Freedom of Press / Safety of Journalists
WorldGeopoliticalFreedom of Press and Safety of Journalist by country using the global index score. A higher score indicates more freedom and safety
RSF (Reporters Without Borders)A country maps indicates scores between 85 and 95 as light yellow includes much of north Europe. Scores between 70 and 84 are indicated in dark yellow and includes North America, Western Europe, and South Africa. Scores between 40 and 69 are indicated in light pink and includes much of Africa, South America, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. Scores between 22 and 39 are in dark red and includes much of South Asia and Southwest Asia, China, Russia, and Venezuela.
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Class | Rank | Global Index Score | Abyssinia | Afghanistan | Alaska Territory, United States | Albania | Algeria, France | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, United Kingdom | Angola, Portugal | Antarctica | Arabia | Argentina | Austria-Hungary | Bahama Islands, United Kingdom | Basutoland, United Kingdom | Bechuanaland, United Kingdom | Belgian Congo, Belgium | Belgium | Bhutan | Bolivia | Brazil | British East Africa, United Kingdom | British Guiana, United Kingdom | British Honduras, United Kingdom | British North Borneo, United Kingdom | Canada | Ceylon, United Kingdom | Chile | China | Colombia | Costa Rica | Crete, Greece | Cuba | Denmark | Dominican Republic | Dutch East Indies, Netherlands | Ecuador | Egypt, United Kingdom | El Salvador | Eritrea, Portugal | Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Federated Malay States, United Kingdom | Fernando Pó, Spain | Fiji, United Kingdom | Formosa, Japan | France | French Equatorial Africa, France | French Guiana, France | French Indochina, France | French Somaliland, France | French West Africa, France | Gambia, United Kingdom | German East Africa, Germany | German Empire, Germany | German New Guinea, Germany | German South-West Africa, Germany | Gold Coast, United Kingdom | Greece | Greenland, Denmark | Guatemala | Haiti | Honduras | Iceland, Denmark | India, United Kingdom | Ireland, United Kingdom | Italian Somaliland, Italy | Italy | Jamaica, United Kingdom | Japan | Kamerun, Germany | Kerguelen Islands, France | Korea, Japan | Liberia | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg | Macao, Portugal | Madagascar, France | Mauritius, United Kingdom | Mexico | Mongolia | Montenegro | Morocco, France | Nepal | Netherlands | New Caledonia, France | New Hebrides, Great Britain and France | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Nigeria, United Kingdom | Norway | Nyasaland, United Kingdom | Ottoman Empire | Panama | Paraguay | Persia | Peru | Philippine Islands, United States | Portugal | Portuguese East Africa, Portugal | Portuguese Guinea, Portugal | Portuguese Timor, Portugal | Puerto Rico, United States | Réunion, France | Rhodesia, United Kingdom | Río Muni, Spain | Romania | Russian Empire | Samoa, New Zealand | Serbia | Siam | Sierra Leone, United Kingdom | Solomon Islands, United Kingdom | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom | Spain | Spanish Morocco, Spain | Spanish Sahara, Spain | Spitzbergen, Norway | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman | Surinam (Dutch Guiana), Netherlands | Swaziland, United Kingdom | Sweden | Switzerland | Territory of Papua, United Kingdom | Togoland, Germany | Trinidad, United Kingdom | Tripoli, Italy | Tunisia, France | Uganda, United Kingdom | Union of South Africa, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United States | Uruguay | Venezuela | Class | Rank | Percentage of annual change | |
85.9% | 45.3% | 96.9% | 45.5% | 64.7% | 76.9% | 51.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40.8% | 96.0% | 98.4% | 92.7% | 90.7% | 85.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99.4% | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81.4% | 97.1% | 94.7% | 97.1% | 39.6% | 17.9% | 98.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66.0% | 33.4% | 45.1% | 5.45% | 80.5% | 77.4% | 9.36% | 35.3% | 81.2% | 97.3% | 25.6% | 81.1% | 82.9% | 85.3% | 88.0% | 92.7% | 66.3% | 95.0% | 53.9% | 86.0% | 70.3% | 83.9% | 27.0% | 98.6% | 94.6% | 88.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99.3% | 77.7% | 99.7% | 99.0% | 96.8% | 95.9% | 42.3% | 98.0% | 18.0% | 96.4% | 98.5% | 83.7% | 98.1% | 98.8% | 97.0% | 76.6% | 46.5% | 99.0% | 99.5% | 99.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93.3% | 85.0% | 99.9% | 99.1% | 65.5% | 82.2% | 85.2% | 43.2% | 90.4% | 86.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24.5% | 98.6% | 99.4% | 74.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98.8% | 98.5% | 2.57% | 97.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23.2% | 1.34% | 95.6% | 39.5% | 99.2% | 97.4% | 91.8% | 92.2% | 98.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60.1% | 5.87% | 61.7% | 58.1% | 13.6% | 49.4% | 99.6% | 4.47% | 7.25% | 44.0% | 9.90% | 33.9% | 98.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97.9% | 59.8% | 99.8% | 98.5% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 58.9% | 1.77% | 98.0% | 5.97% | 83.3% | 96.7% | 73.6% | 95.2% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 69.5% | 80.3% | 18.3% | 98.8% | 99.5% | 66.8% | 98.2% | 87.0% | 95.4% | 99.6% | 91.2% | 97.7% | 96.1% | 30.1% | 31.2% | 96.0% |