Countries With The Least Amount Of Press Freedom In The World

This list ranks the amount of press freedom in most of the World's nations, with some smaller nations excluded. Usually presented in reverse order, this chart is more commonly known as the 'Press Freedom Index', and it is put together by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières). It is compiled through a 40-question questionnaire which is filled-in by journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists around the World, and it does not measure human rights violations or the quality of journalism, it just concerns itself with basic press freedoms.

Opposition demonstration in Eritrea

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Data released by Reporters Without Borders - October.20.2009 - Next data release October.2010

	Country	Continent(s)	2009 Score [1]
1	Eritrea	Africa	115.50
2	North Korea	Asia	112.50
3	Turkmenistan	Asia	107.00
4	Iran	Asia	104.14
5	Burma	Asia	102.67
6	Cuba	North America	94.00
7	Laos	Asia	92.00
8	China (mainland only)	Asia	84.50
9	Yemen	Asia	83.38
10	Vietnam	Asia	81.67
11	Syria	Asia	78.00
12	Somalia	Africa	77.50
13	Saudi Arabia	Asia	76.50
14	Sri Lanka	Asia	75.00
15	Palestine	Asia	69.83
16	Uzbekistan	Asia	67.67
17	Pakistan	Asia	65.67
18	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	65.50
19	Rwanda	Africa	64.67
20	Libya	Africa	64.50
21	Brunei	Asia	63.50
22	Tunisia	Africa	61.50
23	Russia	Asia / Europe	60.88
24	Fiji	Oceania	60.00
25	Belarus	Europe	59.50
26	Israel (extra-territorial)	Asia	55.50
27	Afghanistan	Asia	54.25
28	Sudan	Africa	54.00
29	Azerbaijan	Asia / Europe	53.50
29	DR Congo	Africa	53.50
31	Iraq	Asia	53.30
32	Swaziland	Africa	52.50
33	Egypt	Africa	51.38
34	Kazakhstan	Asia / Europe	49.67
35	Algeria	Africa	49.56
36	Ethiopia	Africa	49.00
37	Niger	Africa	48.50
38	Gambia	Africa	48.25
38	Mexico	North America	48.25
40	Zimbabwe	Africa	46.50
41	Nigeria	Africa	46.00
42	Madagascar	Africa	45.83
43	Singapore	Asia	45.00
44	Chad	Africa	44.50
45	Malaysia	Asia	44.25
46	Thailand	Asia	44.00
47	Gabon	Africa	43.50
48	Honduras	North America	42.00
49	Morocco	Africa	41.00
50	Colombia	South America	40.13
51	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	40.00
52	Venezuela	South America	39.50
53	Philippines	Asia	38.25
53	Turkey	Asia / Europe	38.25
55	Bangladesh	Asia	37.33
56	Angola	Africa	36.50
56	Bahrain	Asia	36.50
58	Nepal	Asia	35.63
59	Cambodia	Asia	35.17
60	Republic of Congo	Africa	34.75
61	Sierra Leone	Africa	34.00
62	Moldova	Europe	33.75
63	Tajikistan	Asia	32.00
64	Jordan	Asia	31.88
65	Armenia	Asia / Europe	31.13
66	Djibouti	Africa	31.00
67	Cameroon	Africa	30.50
68	United States (extra-territorial)	North America	30.00
69	Guatemala	North America	29.50
69	Oman	Asia	29.50
71	India	Asia	29.33
72	Burundi	Africa	29.00
72	Ivory Coast	Africa	29.00
74	Guinea	Africa	28.50
74	Indonesia	Asia / Oceania	28.50
74	Mauritania	Africa	28.50
77	Lesotho	Africa	27.50
78	Dominican Republic	North America	26.83
79	Zambia	Africa	26.75
80	Kenya	Africa	25.00
81	Bolivia	South America	24.17
82	Qatar	Asia	24.00
83	Israel (Israeli territory)	Asia	23.75
84	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	23.50
85	Mongolia	Asia	23.33
86	Senegal	Africa	22.00
86	Ukraine	Europe	22.00
88	Albania	Europe	21.75
89	Uganda	Africa	21.50
89	United Arab Emirates	Asia	21.50
91	Peru	South America	20.88
92	Ecuador	South America	20.00
93	Comoros	Africa	19.00
93	Mozambique	Africa	19.00
95	Georgia	Asia / Europe	18.83
96	Central African Republic	Africa	17.75
97	El Salvador	North America	17.25
98	Croatia	Europe	17.17
99	Montenegro	Europe	17.00
100	Nicaragua	North America	16.75
101	Kosovo	Europe	16.58
102	Benin	Africa	16.00
102	Seychelles	Africa	16.00
102	East Timor	Asia / Oceania	16.00
105	Brazil	South America	15.88
106	Bhutan	Asia	15.75
107	South Korea	Asia	15.67
108	Bulgaria	Europe	15.61
109	Botswana	Africa	15.50
109	Liberia	Africa	15.50
109	Malawi	Africa	15.50
109	Serbia	Europe	15.50
109	Tanzania	Africa	15.50
109	Togo	Africa	15.50
115	Lebanon	Asia	15.42
116	Kuwait	Asia	15.25
117	Taiwan	Asia	15.08
118	Burkina Faso	Africa	15.00
118	Haiti	North America	15.00
120	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	14.70
121	Panama	North America	14.50
122	Paraguay	South America	14.33
123	Northern Cyprus	Asia / Europe	14.00
123	Maldives	Asia	14.00
123	Mauritius	Africa	14.00
126	Romania	Europe	12.50
127	Italy	Europe	12.14
128	Hong Kong	Asia	11.75
129	Argentina	South America	11.33
130	Cape Verde	Africa	11.00
130	Slovakia	Europe	11.00
130	Spain	Europe	11.00
133	France	Europe	10.67
134	Suriname	South America	10.60
135	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10.50
135	Chile	South America	10.50
135	Guyana	South America	10.50
138	Poland	Europe	9.50
138	Slovenia	Europe	9.50
140	Greece	Europe	9.00
141	Namibia	Africa	9.00
142	Macedonia	Europe	8.75
143	South Africa	Africa	8.50
144	Costa Rica	North America	8.00
144	Mali	Africa	8.00
144	Portugal	Europe	8.00
147	Uruguay	South America	7.63
148	Trinidad & Tobago	North America	7.00
149	Ghana	Africa	6.00
150	Cyprus, Republic of	Asia / Europe	5.50
151	Hungary	Europe	5.50
152	Czech Republic	Europe	5.00
153	Jamaica	North America	4.75
154	Luxembourg	Europe	4.00
154	United Kingdom	Europe	4.00
154	United States	North America	4.00
157	Canada	North America	3.70
158	Germany	Europe	3.50
159	Japan	Asia	3.25
160	Australia	Oceania	3.13
161	Austria	Europe	3.00
161	Latvia	Europe	3.00
161	New Zealand	Oceania	3.00
164	Belgium	Europe	2.50
164	Malta	Europe	2.50
166	Lithuania	Europe	2.25
167	Iceland	Europe	2.00
168	Netherlands	Europe	1.00
168	Switzerland	Europe	1.00
170	Estonia	Europe	0.50
171	Denmark	Europe	0.00
171	Finland	Europe	0.00
171	Ireland, Republic of	Europe	0.00
171	Norway	Europe	0.00
171	Sweden	Europe	0.00

Map: 2009 Press Freedom Index

Map of the 2009 Global Press Freedom Index

This map is derived from the exact same data as the chart on this page

image: Public Domain

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References

[1] "Press Freedom Index 2009 - Reporters Without Borders" - The Reporters Without Borders index measures the state of press freedom in the World. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom. This ranking reflects the situation during a specific period. It is based solely on events between September.01.2008 and September.01.2009. last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on June.06.2010

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