50 | (137) 48.25 | (137) 42.75 | (130) 48.25 | (149) 54.00 | (130) 41.00 | (098) 29.50 | (077) 18.25 | (064) 22.50 |
| 142 |  Russia |
(142) 66.00 | (140) 49.90 | (153) 60.88 | (141) 47.50 | (144) 56.90 | (147) 52.50 | (138) 48.67 | (140) 51.38 | (148) 49.50 | (121) 48.00 |
| 143 |  Colombia |
(143) 66.50 | (145) 51.50 | (126) 40.13 | (126) 35.50 | (126) 42.33 | (131) 44.75 | (128) 40.17 | (134) 47.38 | (147) 49.17 | (114) 40.83 |
| 144 |  Swaziland |
(144) 67.00 | (155) 57.50 | (144) 52.50 | (147) 50.50 | (138) 54.50 | (127) 40.50 | (118) 35.00 | (101) 31.00 | (124) 37.50 | (089) 29.00 |
| 145 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
(145) 67.67 | (148) 51.83 | (146) 53.50 | (148) 51.25 | (133) 50.50 | (142) 51.00 | (146) 57.33 | (141) 51.50 | (127) 38.50 | (113) 40.75 |
| 146 |  Indonesia |
(146) 68.00 | (117) 35.83 | (100) 28.50 | (111) 27.00 | (100) 30.50 | (103) 26.00 | (102) 26.00 | (117) 37.75 | (110) 34.25 | (057) 20.00 |
| 146 |  Malawi |
(146) 68.00 | (079) 21.00 | (062) 15.50 | (070) 15.00 | (092) 26.75 | (101) 25.50 | (089) 22.75 | (101) 31.00 | (084) 21.00 | (084) 27.67 |
| 148 |  Turkey |
(148) 70.00 | (138) 49.25 | (122) 38.25 | (102) 22.75 | (101) 31.25 | (098) 25.00 | (098) 25.00 | (113) 37.25 | (115) 35.00 | (099) 33.50 |
| 149 |  Mexico |
(149) 72.67 | (136) 47.50 | (137) 48.25 | (140) 46.13 | (136) 53.63 | (132) 45.83 | (135) 45.50 | (096) 27.83 | (074) 17.67 | (075) 24.75 |
| 150 |  Afghanistan |
(150) 74.00 | (147) 51.67 | (149) 54.25 | (156) 59.25 | (142) 56.50 | (130) 44.25 | (125) 39.17 | (097) 28.25 | (134) 40.17 | (104) 35.50 |
| 151 |  Pakistan |
(151) 75.00 | (151) 56.17 | (159) 65.67 | (152) 54.88 | (152) 64.83 | (157) 70.33 | (150) 60.75 | (150) 61.75 | (128) 39.00 | (119) 44.67 |
| 152 |  Iraq |
(152) 75.36 | (130) 45.58 | (145) 53.30 | (158) 59.38 | (157) 67.83 | (154) 66.83 | (157) 67.00 | (148) 58.50 | (124) 37.50 | (130) 79.00 |
| 153 |  Palestinian territories |
(153) 76.00 | (150) 56.13 | (161) 69.83 | (163) 66.88 | (158) 69.83 | (134) 46.75 | (132) 42.50 | (127) 43.17 | (130) 39.25 | (082) 27.00 |
| 154 |  Kazakhstan |
(154) 77.50 | (162) 68.50 | (142) 49.67 | (125) 35.33 | (125) 41.63 | (128) 41.00 | (119) 36.17 | (131) 44.17 | (138) 42.50 | (116) 42.00 |
| 154 |  Libya |
(154) 77.50 | (160) 63.50 | (156) 64.50 | (160) 61.50 | (155) 66.50 | (152) 62.50 | (162) 88.75 | (154) 65.00 | (153) 60.00 | (129) 72.50 |
| 156 |  Rwanda |
(156) 81.00 | (169) 81.00 | (157) 64.67 | (145) 50.00 | (147) 58.88 | (128) 41.00 | (122) 38.00 | (113) 37.25 | (110) 34.25 | (107) 37.50 |
| 157 |  Uzbekistan |
(157) 83.00 | (163) 71.50 | (160) 67.67 | (162) 62.70 | (160) 74.88 | (158) 71.00 | (155) 66.50 | (142) 52.13 | (154) 61.50 | (120) 45.00 |
| 158 |  Saudi Arabia |
(158) 83.25 | (157) 61.50 | (163) 76.50 | (161) 61.75 | (148) 59.75 | (161) 76.00 | (154) 66.00 | (159) 79.17 | (156) 71.50 | (125) 62.50 |
| 159 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
(159) 83.50 | (118) 36.00 | (103) 29.00 | (109) 26.50 | (094) 27.00 | (098) 25.00 | (144) 52.25 | (149) 60.38 | (137) 42.17 | (055) 19.00 |
| 159 |  Djibouti |
(159) 83.50 | (110) 30.50 | (110) 31.00 | (134) 41.50 | (132) 50.25 | (121) 33.00 | (121) 37.00 | (145) 55.00 | (120) 35.50 | (096) 31.25 |
| 161 |  Equatorial Guinea |
(161) 86.00 | (167) 79.00 | (158) 65.50 | (156) 59.25 | (153) 65.25 | (137) 48.00 | (133) 44.00 | (133) 46.25 | (139) 44.75 | (117) 42.75 |
| 162 |  Azerbaijan |
(162) 87.25 | (152) 56.38 | (146) 53.50 | (150) 53.63 | (139) 55.40 | (135) 47.00 | (141) 51.00 | (136) 49.67 | (113) 34.50 | (101) 34.50 |
| 163 |  Sri Lanka |
(163) 87.50 | (158) 62.50 | (162) 75.00 | (165) 78.00 | (156) 67.50 | (141) 50.75 | (115) 33.25 | (109) 36.50 | (089) 24.83 | (051) 15.75 |
| 164 |  Somalia |
(164) 88.33 | (161) 66.00 | (164) 77.50 | (153) 58.00 | (159) 71.50 | (144) 51.25 | (149) 59.00 | (128) 43.50 | (140) 45.00 | |
| 165 |  Laos |
(165) 89.00 | (168) 80.50 | (169) 92.00 | (164) 70.00 | (161) 75.00 | (156) 67.50 | (155) 66.50 | (153) 64.33 | (163) 94.83 | (133) 89.00 |
| 166 |  Egypt |
(166) 97.50 | (127) 43.33 | (143) 51.38 | (146) 50.25 | (146) 58.00 | (133) 46.25 | (143) 52.00 | (128) 43.50 | (110) 34.25 | (101) 34.50 |
| 167 |  Cuba |
(167) 98.83 | (166) 78.00 | (170) 94.00 | (169) 88.33 | (165) 96.17 | (165) 95.00 | (161) 87.00 | (166) 106.83 | (165) 97.83 | (134) 90.25 |
| 168 |  Belarus |
(168) 99.00 | (154) 57.00 | (151) 59.50 | (154) 58.33 | (151) 63.63 | (151) 57.00 | (152) 61.33 | (144) 54.10 | (151) 52.00 | (124) 52.17 |
| 169 |  Burma |
(169) 100.00 | (174) 94.50 | (171) 102.67 | (170) 94.38 | (164) 93.75 | (164) 94.75 | (163) 88.83 | (165) 103.63 | (164) 95.50 | (137) 96.83 |
| 170 |  Sudan |
(170) 100.75 | (172) 85.33 | (148) 54.00 | (135) 42.00 | (140) 55.75 | (139) 48.13 | (133) 44.00 | (132) 44.25 | (142) 45.75 | (105) 36.00 |
| 171 |  Yemen |
(171) 101.00 | (170) 82.13 | (167) 83.38 | (155) 59.00 | (143) 56.67 | (149) 54.00 | (136) 46.25 | (135) 48.00 | (136) 41.83 | (103) 34.75 |
| 172 |  Vietnam |
(172) 114.00 | (165) 75.75 | (166) 81.67 | (168) 86.17 | (162) 79.25 | (155) 67.25 | (158) 73.25 | (161) 86.88 | (159) 89.17 | (131) 81.25 |
| 173 |  Bahrain |
(173) 125.00 | (144) 51.38 | (119) 36.50 | (096) 21.17 | (118) 38.00 | (111) 28.00 | (123) 38.75 | (143) 52.50 | (117) 35.17 | (067) 23.00 |
| 174 |  People's Republic of China (mainland only) |
(174) 136.00 | (171) 84.67 | (168) 84.50 | (167) 85.50 | (163) 89.00 | (163) 94.00 | (159) 83.00 | (162) 92.33 | (161) 91.25 | (138) 97.00 |
| 175 |  Iran |
(175) 136.60 | (175) 94.56 | (172) 104.14 | (166) 80.33 | (166) 96.50 | (162) 90.88 | (164) 89.17 | (158) 78.30 | (160) 89.33 | (122) 48.25 |
| 176 |  Syria |
(176) 138.00 | (173) 91.50 | (165) 78.00 | (159) 59.63 | (154) 66.00 | (153) 63.00 | (145) 55.00 | (155) 67.50 | (155) 67.50 | (126) 62.83 |
| 177 |  Turkmenistan |
(177) 140.67 | (176) 95.33 | (173) 107.00 | (171) 95.50 | (167) 103.75 | (167) 98.50 | (165) 93.50 | (164) 99.83 | (158) 82.83 | (136) 91.50 |
| 178 |  North Korea |
(178) 141.00 | (177) 104.75 | (174) 112.50 | (172) 96.50 | (168) 108.75 | (168) 109.00 | (167) 109.00 | (167) 107.50 | (166) 99.50 | (139) 97.50 |
| 179 |  Eritrea |
(179) 142.00 | (178) 105.00 | (175) 115.50 | (173) 97.50 | (169) 114.75 | (166) 97.50 | (166) 99.75 | (163) 93.25 | (162) 91.50 | (132) 83.67 |
Notes:
- a pre-2005 data included Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- b pre-2005 data included Cyprus
- c pre-2007 data from Serbia and Montenegro
- d pre-2005 data from Serbia and Montenegro
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Reporters Without Borders. Questionnaire for compiling the 2009 Press Freedom Index
- ^ Reporters Without Borders. How the index was compiled
[edit] External links
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2002.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2003.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2004.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2005.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2006.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2007.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2008.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2009.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2010.
- Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2011-2012
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