World Press Freedom Index (2015)
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Ranking of every country in 2015 according to the Reporters Without Borders index.
|
Country
|
World
Press Freedom Index |
|
Finland
|
7.52
|
|
Norway
|
7.75
|
|
Denmark
|
8.24
|
|
Netherlands
|
9.22
|
|
Sweden
|
9.47
|
|
New Zealand
|
10.06
|
|
Austria
|
10.85
|
|
Canada
|
10.99
|
|
Jamaica
|
11.18
|
|
Estonia
|
11.19
|
|
Ireland
|
11.2
|
|
Germany
|
11.47
|
|
Czech Republic
|
11.62
|
|
Slovakia
|
11.66
|
|
Belgium
|
11.98
|
|
Costa Rica
|
12.26
|
|
Namibia
|
12.5
|
|
Poland
|
12.71
|
|
Luxembourg
|
13.61
|
|
Switzerland
|
13.85
|
|
Iceland
|
13.87
|
|
Ghana
|
15.5
|
|
Uruguay
|
15.94
|
|
Cyprus
|
16.52
|
|
Australia
|
17.03
|
|
Portugal
|
17.11
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
17.67
|
|
Latvia
|
18.12
|
|
Suriname
|
18.2
|
|
Belize
|
18.54
|
|
Lithuania
|
18.8
|
|
Andorra
|
19.87
|
|
Spain
|
19.95
|
|
United Kingdom
|
20
|
|
Slovenia
|
20.55
|
|
Cape Verde
|
20.69
|
|
OECS
|
21.02
|
|
France
|
21.15
|
|
South Africa
|
22.06
|
|
Samoa
|
22.32
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
22.39
|
|
Botswana
|
22.91
|
|
Chile
|
23
|
|
Tonga
|
23.37
|
|
El Salvador
|
23.66
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
23.79
|
|
Niger
|
23.85
|
|
Malta
|
24.16
|
|
United States
|
24.41
|
|
Comoros
|
24.52
|
|
Taiwan
|
24.83
|
|
Romania
|
24.9
|
|
Haiti
|
25.08
|
|
Mongolia
|
25.25
|
|
Mauritania
|
25.27
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
25.87
|
|
Argentina
|
26.11
|
|
Croatia
|
26.12
|
|
Malawi
|
26.41
|
|
Republic of Korea
|
26.55
|
|
Japan
|
26.95
|
|
Guyana
|
27.21
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
27.31
|
|
Madagascar
|
27.43
|
|
Hungary
|
27.44
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
27.51
|
|
Serbia
|
27.66
|
|
Mauritius
|
27.69
|
|
Georgia
|
27.7
|
|
Hong Kong
|
27.76
|
|
Senegal
|
27.77
|
|
Republic of Moldova
|
27.85
|
|
Italy
|
27.94
|
|
Nicaragua
|
27.94
|
|
United Republic Of Tanzania
|
28.09
|
|
Cyprus North
|
28.33
|
|
Lesotho
|
28.36
|
|
Armenia
|
28.43
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
28.47
|
|
Togo
|
28.5
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
28.7
|
|
Albania
|
28.77
|
|
Panama
|
28.98
|
|
Benin
|
29.24
|
|
Mozambique
|
29.98
|
|
C™te d’Ivoire
|
30.45
|
|
Kosovo
|
30.63
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
30.69
|
|
Liberia
|
30.78
|
|
Kuwait
|
30.84
|
|
Greece
|
31.01
|
|
Peru
|
31.21
|
|
Fiji
|
31.28
|
|
Bolivia
|
31.29
|
|
Gabon
|
31.38
|
|
Seychelles
|
31.55
|
|
Uganda
|
31.65
|
|
Lebanon
|
31.81
|
|
Brazil
|
31.93
|
|
Kenya
|
32.07
|
|
Israel
|
32.09
|
|
Guinea
|
32.56
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
32.63
|
|
Bhutan
|
32.65
|
|
Nepal
|
32.71
|
|
Bulgaria
|
32.91
|
|
Republic of the Congo
|
33
|
|
Ecuador
|
33.65
|
|
Paraguay
|
33.74
|
|
Central African
|
33.84
|
|
Nigeria
|
34.09
|
|
Maldives
|
34.32
|
|
Zambia
|
34.35
|
|
Montenegro
|
34.63
|
|
Qatar
|
35.35
|
|
Tajikistan
|
36.19
|
|
Macedonia
|
36.26
|
|
Mali
|
36.33
|
|
Algeria
|
36.63
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
36.73
|
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
36.76
|
|
Afghanistan
|
37.44
|
|
Angola
|
37.84
|
|
Guatemala
|
37.92
|
|
South Sudan
|
38.04
|
|
Tunisia
|
38.68
|
|
Oman
|
38.83
|
|
Colombia
|
39.08
|
|
Ukraine
|
39.1
|
|
Morocco
|
39.19
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
39.19
|
|
Honduras
|
39.27
|
|
Cameroon
|
39.63
|
|
Thailand
|
40.07
|
|
Chad
|
40.17
|
|
India
|
40.49
|
|
Venezuela
|
40.61
|
|
Indonesia
|
40.75
|
|
Cambodia
|
40.99
|
|
Palestine
|
41.01
|
|
Philippines
|
41.19
|
|
Ethiopia
|
41.83
|
|
Jordan
|
42.07
|
|
Myanmar
|
42.08
|
|
Burundi
|
42.93
|
|
Bangladesh
|
42.95
|
|
Malaysia
|
43.29
|
|
Mexico
|
43.69
|
|
Turkey
|
44.16
|
|
The Democratic Republic Of
The Congo |
44.31
|
|
Gambia
|
44.5
|
|
Russian Federation
|
44.97
|
|
Singapore
|
45.87
|
|
Libya
|
45.99
|
|
Swaziland
|
47.28
|
|
Iraq
|
47.76
|
|
Belarus
|
47.98
|
|
Egypt
|
50.17
|
|
Pakistan
|
50.46
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
53.46
|
|
Rwanda
|
56.57
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
58.41
|
|
Bahrain
|
58.69
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
59.41
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
60.28
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
61.14
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
66.23
|
|
Yemen
|
66.36
|
|
Cuba
|
70.21
|
|
Djibouti
|
71.04
|
|
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
|
71.25
|
|
Somalia
|
72.31
|
|
Islamic Republic of Iran
|
72.32
|
|
Sudan
|
72.34
|
|
Vietnam
|
72.63
|
|
China
|
73.55
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
77.29
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
80.83
|
|
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea |
83.25
|
|
Eritrea
|
84.86
|
Source: www.index.rsf.org & www.vividmaps.com
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