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Freedom of the Press by country 2016 | worldgovdata
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194 countries · 1979–2016
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1
Palau
2
2
United States
2
3
Mauritius
2
4
Taiwan
2
5
Canada
2
6
Luxembourg
2
7
Chile
2
8
Australia
2
9
Iceland
2
10
Samoa
2
11
Cabo Verde
2
12
Norway
2
13
Finland
2
14
Monaco
2
15
Austria
2
16
Costa Rica
2
17
Japan
2
18
Kiribati
2
19
Marshall Islands
2
20
Tuvalu
2
21
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
22
Barbados
2
23
New Zealand
2
24
San Marino
2
25
Belize
2
26
Lithuania
2
27
Sweden
2
28
Switzerland
2
29
Tonga
2
30
Jamaica
2
31
St. Lucia
2
32
Andorra
2
33
Trinidad and Tobago
2
34
Bahamas, The
2
35
United Kingdom
2
36
Netherlands
2
37
Denmark
2
38
Uruguay
2
39
Portugal
2
40
Suriname
2
41
Belgium
2
42
Slovenia
2
43
Malta
2
44
Dominica
2
45
Ireland
2
46
Solomon Islands
2
47
Vanuatu
2
48
Cyprus
2
49
Sao Tome and Principe
2
50
Estonia
2
51
France
2
52
Germany
2
53
Grenada
2
54
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
55
Papua New Guinea
2
56
Liechtenstein
2
57
Latvia
2
58
Czechia
2
59
Spain
2
60
Slovak Republic
2
61
Argentina
1
62
Cote d'Ivoire
1
63
Bhutan
1
64
Naoero
1
65
Uganda
1
66
Tunisia
1
67
Congo, Rep.
1
68
Colombia
1
69
Botswana
1
70
Comoros
1
71
Ukraine
1
72
Timor-Leste
1
73
Brazil
1
74
Dominican Republic
1
75
Bolivia
1
76
Togo
1
77
Seychelles
1
78
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
79
Namibia
1
80
Fiji
1
81
Georgia
1
82
Ghana
1
83
Guinea-Bissau
1
84
Bulgaria
1
85
Greece
1
86
Guatemala
1
87
Niger
1
88
Serbia
1
89
Guyana
1
90
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
91
Burkina Faso
1
92
Croatia
1
93
El Salvador
1
94
Haiti
1
95
Benin
1
96
Nigeria
1
97
Hungary
1
98
Indonesia
1
99
Sierra Leone
1
100
India
1
101
Israel
1
102
Senegal
1
103
Italy
1
104
Tanzania
1
105
Kenya
1
106
Korea, Rep.
1
107
Romania
1
108
Kuwait
1
109
Antigua and Barbuda
1
110
Nepal
1
111
Lebanon
1
112
Liberia
1
113
Paraguay
1
114
Lesotho
1
115
Poland
1
116
Nicaragua
1
117
South Africa
1
118
Malawi
1
119
Moldova
1
120
Madagascar
1
121
Philippines
1
122
Albania
1
123
Peru
1
124
Mali
1
125
Panama
1
126
Afghanistan
1
127
Montenegro
1
128
Mongolia
1
129
Mozambique
1
130
Mauritania
1
131
Rwanda
0
132
Malaysia
0
133
Kyrgyz Republic
0
134
Oman
0
135
Thailand
0
136
Djibouti
0
137
Tajikistan
0
138
Turkmenistan
0
139
Cuba
0
140
Brunei Darussalam
0
141
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
142
Cameroon
0
143
Turkiye
0
144
Zimbabwe
0
145
United Arab Emirates
0
146
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
147
Sri Lanka
0
148
Armenia
0
149
Yemen, Rep.
0
150
Libya
0
151
Morocco
0
152
Qatar
0
153
Lao PDR
0
154
Russian Federation
0
155
Cambodia
0
156
Kazakhstan
0
157
Saudi Arabia
0
158
Jordan
0
159
Sudan
0
160
Azerbaijan
0
161
Burundi
0
162
Iraq
0
163
Viet Nam
0
164
Maldives
0
165
Singapore
0
166
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
167
Mexico
0
168
Central African Republic
0
169
Venezuela, RB
0
170
Honduras
0
171
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
172
North Macedonia
0
173
South Sudan
0
174
Bangladesh
0
175
Zambia
0
176
Equatorial Guinea
0
177
Gambia, The
0
178
Angola
0
179
Guinea
0
180
Bahrain
0
181
Gabon
0
182
Uzbekistan
0
183
Eswatini
0
184
Ethiopia
0
185
Myanmar
0
186
Syrian Arab Republic
0
187
Pakistan
0
188
Eritrea
0
189
Belarus
0
190
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
191
Chad
0
192
Ecuador
0
193
China
0
194
Algeria
0
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