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