Index details
Data of press freedom ranking 2016
| Ranking | Country | Abuse score | Underlying situation score | Global score | Diff. score 2015 | Diff. Position 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 0 | 8.59 | 8.59 | -1.07 | 0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 8.76 | 8.76 | 0.46 | 2 | |
| 3 | Norway | 0 | 8.79 | 8.79 | -1.04 | -1 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 | 8.89 | 8.89 | -0.65 | -1 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 10.01 | 10.01 | 0.05 | 1 | |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 0 | 11.10 | 11.10 | 1.16 | 10 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | 11.76 | 11.76 | 2.09 | 13 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 12.33 | 12.33 | -2.86 | -3 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 0 | 12.40 | 12.40 | -1.20 | 2 | |
| 10 | Jamaica | 0 | 12.45 | 12.45 | -1.27 | -1 | |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 13.18 | 13.18 | -2.33 | -4 | |
| 12 | Slovakia | 0 | 13.26 | 13.26 | -1.60 | 2 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 13.86 | 14.18 | 14.18 | -2.20 | 2 | |
| 14 | Estonia | 0 | 14.31 | 14.31 | -3.12 | -4 | |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 0 | 14.43 | 14.43 | -0.82 | 4 | |
| 16 | Germany | 37.14 | 9.21 | 14.80 | -3.33 | -4 | |
| 17 | Namibia | 6.93 | 15.15 | 15.15 | -2.65 | 0 | |
| 18 | Canada | 0 | 15.26 | 15.26 | -4.27 | -10 | |
| 19 | Iceland | 0 | 15.30 | 15.30 | -1.43 | 2 | |
| 20 | Uruguay | 0 | 15.88 | 15.88 | 0.06 | 3 | |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 0 | 16.66 | 16.66 | -5.04 | -8 | |
| 22 | Surinam | 0 | 16.70 | 16.70 | 1.50 | 7 | |
| 23 | Portugal | 0 | 17.27 | 17.27 | -0.16 | 3 | |
| 24 | Latvia | 0 | 17.38 | 17.38 | 0.74 | 4 | |
| 25 | Australia | 6.93 | 17.84 | 17.84 | -0.81 | 0 | |
| 26 | Ghana | 6.93 | 17.95 | 17.95 | -2.45 | -4 | |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0 | 18.26 | 18.26 | -1.74 | -3 | |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 18.36 | 18.36 | -0.69 | -1 | |
| 29 | Samoa | 0 | 18.80 | 18.80 | 3.52 | 11 | |
| 30 | OECS | 0 | 18.91 | 18.91 | 2.11 | 7 | |
| 31 | Chile | 0 | 19.23 | 19.23 | 3.77 | 12 | |
| 32 | Cape Verde | 0 | 19.82 | 19.82 | 0.87 | 4 | |
| 33 | Andorra | 0 | 19.87 | 19.87 | 0 | -1 | |
| 34 | Spain | 6.93 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 0.03 | -1 | |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0 | 19.95 | 19.95 | -1.15 | -4 | |
| 36 | Belize | 0 | 20.61 | 20.61 | -2.07 | -6 | |
| 37 | Tonga | 0 | 21.24 | 21.24 | 2.13 | 7 | |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 0 | 21.70 | 21.70 | -1.70 | -4 | |
| 39 | South Africa | 16.09 | 21.92 | 21.92 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0 | 22.26 | 22.26 | -1.71 | -5 | |
| 41 | United States | 13.86 | 22.49 | 22.49 | 1.92 | 8 | |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 27.08 | 21.37 | 22.66 | 1.13 | 4 | |
| 43 | Botswana | 0 | 22.91 | 22.91 | 0 | -1 | |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 23.29 | 23.29 | -0.90 | -3 | |
| 45 | France | 65.89 | 13.31 | 23.83 | -2.68 | -7 | |
| 46 | Malta | 0 | 23.84 | 23.84 | 0.32 | 2 | |
| 47 | Poland | 45.22 | 18.56 | 23.89 | -11.18 | -29 | |
| 48 | Mauritania | 45.11 | 24.03 | 24.03 | 1.24 | 7 | |
| 49 | Romania | 17.92 | 24.29 | 24.29 | 0.61 | 3 | |
| 50 | Comores | 0 | 24.33 | 24.33 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| 51 | Taiwan | 0 | 24.37 | 24.37 | 0.46 | 0 | |
| 52 | Niger | 27.08 | 24.01 | 24.62 | -0.77 | -5 | |
| 53 | Haïti | 0 | 24.66 | 24.66 | 0.42 | 0 | |
| 54 | Argentina | 13.86 | 25.09 | 25.09 | 1.02 | 3 | |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 6.93 | 25.81 | 25.81 | 0.06 | 1 | |
| 56 | Madagascar | 17.92 | 27.04 | 27.04 | 0.39 | 8 | |
| 57 | Guyana | 0 | 27.07 | 27.07 | 0.14 | 5 | |
| 58 | El Salvador | 24.85 | 27.20 | 27.20 | -3.54 | -13 | |
| 59 | Serbia | 31.35 | 26.66 | 27.60 | 0.06 | 8 | |
| 60 | Mongolia | 6.93 | 27.61 | 27.61 | -2.36 | -6 | |
| 61 | Mauritius | 0 | 27.69 | 27.69 | 0 | 7 | |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 27.90 | 27.90 | -0.59 | 1 | |
| 63 | Croatia | 37.38 | 25.54 | 27.91 | -1.79 | -5 | |
| 64 | Georgia | 6.93 | 27.96 | 27.96 | -0.26 | 5 | |
| 65 | Senegal | 17.92 | 27.99 | 27.99 | -0.22 | 6 | |
| 66 | Malawi | 0 | 28.12 | 28.12 | -1.71 | -7 | |
| 67 | Hungary | 6.93 | 28.17 | 28.17 | -0.73 | -2 | |
| 68 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 17.92 | 28.45 | 28.45 | -0.94 | -2 | |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 0 | 28.50 | 28.50 | -0.74 | 1 | |
| 70 | South Korea | 0 | 28.58 | 28.58 | -2.03 | -10 | |
| 71 | Tanzania | 0 | 28.65 | 28.65 | -0.56 | 4 | |
| 72 | Japan | 0 | 28.67 | 28.67 | -1.72 | -11 | |
| 73 | Lesotho | 0 | 28.78 | 28.78 | -0.42 | 4 | |
| 74 | Armenia | 33.67 | 27.57 | 28.79 | -0.36 | 4 | |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 0 | 28.82 | 28.82 | -0.88 | -1 | |
| 76 | Moldova | 6.93 | 28.83 | 28.83 | -0.98 | -4 | |
| 77 | Italy | 38.29 | 26.59 | 28.93 | -0.99 | -4 | |
| 78 | Benin | 0 | 28.97 | 28.97 | 0.27 | 6 | |
| 79 | Guinea Bissau | 0 | 29.03 | 29.03 | -0.33 | 2 | |
| 80 | Fiji | 0 | 29.37 | 29.37 | 1.91 | 13 | |
| 81 | Northern Cyprus | 0 | 29.54 | 29.54 | -1.21 | -5 | |
| 82 | Albania | 23.03 | 29.92 | 29.92 | -1.15 | 0 | |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 10.99 | 29.94 | 29.94 | -1.47 | -4 | |
| 84 | Peru | 48.60 | 25.34 | 29.99 | 1.22 | 8 | |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.96 | 30.16 | 30.16 | 0.53 | 3 | |
| 86 | Ivory Coast | 17.92 | 30.17 | 30.17 | 0.28 | 0 | |
| 87 | Mozambique | 45.22 | 26.51 | 30.25 | -0.27 | -2 | |
| 88 | Togo | 0 | 30.31 | 30.31 | -1.81 | -8 | |
| 89 | Greece | 25.65 | 30.35 | 30.35 | 0.66 | 2 | |
| 90 | Kosovo | 45 | 26.87 | 30.50 | 0.13 | -3 | |
| 91 | Panama | 0 | 30.59 | 30.59 | -1.61 | -8 | |
| 92 | Seychelles | 0 | 30.60 | 30.60 | 0.95 | 4 | |
| 93 | Liberia | 0 | 30.71 | 30.71 | 0.07 | -4 | |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0 | 30.73 | 30.73 | 1.92 | 10 | |
| 95 | Kenya | 45.75 | 27.51 | 31.16 | 0.91 | 5 | |
| 96 | Tunisia | 27.73 | 31.60 | 31.60 | 7.08 | 30 | |
| 97 | Bolivia | 21.97 | 31.78 | 31.78 | -0.49 | -3 | |
| 98 | Lebanon | 32.19 | 31.89 | 31.95 | -0.14 | 0 | |
| 99 | East Timor | 0 | 32.02 | 32.02 | 0.61 | 4 | |
| 100 | Gabon | 0 | 32.20 | 32.20 | -0.82 | -5 | |
| 101 | Israel | 44.05 | 29.71 | 32.58 | -0.49 | 0 | |
| 102 | Uganda | 31.35 | 32.58 | 32.58 | -0.93 | -5 | |
| 103 | Kuwait | 35.84 | 31.78 | 32.59 | -1.75 | -13 | |
| 104 | Brazil | 59.96 | 25.78 | 32.62 | -0.69 | -5 | |
| 105 | Nepal | 31.35 | 32.62 | 32.62 | 0.09 | 0 | |
| 106 | Montenegro | 30.45 | 32.79 | 32.79 | 1.84 | 8 | |
| 107 | Ukraine | 55.80 | 27.21 | 32.93 | 6.17 | 22 | |
| 108 | Guinea | 27.08 | 33.08 | 33.08 | -0.52 | -6 | |
| 109 | Ecuador | 27.73 | 33.21 | 33.21 | 0.44 | -1 | |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 23.03 | 33.60 | 33.60 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| 111 | Paraguay | 0 | 33.63 | 33.63 | 0.11 | -2 | |
| 112 | Maldives | 20.79 | 34.17 | 34.17 | 0.15 | 0 | |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 16.09 | 34.46 | 34.46 | -1.55 | -7 | |
| 114 | Zambia | 31.35 | 35.08 | 35.08 | -0.73 | -1 | |
| 115 | Congo-Brazzaville | 55.13 | 31.02 | 35.84 | -2.84 | -8 | |
| 116 | Nigeria | 52.93 | 31.65 | 35.90 | -1.81 | -5 | |
| 117 | Qatar | 6.93 | 35.97 | 35.97 | -0.62 | -2 | |
| 118 | Macedonia | 23.98 | 36.09 | 36.09 | 0.17 | -1 | |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 36.73 | 36.73 | 0 | 1 | |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 55.76 | 33.25 | 37.75 | -0.31 | 2 | |
| 121 | Guatemala | 54.97 | 33.79 | 38.03 | -0.11 | 3 | |
| 122 | Mali | 45.11 | 39.83 | 39.83 | -3.50 | -4 | |
| 123 | Angola | 16.09 | 39.89 | 39.89 | -2.05 | 0 | |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 26.39 | 40.41 | 40.41 | -1.22 | 7 | |
| 125 | Oman | 31.35 | 40.43 | 40.43 | -1.60 | 2 | |
| 126 | Cameroon | 23.98 | 40.53 | 40.53 | -0.90 | 7 | |
| 127 | Chad | 17.92 | 40.59 | 40.59 | -0.42 | 8 | |
| 128 | Cambodia | 16.09 | 40.70 | 40.70 | 0.29 | 11 | |
| 129 | Algeria | 29.44 | 41.69 | 41.69 | -5.06 | -10 | |
| 130 | Indonesia | 16.09 | 41.72 | 41.72 | -0.97 | 8 | |
| 131 | Morocco | 29.96 | 42.64 | 42.64 | -3.45 | -1 | |
| 132 | Palestine | 60.45 | 38.55 | 42.93 | -1.92 | 8 | |
| 133 | India | 64.28 | 37.89 | 43.17 | -2.68 | 3 | |
| 134 | Colombia | 56.97 | 40.90 | 44.11 | -5.03 | -6 | |
| 135 | Jordan | 20.79 | 44.49 | 44.49 | -2.42 | 8 | |
| 136 | Thailand | 50.04 | 43.15 | 44.53 | -4.46 | -2 | |
| 137 | Honduras | 66.50 | 39.15 | 44.62 | -5.35 | -5 | |
| 138 | Philippines | 63.10 | 40.05 | 44.66 | -3.47 | 3 | |
| 139 | Venezuela | 32.19 | 44.77 | 44.77 | -4.16 | -2 | |
| 140 | South Sudan | 52.42 | 40.32 | 44.87 | -6.83 | -15 | |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 47.45 | 44.34 | 44.96 | 15.32 | 24 | |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 60.26 | 41.35 | 45.13 | -3.30 | 0 | |
| 143 | Burma | 50.50 | 44.23 | 45.48 | -3.40 | 1 | |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 57.84 | 42.96 | 45.94 | -2.99 | 2 | |
| 145 | Gambia | 46.96 | 46.43 | 46.53 | -2.03 | 6 | |
| 146 | Malaysia | 19.46 | 46.57 | 46.57 | -3.28 | 1 | |
| 147 | Pakistan | 54.97 | 46.91 | 48.52 | 1.94 | 12 | |
| 148 | Russia | 51.06 | 48.53 | 49.03 | -4.06 | 4 | |
| 149 | Mexico | 66.46 | 44.52 | 49.33 | -5.64 | -1 | |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 13.86 | 50.34 | 50.34 | -14.15 | -34 | |
| 151 | Turkey | 61.92 | 47.97 | 50.76 | -6.60 | -2 | |
| 152 | DRC | 13.86 | 50.97 | 50.97 | -6.66 | -2 | |
| 153 | Swaziland | 0 | 52.37 | 52.37 | -5.09 | 2 | |
| 154 | Singapore | 0 | 52.96 | 52.96 | -7.09 | -1 | |
| 155 | Brunei | 0 | 53.85 | 53.85 | -17.09 | -34 | |
| 156 | Burundi | 57.59 | 53.23 | 54.10 | -11.17 | -11 | |
| 157 | Belarus | 28.90 | 54.32 | 54.32 | -6.34 | 0 | |
| 158 | Iraq | 73.94 | 49.45 | 54.35 | -6.59 | -2 | |
| 159 | Egypt | 63.06 | 52.29 | 54.45 | -4.28 | -1 | |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 37.84 | 54.55 | 54.55 | -1.09 | 0 | |
| 161 | Rwanda | 0 | 54.61 | 54.61 | 1.96 | 0 | |
| 162 | Bahrain | 59.84 | 53.61 | 54.86 | 3.83 | 1 | |
| 163 | Azerbaijan | 65.37 | 56.02 | 57.89 | 0.52 | -1 | |
| 164 | Libya | 67.72 | 55.44 | 57.89 | -11.90 | -10 | |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 57.20 | 59.72 | 59.72 | -0.31 | -1 | |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 67 | 59.68 | 61.15 | -0.01 | 0 | |
| 167 | Somalia | 60.26 | 65.35 | 65.35 | 6.96 | 5 | |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 66.47 | 66.47 | -0.24 | -1 | |
| 169 | Iran | 73 | 64.91 | 66.52 | 5.80 | 4 | |
| 170 | Yemen | 73.88 | 65.37 | 67.07 | -0.71 | -2 | |
| 171 | Cuba | 47.10 | 70.23 | 70.23 | -0.02 | -2 | |
| 172 | Djibouti | 0 | 70.90 | 70.90 | 0.14 | -2 | |
| 173 | Laos | 56.42 | 71.58 | 71.58 | -0.33 | -2 | |
| 174 | Sudan | 24.85 | 72.53 | 72.53 | -0.19 | 0 | |
| 175 | Vietnam | 66.81 | 74.27 | 74.27 | -1.64 | 0 | |
| 176 | China | 90.44 | 78.59 | 80.96 | -7.41 | 0 | |
| 177 | Syria | 84.36 | 80.60 | 81.35 | -4.06 | 0 | |
| 178 | Turkmenistan | 29.44 | 83.44 | 83.44 | -2.61 | 0 | |
| 179 | North Korea | 55.95 | 83.76 | 83.76 | -0.51 | 0 | |
| 180 | Eritrea | 74.24 | 83.92 | 83.92 | 0.94 | 0 |