Freedom of the Press (report)

Map of Press Freedom 2009

  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".

2009 report

Americas

Country Rank Rating Status Jamaica 1 15 Free Saint Lucia 1 15 Free Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 17 Free United States 4 18 Free Barbados 5 19 Free Canada 5 19 Free Costa Rica 5 19 Free Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 19 Free Bahamas 9 20 Free Belize 10 21 Free Dominica 11 22 Free Suriname 12 23 Free Trinidad and Tobago 12 23 Free Grenada 14 24 Free Uruguay 15 26 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 Bolivia 20 42 Partly Free Brazil 20 42 Partly Free El Salvador 20 42 Partly Free Ecuador 23 44 Partly Free Panama 23 44 Partly Free Peru 23 44 Partly Free Nicaragua 26 45 Partly Free Argentina 27 49 Partly Free Honduras 28 52 Partly Free Haiti 29 53 Partly Free Mexico 30 55 Partly Free Colombia 31 59 Partly Free Paraguay 31 55 Partly Free Guatemala 33 60 Partly Free Venezuela 34 73 Not Free Cuba 35 94 Not Free

Asia-Pacific

Country Rank Rating Status New Zealand 1 14 Free Palau 1 14 Free Marshall Islands 3 17 Free Japan 4 21 Free Micronesia 4 21 Free Australia 6 22 Free Taiwan 7 23 Free Vanuatu 7 23 Free Papua New Guinea 9 26 Free Tuvalu 9 26 Free Kiribati 11 27 Free Nauru 12 28 Free Samoa 12 29 Free Solomon Islands 14 30 Free South Korea 14 30 Free Tonga 16 32 Partly Free Hong Kong 17 33 Partly Free India 18 36 Partly Free Timor-Leste 19 37 Partly Free Fiji 20 40 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Mongolia 21 41 Partly Free Philippines 22 45 Partly Free Indonesia 23 54 Partly Free Maldives 24 56 Partly Free Nepal 25 57 Partly Free Thailand 25 57 Partly Free Bhutan 27 61 Not Free Cambodia 27 61 Not Free Pakistan 29 62 Not Free Bangladesh 30 63 Not Free Malaysia 31 65 Not Free Singapore 32 68 Not Free Sri Lanka 33 70 Not Free Afghanistan 34 74 Not Free Brunei 35 75 Not Free Vietnam 36 83 Not Free People's Republic of China 37 85 Not Free Laos 38 86 Not Free Myanmar 39 96 Not Free North Korea 40 98 Not Free

Central and Eastern Europe - Former Soviet Union

Country Rank Rating Status Estonia 1 15 Free Czech Republic 2 18 Free Lithuania 2 18 Free Hungary 4 21 Free Latvia 5 23 Free Slovakia 5 22 Free Poland 7 24 Free Slovenia 7 24 Free Bulgaria 9 36 Partly Free Montenegro 10 37 Partly Free Croatia 11 38 Partly Free Serbia 12 39 Partly Free Romania 13 44 Partly Free Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 47 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status North Macedonia 14 47 Partly Free Albania 16 50 Partly Free Ukraine 17 55 Partly Free Georgia 18 60 Partly Free Moldova 19 67 Not Free Armenia 20 68 Not Free Kyrgyzstan 21 72 Not Free Azerbaijan 22 78 Not Free Kazakhstan 22 78 Not Free Tajikistan 22 78 Not Free Russia 25 80 Not Free Belarus 26 91 Not Free Uzbekistan 27 93 Not Free Turkmenistan 28 96 Not Free

Middle East and North Africa

Country Rank Rating Status Israel 1 33 Partly Free Kuwait 2 55 Partly Free Lebanon 3 56 Partly Free Egypt 4 60 Partly Free Algeria 5 62 Not Free Jordan 6 64 Not Free Morocco 6 64 Not Free Qatar 8 65 Not Free Iraq 9 67 Not Free United Arab Emirates 10 69 Not Free

Country Rank Rating Status Bahrain 11 71 Not Free Oman 11 71 Not Free Yemen 13 79 Not Free Saudi Arabia 14 82 Not Free Tunisia 14 82 Not Free Syria 16 83 Not Free Iran 17 85 Not Free Palestine 18 86 Not Free Libya 19 94 Not Free

Sub Saharan Africa

Country Rank Rating Status Ghana 1 26 Free Mali 1 26 Free Mauritius 1 26 Free Cape Verde 4 28 Free São Tomé and Príncipe 4 28 Free Namibia 6 30 Free South Africa 6 30 Free Benin 8 31 Partly Free Botswana 9 37 Partly Free Burkina Faso 10 41 Partly Free Mozambique 10 41 Partly Free Lesotho 12 48 Partly Free Comoros 13 50 Partly Free Tanzania 13 50 Partly Free Madagascar 15 51 Partly Free Guinea 16 52 Partly Free Republic of the Congo 17 53 Partly Free Senegal 17 53 Partly Free Uganda 17 53 Partly Free Nigeria 20 54 Partly Free Malawi 21 56 Partly Free Sierra Leone 21 56 Partly Free Mauritania 23 58 Partly Free Seychelles 24 59 Partly Free

Country Rank Rating Status Kenya 25 60 Partly Free Angola 26 61 Not Free Central African Republic 26 61 Not Free Liberia 28 63 Not Free Niger 29 64 Not Free Cameroon 30 65 Not Free Zambia 30 65 Not Free Guinea 32 66 Not Free Ivory Coast 33 67 Not Free Gabon 34 69 Not Free Togo 35 72 Not Free Djibouti 36 73 Not Free Burundi 37 75 Not Free Chad 38 76 Not Free Ethiopia 38 76 Not Free Eswatini 38 76 Not Free Sudan 41 78 Not Free Gambia 42 79 Not Free Democratic Republic of the Congo 43 81 Not Free Somalia 44 84 Not Free Rwanda 45 85 Not Free Zimbabwe 46 88 Not Free Equatorial Guinea 47 90 Not Free Eritrea 48 94 Not Free

Western Europe

Country Rank Rating Status Iceland 1 9 Free Finland 2 10 Free Norway 2 10 Free Denmark 4 11 Free Sweden 4 11 Free Belgium 6 12 Free Luxembourg 6 12 Free Andorra 8 13 Free Netherlands 8 13 Free Switzerland 8 13 Free Liechtenstein 11 14 Free Ireland 12 15 Free Germany 13 16 Free

Country Rank Rating Status Monaco 13 16 Free Portugal 13 16 Free San Marino 16 17 Free United Kingdom 17 19 Free Austria 18 21 Free Cyprus 19 22 Free France 19 22 Free Malta 19 22 Free Spain 22 24 Free Greece 23 29 Free Italy 24 32 Partly Free Turkey 25 50 Partly Free

See also

• List of indices of freedom

References

• "Freedom of the Press 2009" (PDF). Freedom House. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

External links

• Freedom of the Press - online at Freedom House