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World Press Freedom Index 2022: Highlights
1- Norway tops the World Press Freedom Index 2022 with a score of 92.65, and is followed by Denmark and Sweden with global scores of 90.27 and 88.84 respectively.
2- North Korea is the worst-ranked country in the world with a score of 13.92. Other countries in the bottom five are Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Eritrea.
3- Bhutan is ranked at 33rd position, the best among India's neighbouring countries.
4- Both China and Pakistan, India's prominent neighbours, are way below on the index with total scores of 25.17 and 37.99.
Ranking
Country
Score
1
Norway
92.65
2
Denmark
90.27
3
Sweden
88.84
4
Estonia
88.83
5
Finland
88.42
6
Ireland
88.30
7
Portugal
87.07
8
Costa Rica
85.92
9
Lithuania
84.14
10
Liechtenstein
84.03
11
New Zealand
83.54
12
Jamaica
83.35
13
Seychelles
83.33
14
Switzerland
82.72
15
Iceland
82.69
16
Germany
82.04
17
Timor-Leste
81.89
18
Namibia
81.84
19
Canada
81.74
20
Czech Republic
80.54
21
Luxembourg
79.81
22
Latvia
79.17
23
Belgium
78.86
24
UK
78.71
25
Trinidad and Tobago
78.68
26
France
78.53
27
Slovakia
78.37
28
Netherlands
77.93
29
Argentina
77.28
30
Dominican Republic
76.90
31
Austria
76.74
32
Spain
76.71
33
Bhutan
76.46
34
Guyana
76.41
35
South Africa
75.56
36
Cabo Verde
75.37
37
Ivory Coast
74.46
38
Taiwan
74.08
39
Australia
73.77
40
Moldova
73.47
41
Burkina Faso
73.12
42
United States
72.74
43
South Korea
72.11
44
Uruguay
72.03
45
Samoa
71.39
46
Sierra Leone
71.03
47
Belize
70.67
48
Croatia
70.42
49
Tonga
69.74
50
The Gambia
69.25
51
Armenia
68.97
52
Suriname
68.95
53
Andorra
68.79
54
Slovenia
68.54
55
OECS
68.49
56
Romania
68.46
57
North Macedonia
68.44
58
Italy
68.16
59
Niger
67.80
60
Ghana
67.43
61
Kosovo
67.00
62
Papua New Guinea
66.66
63
Montenegro
66.54
64
Mauritius
66.07
65
Cyprus
65.97
66
Poland
65.64
67
Bosnia-Herzegovina
65.64
68
Ecuador
64.61
69
Kenya
64.59
70
Haiti
64.55
71
Japan
64.37
72
Kyrgyzstan
64.25
73
Senegal
63.07
74
Panama
62.78
75
Liberia
62.77
76
Nepal
62.67
77
Peru
61.75
78
Malta
61.55
79
Serbia
61.51
80
Malawi
61.40
81
North Cyprus
61.08
82
Chile
60.61
83
Comoros
60.16
84
Guinea
59.82
85
Hungary
59.80
86
Israel
59.62
87
Maldives
59.55
88
Lesotho
59.39
89
Georgia
59.30
90
Mongolia
59.17
91
Bulgaria
59.12
92
Guinea Bissau
58.79
93
Congo- Brazzaville
58.64
94
Tunisia
58.49
95
Botswana
58.49
96
Paraguay
58.36
97
Mauritania
58.10
98
Madagascar
58.02
99
Angola
57.17
100
Togo
57.17
101
The central African Republic
56.96
102
Fiji
56.91
103
Albania
56.41
104
Chad
56.18
105
Gabon
56.00
106
Ukraine
55.76
107
Burundi
55.74
108
Greece
55.52
109
Zambia
55.40
110
Brazil
55.36
111
Mali
54.48
112
El Salvador
54.09
113
Malaysia
51.55
114
Ethiopia
50.53
115
Thailand
5015
116
Mozambique
49.89
117
Indonesia
49.27
118
Cameroon
49.10
119
Qatar
49.03
120
Jordan
48.66
121
Benin
48.39
122
Kazakhstan
48.28
123
Tanzania
48.28
124
Guatemala
47.94
125
Democratic Republic of Congo
47.66
126
Bolivia
47.58
127
Mexico
47.57
128
South Sudan
47.06
129
Nigeria
46.79
130
Lebanon
46.58
131
Eswatini
46.42
132
Uganda
46.35
133
Uzbekistan
44.74
134
Algeria
45.53
135
Morocco/Western Sahara
45.42
136
Rwanda
45.18
137
Zimbabwe
44.94
138
UAE
44.46
139
Singapore
44.23
140
Somalia
44.01
141
Equatorial Guinea
43.96
142
Cambodia
43.48
143
Libya
43.16
144
Brunei
42.53
145
Colombia
42.43
146
Sri Lanka
42.13
147
Philippines
41.84
148
Hong Kong
41.64
149
Turkey
41.25
150
India
41.00
151
Sudan
40.96
152
Tajikistan
40.26
153
Belarus
39.62
154
Azerbaijan
39.40
155
Russia
38.82
156
Afghanistan
38.27
157
Pakistan
37.99
158
Kuwait
37.87
159
Venezuela
37.78
160
Nicaragua
37.09
161
Laos
36.64
162
Bangladesh
36.63
163
Oman
35.99
164
Djibouti
35.75
165
Honduras
34.61
166
Saudi Arabia
33.71
167
Bahrain
30.97
168
Egypt
30.23
169
Yemen
29.14
170
Palestine
28.98
171
Syria
28.94
172
Iraq
28.59
173
Cuba
27.32
174
Vietnam
26.11
175
China
25.17
176
Myanmar
25.03
177
Turkmenistan
25.01
178
Iran
23.22
179
Eritrea
19.62
180
North Korea
13.92
To evaluate the countries this year, a new methodology has been incorporated this year. It defines press freedom as the effective possibility for journalists, as individuals and as groups, to select, produce and disseminate news and information in the public interest, independently from political, economic, legal and social interference, and without threats to their physical and mental safety. Five new indicators are now used to compile the World Press Freedom Index. These are the political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context, and security.
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