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Press Freedom Index

Name: Press Freedom Index by country, 2021
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

· higher is better · 177 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2021

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177 countries · 2021

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Press Freedom Index league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Eritrea	81.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	81.3	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
3	Turkmenistan	80	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
4	China	78.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Djibouti	78.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
6	Viet Nam	78.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
7	Iran, Islamic Rep.	72.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
8	Syrian Arab Republic	70.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
9	Lao PDR	70.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
10	Cuba	63.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Saudi Arabia	62.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Yemen, Rep.	62.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
13	Bahrain	61.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
14	Azerbaijan	58.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Egypt, Arab Rep.	56.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
16	Libya	55.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
17	Equatorial Guinea	55.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
18	Iraq	55.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
19	Tajikistan	55.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
20	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	55.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Singapore	55.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
22	Sudan	52.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Belarus	50.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Uzbekistan	50.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
25	Rwanda	50.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Kazakhstan	50.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Brunei Darussalam	49.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
28	Turkiye	49.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Bangladesh	49.7	South Asia	Lower middle income
30	Honduras	49.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
31	Russian Federation	48.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Congo, Dem. Rep.	48.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Venezuela, RB	47.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
34	Burundi	47.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Algeria	47.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
36	Pakistan	46.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
37	Cambodia	46.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Mexico	46.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	India	46.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
40	Eswatini	46.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Myanmar	46.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
42	South Sudan	45.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Philippines	45.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
44	Thailand	45.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Morocco	43.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
46	Cameroon	43.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Colombia	43.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Oman	43.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
49	West Bank and Gaza	43.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
50	United Arab Emirates	43.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
51	Zimbabwe	43.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Jordan	42.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
53	Qatar	42.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
54	Sri Lanka	42.2	South Asia	Upper middle income
55	Central African Republic	41.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Uganda	41.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Tanzania	40.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Chad	40.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Afghanistan	40.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
60	Nicaragua	40	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61	Nigeria	39.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Malaysia	39.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
63	Congo, Rep.	38.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Gabon	38.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
65	Guatemala	38.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Zambia	38.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Benin	38.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Indonesia	37.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	Bulgaria	37.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Brazil	36.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	Bolivia	35.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
72	Guinea	35.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Mozambique	35.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Lebanon	34.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
75	Nepal	34.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
76	Kuwait	34.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Montenegro	34.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Angola	34.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Kenya	33.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Ethiopia	33.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Paraguay	33.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
82	Mali	33.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	Liberia	33.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Ukraine	33	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Ecuador	32.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Guinea-Bissau	32.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
87	Mauritania	32.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Serbia	32	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Hungary	31.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Peru	31.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	North Macedonia	31.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Moldova	31.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Lesotho	31.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Haiti	31.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
95	Israel	30.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
96	Gambia, The	30.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
97	Comoros	30.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Albania	30.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	El Salvador	30.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Malta	30.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
101	Hong Kong SAR, China	30.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
102	Kyrgyz Republic	30.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
103	Panama	29.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Sierra Leone	29.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Togo	29.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Tunisia	29.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
107	Maldives	29.1	South Asia	Upper middle income
108	Timor-Leste	29.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
109	Greece	29	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Argentina	29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Mongolia	29	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Japan	28.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
113	Cote d'Ivoire	28.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Bhutan	28.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
115	Poland	28.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Armenia	28.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Malawi	28.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Mauritius	28.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
119	Georgia	28.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Niger	28.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Madagascar	28.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Croatia	28	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Fiji	27.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Chile	27.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
126	Belize	27.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
127	Seychelles	25.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
128	Guyana	25.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
129	Dominican Republic	25.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Senegal	25.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Romania	24.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Papua New Guinea	24.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
133	Tonga	24.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
134	United States	23.9	North America	High income
135	Taiwan	23.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Korea, Rep.	23.4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Italy	23.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Czechia	23.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Andorra	23.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Botswana	23.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Burkina Faso	23.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Slovenia	23.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Slovak Republic	23	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	France	22.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	South Africa	21.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
146	United Kingdom	21.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Trinidad and Tobago	21.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Ghana	21.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Spain	20.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Lithuania	20.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Cabo Verde	20.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
152	Cyprus	19.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Australia	19.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
154	Namibia	19.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Liechtenstein	19.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Latvia	19.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Samoa	19.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
158	Luxembourg	17.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Suriname	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
160	Uruguay	16.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Austria	16.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Iceland	15.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Canada	15.3	North America	High income
164	Estonia	15.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Germany	15.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Ireland	11.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Belgium	11.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Switzerland	10.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Portugal	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	New Zealand	10	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Jamaica	10	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
172	Netherlands	9.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Costa Rica	8.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
174	Denmark	8.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Sweden	7.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Finland	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Norway	6.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Press Freedom Index