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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 Index 2011-2012 Index 2010 Index 2009 Index 2008 Index 2007 Index 2006 Index 2005 Index 2004 Index 2003 Index 2002
1  Finland -10.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
1  Norway -10.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.75 2.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
3  Estonia -9.00 2.00 0.50 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.50 2.00 2.50  
3  Netherlands -9.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 3.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
5  Austria -8.00 0.50 3.00 3.50 4.25 4.50 2.50 3.25 2.75 7.50
6  Iceland -7.00 0.00 2.00 1.50 0.75 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
6  Luxembourg -7.00 4.00 4.00 1.50            
8  Switzerland -6.20 0.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 0.50 0.50 2.50 4.25
9  Cape Verde -6.00 8.00 11.00 8.00 14.00 11.50 6.00 8.75 8.25 13.75
10  Canada -5.67 7.00 3.70 3.33 4.88 4.50 4.50 3.33 1.83 0.75
10  Denmark -5.67 2.50 0.00 3.50 2.00 5.00 0.50 0.50 1.00 3.00
12  Sweden -5.50 0.00 0.00 3.00 1.50 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50
13  New Zealand -5.33 1.50 3.00 3.00 4.17 5.00 2.00 0.67 2.83  
14  Czech Republic -5.00 7.50 5.00 4.00 4.00 0.75 1.00 3.50 2.50 11.25
15  Ireland -4.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 2.83 1.00
16  Cyprusa -3.00 13.40 5.50 7.50 14.00 7.50 5.50 22.00 20.83
16  Jamaica -3.00 7.67 4.75 4.88 8.63 5.50 7.50 4.17 3.33  
16  Germany -3.00 4.25 3.50 4.50 5.75 5.50 4.00 2.00 1.33 1.50
19  Costa Rica -2.25 8.08 8.00 5.10 6.50 6.67 8.50 7.63 3.83 4.25
20  Belgium -2.00 4.00 2.50 3.00 1.50 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.17 3.50
20  Namibia -2.00 7.00 9.00 5.50 8.50 6.00 5.50 10.00 11.00 8.00
22  Japan -1.00 2.50 3.25 6.50 11.75 12.50 8.00 10.00 8.00 7.50
22  Suriname -1.00 11.50 10.60 6.00            
24  Poland -0.67 8.88 9.50 9.00 18.50 14.00 12.50 6.83 6.17 7.75
25  Mali 0.00 8.00 8.00 7.50 16.50 9.00 8.00 12.83 11.00 12.50
25 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States 0.00 16.50                
25  Slovakia 0.00 11.50 11.00 3.00 1.00 2.50 0.75 0.50 2.50  
28  United Kingdom 2.00 6.00 4.00 5.50 8.25 6.50 5.17 6.00 4.25 6.00
29  Niger 2.50 28.50 48.50 37.00 25.50 24.50 13.00 18.33 15.75 18.50
30  Australia 4.00 5.38 3.13 6.25 8.79 9.00 6.50 9.50 9.25 3.50
30  Lithuania 4.00 2.50 2.25 4.00 7.00 6.50 4.50 3.00 2.83  
32  Uruguay 4.25 11.75 7.63 8.33 11.75 13.75 9.75 10.00 4.00 6.00
33  Portugal 5.33 12.36 8.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 4.83 4.50 5.17 1.50
34  Tanzania 6.00 13.00 15.50 15.00 18.00 19.82 17.50 14.50 16.50 21.25
   Grenada               12.00    
35  Papua New Guinea 9.00 13.33 14.70              
36  Slovenia 9.14 13.44 9.50 7.33 6.50 3.00 1.00 2.25 3.00 4.00
37  El Salvador 9.30 15.83 17.25 12.80 20.20 10.00 5.75 6.00 6.83 8.75
38  France 9.50 13.38 10.67 7.67 9.75 9.00 6.25 3.50 4.17 3.25
39  Spain 9.75 12.25 11.00 8.00 10.25 10.00 8.33 9.00 7.67 7.75
40  Hungary 10.00 7.50 5.50 5.50 4.50 3.00 2.00 6.00 3.33 6.50
41  Ghana 11.00 8.00 6.00 7.50 9.00 8.50 15.00 13.50 8.75 23.00
42  South Africa 12.00 12.00 8.50 8.00 13.00 11.25 6.50 5.00 3.33 7.50
42  Botswana 12.00 17.50 15.50 14.00 23.50 13.00 14.00 11.50 13.00  
44  South Korea 12.67 13.33 15.67 9.00 12.13 7.75 7.50 11.13 9.17 10.50
45  Comoros 13.00 19.00 19.00 20.00 28.00 22.50 22.00 26.50 18.50 20.50
45  Republic of China (Taiwan) 13.00 14.50 15.08 8.00 10.00 10.50 12.25 14.25 12.00 9.00
47  United States 14.00 6.75 4.00 8.00 14.50 13.00 9.50 4.00 6.00 4.75
47  Argentina 14.00 16.35 11.33 14.08 24.83 17.30 13.67 21.33 15.17 12.00
47  Romania 14.00 16.00 12.50 9.00 12.75 14.00 16.17 17.83 11.50 13.25
50  Latvia 15.00 8.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.50 1.00 2.25    
50  Trinidad and Tobago 15.00 8.50 7.00 6.13 5.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 1.00  
52  Haiti 15.67 16.38 15.00 15.13 23.50 19.50 33.50 42.13 31.00 36.50
53  Moldova 16.00 19.13 33.75 21.38 24.75 19.17 17.50 20.50 27.00  
54  Hong Kong 17.00 10.75 11.75 9.75 20.00 14.00 8.25 7.50 11.00 4.83
54  Mauritius 17.00 18.00 14.00 9.00 8.50 8.00 7.50 10.50 7.25 9.50
54  Samoa 17.00 33.00                
57  United States (extraterritorial) 19.00 27.00 30.00 31.00 36.00 31.50 48.50 36.00 41.00  
58  Malta 19.50 4.00 2.50              
58  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.50 13.50 10.50 8.00 11.17 5.00 7.00 3.67 6.83 12.50
58  Guyana 19.50 16.63 10.50 19.75            
61  Italy 19.67 15.00 12.14 8.42 11.25 9.90 8.67 9.00 9.75 11.00
62  Central African Republic 20.00 18.50 17.75 18.50 22.50 14.50 19.75 32.50 32.75 21.50
63  Lesotho 21.00 24.00 27.50 29.50 29.50 16.00 19.50 29.50 17.75  
63  Sierra Leone 21.00 24.25 34.00 27.75 39.50 26.00 39.50 24.50 23.50 24.50
63  Tonga 21.00 23.75   18.00 38.25 13.00 14.50 38.17    
66  Mozambique 21.50 26.50 19.00 20.50 23.00 11.50 10.50 16.25 14.00 23.50
67  Mauritania 22.20 25.38 28.50 23.88 15.50 17.50 40.00 51.00 36.67 41.33
68  Croatia 23.33 17.50 17.17 8.50 12.50 13.00 12.83 11.83 16.50 8.75
68  Burkina Faso 23.33 15.00 15.00 13.00 21.50 16.00 19.00 16.25 18.00 27.75
70  Bhutan 24.00 17.75 15.75 15.50 37.17 25.00 51.50 55.83 77.33 90.75
70  Greece 24.00 19.00 9.00 7.50 9.25 8.00 4.00 7.00 6.00 5.00
72  Nicaragua 24.33 22.33 16.75 12.50 14.25 15.50 15.25 11.67 6.50  
73  Maldives 25.00 16.00 14.00 23.25 45.17 51.25 58.50 69.17 47.50  
73  Seychelles 25.00 18.00 16.00 15.50 33.00 24.50 17.00 23.50 26.75 20.75
75  Guinea-Bissau 26.00 18.25 23.50 16.33 33.50 14.50 17.00 23.50 35.25 30.25
75  Senegal 26.00 25.00 22.00 19.00 25.00 17.50 19.00 21.50 14.50 14.00
77  Armenia 27.00 27.50 31.13 22.75 23.63 25.50 26.00 23.50 25.17  
78  Kuwait 28.00 23.75 15.25 12.63 20.17 17.00 21.25 31.67 31.33 25.50
79  Togo 28.50 17.00 15.50 10.00 15.17 15.00 23.75 19.50 27.50 31.50
80  Serbiac 29.00 23.00 15.50 13.50 21.00 11.50 14.83 20.13 21.33 20.75
80  Bulgaria 29.00 19.00 15.61 12.50 16.25 9.00 10.25 8.00 6.50 9.75
80  Chile 29.00 10.50 10.50 11.50 12.13 11.63 11.75 10.00 6.83 6.50
80  Paraguay 29.00 16.25 14.33 20.50 26.10 18.25 15.50 10.50 7.17 8.50
84  Kenya 29.50 19.00 25.00 21.25 23.75 30.25 30.00 22.25 18.50 24.75
84  Madagascar 29.50 34.88 45.83 21.00 20.00 15.00 24.50 18.50 8.17 22.75
86  Guinea 30.00 33.50 28.50 21.50 33.50 27.50 26.00 24.50 33.17 26.00
86  Kosovod 30.00 24.83 16.58 12.00 19.75 16.00 25.75 20.13 21.33 20.75
86  Timor-Leste 30.00 25.00 16.00 13.75 27.00 18.50 13.50 13.50 5.50  
86  Zambia 30.00 22.00 26.75 15.50 21.50 22.50 23.00 29.75 23.25 26.75
90  Republic of the Congo 30.38 33.60 34.75 20.75 24.50 17.00 17.00 17.50 14.00 23.17
91  Benin 31.00 19.00 16.00 15.00 17.00 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.25 6.00
92  Israel (Israeli territory) 31.25 23.25 23.75 8.83 13.25 12.00 10.00 8.00 8.00 30.00
93  Lebanon 31.50 20.50 15.42 14.00 28.75 27.00 28.25 24.38 32.50 19.67
94  Macedonia 31.67 18.40 8.75 8.25 11.50 11.50 8.75 11.25 9.67  
95  Dominican Republic 33.25 26.13 26.83 18.00 22.75 12.75 12.25 6.75 17.00  
96  Albania 34.44 21.50 21.75 16.00 25.50 18.00 14.17 11.50 6.50  
97  Cameroon 35.00 44.30 30.50 36.90 36.00 28.25 20.50 27.00 30.50 28.83
97  Guatemala 35.00 20.25 29.50 22.64 33.00 21.25 21.50 16.50 30.83 27.25
99  Brazil 35.33 16.60 15.88 18.00 25.25 17.17 14.50 16.50 16.75 18.75
100  Mongolia 35.75 19.42 23.33 20.83 23.40 19.25 12.50 19.00 18.25 24.50
101  Gabon 36.50 28.75 43.50 26.75 31.50 28.50 26.00 37.50 31.25 20.50
102  Northern Cyprusb 37.00 17.25 14.00 10.00 19.00 14.50 12.50 22.00 20.83  
103  Chad 37.67 33.17 44.50 41.25 36.50 35.50 30.00 33.25 24.00 28.75
104  Ecuador 38.00 27.50 20.00 15.50 18.50 15.25 21.75 16.50 7.67 5.50
104  Georgia 38.00 27.00 18.83 31.25 20.83 21.00 25.17 27.50 17.33  
106  Nepal 38.75 36.38 35.63 43.25 53.75 73.50 86.75 84.00 51.50 63.00
107  Montenegroc 39.00 28.50 17.00 10.00 19.00 11.50 14.83 20.13 21.33 20.75
108  Bolivia 40.00 28.13 24.17 28.20 21.50 4.50 9.67 20.00 9.67 14.50
108  Kyrgyzstan 40.00 63.00 40.00 27.00 33.60 34.00 32.00 35.25 32.00 31.75
110  Liberia 40.50 22.50 15.50 9.75 25.33 19.00 20.50 40.00 40.00 37.75
111  South Sudan 41.25 22.50 15.50 9.75 25.33 19.00 20.50 40.00 40.00 37.75
112  United Arab Emirates 45.00 23.75 21.50 14.50 20.25 17.50 25.75 50.25 37.00  
113  Panama 45.67 21.83 14.50 11.83 17.88 9.50 15.00 14.50 9.75 15.50
114  Qatar 46.00 38.00 24.00 15.50 24.00 18.00 23.00 32.50 35.00  
115  Peru 51.25 30.00 20.88 26.25 37.38 28.25 33.33 40.00 10.25 9.50
116  Ukraine 54.00 46.83 22.00 19.25 26.75 26.50 32.50 51.00 40.00 40.00
117  Cambodia 55.00 43.83 35.17 35.50 25.33 27.25 23.00 36.50 19.50 24.25
117  Fiji 55.00 52.75 60.00 16.00 33.50 14.00 14.00 16.00 11.50  
117  Oman 55.00 40.25 29.50 32.67         57.75  
117  Venezuela 55.00 47.33 39.50 27.33 36.88 29.00 23.00 24.63 27.83 25.00
117  Zimbabwe 55.00 39.50 46.50 54.00 62.00 50.00 64.25 67.50 45.50 48.25
122  Algeria 56.00 47.33 49.56 31.33 40.50 40.00 40.33 43.50 33.00 31.00
122  Tajikistan 56.00 34.50 32.00 25.50 37.00 30.00 33.00 27.75 34.50 28.25
122  Malaysia 56.00 50.75 44.25 39.50 41.00 22.25 33.00 39.83 32.00 37.83
125  Brunei 56.20 51.00 63.50           38.00  
126  Nigeria 56.40 51.50 46.00 37.75 49.83 32.23 38.75 37.75 31.50 15.50
127  Ethiopia 56.60 49.38 49.00 47.75 63.00 75.00 42.00 37.00 37.50 37.50
128  Jordan 56.80 37.00 31.88 36.00 40.21 27.50 24.00 39.13 37.00 33.50
129  Bangladesh 57.00 42.50 37.33 42.70 53.17 48.00 61.25 62.50 46.50 43.75
130  Burundi 57.75 28.88 29.00 21.00 43.40 39.83        
131  India 58.00 38.75 29.33 30.00 39.33 26.50 27.00 38.50 39.00 26.50
132  Angola 58.43 28.50 36.50 29.50 26.50 21.50 18.00 26.50 28.00 30.17
133  Israel (extraterritorial) 59.00 47.00 55.50 51.50 32.00 47.00   37.50 49.00  
134  Tunisia 60.25 72.50 61.50 48.10 57.00 53.75 57.50 62.67 50.83 67.75
135  Singapore 61.00 47.50 45.00 49.00 56.00 51.50 50.67 57.00 47.33  
135  Honduras 61.00 51.13 42.00 21.50 25.50 14.50 18.00 11.75 14.17  
137  Thailand 61.50 56.83 44.00 34.50 53.50 33.50 28.00 14.00 19.67 22.75
138  Morocco 63.29 47.40 41.00 32.25 33.25 24.83 36.17 43.00 39.67 29.00
139  Uganda 64.00 25.50 21.50 26.00 28.00 29.83 19.25 24.00 25.75 17.00
140  Philippines 64.50 60.00 38.25 45.00 44.75 51.00 50.00 36.63 35.25 29.00
141  Gambia 65.50 40.50 48.25 42.75 48.25 54.00 41.00 29.50 18.25 22.50
142  Russia 66.00 49.90 60.88 47.50 56.90 52.50 48.67 51.38 49.50 48.00
143  Colombia 66.50 51.50 40.13 35.50 42.33 44.75 40.17 47.38 49.17 40.83
144  Swaziland 67.00 57.50 52.50 50.50 54.50 40.50 35.00 31.00 37.50 29.00
145  Democratic Republic of the Congo 67.67 51.83 53.50 51.25 50.50 51.00 57.33 51.50 38.50 40.75
146  Indonesia 68.00 35.83 28.50 27.00 30.50 26.00 26.00 37.75 34.25 20.00
146  Malawi 68.00 21.00 15.50 15.00 26.75 25.50 22.75 31.00 21.00 27.67
148  Turkey 70.00 49.25 38.25 22.75 31.25 25.00 25.00 37.25 35.00 33.50
149  Mexico 72.67 47.50 48.25 46.13 53.63 45.83 45.50 27.83 17.67 24.75
150  Afghanistan 74.00 51.67 54.25 59.25 56.50 44.25 39.17 28.25 40.17 35.50
151  Pakistan 75.00 56.17 65.67 54.88 64.83 70.33 60.75 61.75 39.00 44.67
152  Iraq 75.36 45.58 53.30 59.38 67.83 66.83 67.00 58.50 37.50 79.00
153  Palestinian territories 76.00 56.13 69.83 66.88 69.83 46.75 42.50 43.17 39.25 27.00
154  Kazakhstan 77.50 68.50 49.67 35.33 41.63 41.00 36.17 44.17 42.50 42.00
154  Libya 77.50 63.50 64.50 61.50 66.50 62.50 88.75 65.00 60.00 72.50
156  Rwanda 81.00 81.00 64.67 50.00 58.88 41.00 38.00 37.25 34.25 37.50
157  Uzbekistan 83.00 71.50 67.67 62.70 74.88 71.00 66.50 52.13 61.50 45.00
158  Saudi Arabia 83.25 61.50 76.50 61.75 59.75 76.00 66.00 79.17 71.50 62.50
159  Côte d'Ivoire 83.50 36.00 29.00 26.50 27.00 25.00 52.25 60.38 42.17 19.00
159  Djibouti 83.50 30.50 31.00 41.50 50.25 33.00 37.00 55.00 35.50 31.25
161  Equatorial Guinea 86.00 79.00 65.50 59.25 65.25 48.00 44.00 46.25 44.75 42.75
162  Azerbaijan 87.25 56.38 53.50 53.63 55.40 47.00 51.00 49.67 34.50 34.50
163  Sri Lanka 87.50 62.50 75.00 78.00 67.50 50.75 33.25 36.50 24.83 15.75
164  Somalia 88.33 66.00 77.50 58.00 71.50 51.25 59.00 43.50 45.00  
165  Laos 89.00 80.50 92.00 70.00 75.00 67.50 66.50 64.33 94.83 89.00
166  Egypt 97.50 43.33 51.38 50.25 58.00 46.25 52.00 43.50 34.25 34.50
167  Cuba 98.83 78.00 94.00 88.33 96.17 95.00 87.00 106.83 97.83 90.25
168  Belarus 99.00 57.00 59.50 58.33 63.63 57.00 61.33 54.10 52.00 52.17
169  Burma 100.00 94.50 102.67 94.38 93.75 94.75 88.83 103.63 95.50 96.83
170  Sudan 100.75 85.33 54.00 42.00 55.75 48.13 44.00 44.25 45.75 36.00
171  Yemen 101.00 82.13 83.38 59.00 56.67 54.00 46.25 48.00 41.83 34.75
172  Vietnam 114.00 75.75 81.67 86.17 79.25 67.25 73.25 86.88 89.17 81.25
173  Bahrain 125.00 51.38 36.50 21.17 38.00 28.00 38.75 52.50 35.17 23.00
174  People's Republic of China (mainland only) 136.00 84.67 84.50 85.50 89.00 94.00 83.00 92.33 91.25 97.00
175  Iran 136.60 94.56 104.14 80.33 96.50 90.88 89.17 78.30 89.33 48.25
176  Syria 138.00 91.50 78.00 59.63 66.00 63.00 55.00 67.50 67.50 62.83
177  Turkmenistan 140.67 95.33 107.00 95.50 103.75 98.50 93.50 99.83 82.83 91.50
178  North Korea 141.00 104.75 112.50 96.50 108.75 109.00 109.00 107.50 99.50 97.50
179  Eritrea 142.00 105.00 115.50 97.50 114.75 97.50 99.75 93.25 91.50 83.67

Notes:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Reporters Without Borders. Questionnaire for compiling the 2009 Press Freedom Index
  2. ^ Reporters Without Borders. How the index was compiled

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