Press Freedom

This ranking compares how freely journalists and media can work in a country. The raw value is a press-freedom score from 0 to 100; higher values indicate fewer political, legal, economic, social and safety constraints and receive a higher rating.
1 Norway92 pts 92 pts 92
2 Denmark90 pts 90 pts 90
2 Faroe Islands90 pts 90 pts 90
4 Greenland89 pts 89 pts 89
5 Estonia88 pts 88 pts 88
5 Finland88 pts 88 pts 88
5 Netherlands88 pts 88 pts 88
8 Aruba87 pts 87 pts 87
8 Curacao87 pts 87 pts 87
8 Sint Maarten87 pts 87 pts 87
8 Sweden87 pts 87 pts 87
12 Iceland86 pts 86 pts 86
13 Portugal84 pts 84 pts 84
14 Ireland83 pts 83 pts 83
14 Switzerland83 pts 83 pts 83
16 Austria82 pts 82 pts 82
16 Germany82 pts 82 pts 82
18 Latvia81 pts 81 pts 81
19 New Zealand80 pts 80 pts 80
20 Belgium79 pts 79 pts 79
20 Luxembourg79 pts 79 pts 79
22 Canada78 pts 78 pts 78
22 Liechtenstein78 pts 78 pts 78
22 Lithuania78 pts 78 pts 78
22 Monaco78 pts 78 pts 78
22 San Marino78 pts 78 pts 78
27 France77 pts 77 pts 77
27 French Guiana77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Guadeloupe77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Martinique77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Mayotte77 pts 77 pts 77
27 New Caledonia77 pts 77 pts 77
27 RĂ©union77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Saint Pierre and Miquelon77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Saint-Martin77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Slovenia77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Tahiti77 pts 77 pts 77
27 Wallis and Futuna77 pts 77 pts 77
39 Andorra76 pts 76 pts 76
40 Australia75 pts 75 pts 75
40 Cook Islands75 pts 75 pts 75
40 Niue75 pts 75 pts 75
40 Slovakia75 pts 75 pts 75
44 Chinese Taipei74 pts 74 pts 74
44 Czech Republic74 pts 74 pts 74
44 Italy74 pts 74 pts 74
47 Anguilla73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Bermuda73 pts 73 pts 73
47 British Virgin Islands73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Cayman Islands73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Costa Rica73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Gibraltar73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Malta73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Montserrat73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Seychelles73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Spain73 pts 73 pts 73
47 Turks and Caicos Islands73 pts 73 pts 73
47 United Kingdom73 pts 73 pts 73
59 Barbados72 pts 72 pts 72
59 Japan72 pts 72 pts 72
59 Korea Republic72 pts 72 pts 72
59 Uruguay72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Antigua and Barbuda70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Cape Verde70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Cyprus70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Israel70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Palau70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Saint Kitts and Nevis70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Saint Lucia70 pts 70 pts 70
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines70 pts 70 pts 70
63 SĂ£o TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe70 pts 70 pts 70
72 Bahamas69 pts 69 pts 69
72 Chile69 pts 69 pts 69
72 Trinidad and Tobago69 pts 69 pts 69
72 Ukraine69 pts 69 pts 69
76 Greece68 pts 68 pts 68
77 American Samoa67 pts 67 pts 67
77 Guam67 pts 67 pts 67
77 Mauritius67 pts 67 pts 67
77 Namibia67 pts 67 pts 67
77 Northern Mariana Islands67 pts 67 pts 67
77 Puerto Rico67 pts 67 pts 67
77 U.S. Virgin Islands67 pts 67 pts 67
77 United States67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Argentina66 pts 66 pts 66
85 Georgia66 pts 66 pts 66
85 Grenada66 pts 66 pts 66
88 Albania65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Dominica65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Jamaica65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Marshall Islands65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Micronesia65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Nauru65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Poland65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Samoa65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Solomon Islands65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Tuvalu65 pts 65 pts 65
88 Vanuatu65 pts 65 pts 65
99 Croatia64 pts 64 pts 64
99 Montenegro64 pts 64 pts 64
99 South Africa64 pts 64 pts 64
102 Ghana63 pts 63 pts 63
102 Moldova63 pts 63 pts 63
102 Suriname63 pts 63 pts 63
102 Timor-Leste63 pts 63 pts 63
106 Kosovo62 pts 62 pts 62
107 Papua New Guinea61 pts 61 pts 61
108 Belize60 pts 60 pts 60
108 Peru60 pts 60 pts 60
108 Tonga60 pts 60 pts 60
111 Malawi59 pts 59 pts 59
112 Liberia58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Mongolia58 pts 58 pts 58
112 North Macedonia58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Panama58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Romania58 pts 58 pts 58
112 Senegal58 pts 58 pts 58
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina57 pts 57 pts 57
118 Brazil57 pts 57 pts 57
120 Ecuador56 pts 56 pts 56
121 Armenia55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Benin55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Bhutan55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Botswana55 pts 55 pts 55
121 El Salvador55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Hungary55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Kiribati55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Lesotho55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Nepal55 pts 55 pts 55
121 Sierra Leone55 pts 55 pts 55
131 Colombia53 pts 53 pts 53
131 Dominican Republic53 pts 53 pts 53
131 Philippines53 pts 53 pts 53
131 Serbia53 pts 53 pts 53
135 Bolivia52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Bulgaria52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Guyana52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Indonesia52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Madagascar52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Mozambique52 pts 52 pts 52
135 Zambia52 pts 52 pts 52
142 Malaysia51 pts 51 pts 51
143 Fiji50 pts 50 pts 50
143 Gambia50 pts 50 pts 50
143 Paraguay50 pts 50 pts 50
143 Sri Lanka50 pts 50 pts 50
147 Kyrgyzstan48 pts 48 pts 48
147 Mexico48 pts 48 pts 48
147 Singapore48 pts 48 pts 48
150 Haiti47 pts 47 pts 47
151 Gabon45 pts 45 pts 45
151 Guinea-Bissau45 pts 45 pts 45
151 Ivory Coast45 pts 45 pts 45
154 Guatemala44 pts 44 pts 44
154 Tunisia44 pts 44 pts 44
156 Angola42 pts 42 pts 42
156 Lebanon42 pts 42 pts 42
156 Niger42 pts 42 pts 42
156 Swaziland42 pts 42 pts 42
160 Kenya41 pts 41 pts 41
161 Comoros40 pts 40 pts 40
161 Guinea40 pts 40 pts 40
161 Macau40 pts 40 pts 40
161 Maldives40 pts 40 pts 40
161 Mali40 pts 40 pts 40
161 Togo40 pts 40 pts 40
167 Honduras39 pts 39 pts 39
167 Palestine39 pts 39 pts 39
169 Brunei38 pts 38 pts 38
169 Burkina Faso38 pts 38 pts 38
169 Hong Kong38 pts 38 pts 38
169 Kuwait38 pts 38 pts 38
169 Thailand38 pts 38 pts 38
174 Bangladesh36 pts 36 pts 36
174 Jordan36 pts 36 pts 36
176 Cameroon35 pts 35 pts 35
176 Congo35 pts 35 pts 35
176 Uganda35 pts 35 pts 35
179 Morocco34 pts 34 pts 34
179 Nigeria34 pts 34 pts 34
181 Algeria33 pts 33 pts 33
181 Pakistan33 pts 33 pts 33
183 Burundi32 pts 32 pts 32
183 Chad32 pts 32 pts 32
183 Mauritania32 pts 32 pts 32
183 Tanzania32 pts 32 pts 32
183 Zanzibar32 pts 32 pts 32
188 India31 pts 31 pts 31
188 Kazakhstan31 pts 31 pts 31
190 Azerbaijan30 pts 30 pts 30
190 Djibouti30 pts 30 pts 30
192 Congo DR28 pts 28 pts 28
192 Equatorial Guinea28 pts 28 pts 28
192 Libya28 pts 28 pts 28
192 Turkey28 pts 28 pts 28
192 Yemen28 pts 28 pts 28
197 Somalia27 pts 27 pts 27
198 Egypt26 pts 26 pts 26
198 Iraq26 pts 26 pts 26
198 Nicaragua26 pts 26 pts 26
198 Qatar26 pts 26 pts 26
202 Central African Republic25 pts 25 pts 25
202 Western Sahara25 pts 25 pts 25
204 Venezuela24 pts 24 pts 24
204 Vietnam24 pts 24 pts 24
206 Cambodia23 pts 23 pts 23
206 China23 pts 23 pts 23
206 Ethiopia23 pts 23 pts 23
206 Oman23 pts 23 pts 23
206 Zimbabwe23 pts 23 pts 23
211 Bahrain22 pts 22 pts 22
211 Laos22 pts 22 pts 22
211 Russia22 pts 22 pts 22
214 Belarus21 pts 21 pts 21
214 Rwanda21 pts 21 pts 21
214 United Arab Emirates21 pts 21 pts 21
217 South Sudan20 pts 20 pts 20
217 Sudan20 pts 20 pts 20
217 Tajikistan20 pts 20 pts 20
220 Afghanistan18 pts 18 pts 18
220 Cuba18 pts 18 pts 18
220 Uzbekistan18 pts 18 pts 18
223 Saudi Arabia17 pts 17 pts 17
224 Iran15 pts 15 pts 15
225 Myanmar14 pts 14 pts 14
225 Syria14 pts 14 pts 14
227 Turkmenistan8 pts 8 pts 8
228 Eritrea6 pts 6 pts 6
229 Korea DPR5 pts 5 pts 5

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a press-freedom point value from 0 to 100. 100 means very strong press freedom, while 0 means very severe restrictions. Higher values directly receive a higher rating.

The main anchor is the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index. It evaluates political, legal, economic, sociocultural and safety conditions for journalistic work. Under the revised methodology, these five areas are used as equally important contextual indicators.

For countries directly covered by RSF, Nomadino uses the published global score as the raw value. It is rounded to whole points; the rating equals the rounded raw value.

For countries and territories without a separate RSF row, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. They are mapped from the administering state, regional media environment, Freedom House and V-Dem context, security conditions and available territory profiles.

This indicator rates media freedom and journalistic working conditions. Overall democratic quality, personal freedom and political expression remain separate indicators so press freedom is not read as a full freedom score by itself.