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