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https://rsf.org/en/index?year=2022
https://www.statista.com/chart/27376/countries-ranking-highest-and-lowest-on-the-press-freedom-index/
https://www.statista.com/topics/7927/press-freedom/
https://www.statista.com/topics/2096/journalism/

Where The Press Is The Most (And Least) Free

Norway, Denmark and Sweden are the countries with the highest scores
on this year's World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without
Borders (RSF), with the first two scoring more than 90 points.

Infographic: The State of World Press Freedom | Statista

You will find more infographics at Statista

As Statista's Florian Zandt details below, while the top-ranked
countries have changed somewhat compared to 2013, there's a lot less
movement in the bottom rungs, with one major exception.

This exception is the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, which in
comparison with 2013 fell by 24 ranks to the fifth-last place.
According to RSF, this can largely be attributed to the February 1,
2021 coup deposing State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, in
the wake of which the military junta banned a slew of media outlets
dedicated to independent reporting from the region.

Infographic: Where the Press Is the Most and the Least Free | Statista

You will find more infographics at Statista

While countries like North Korea, China or Iran have always been among
or around the bottom 20 in the past, the number of countries losing
the classification of having "good" freedom of press compared to
around ten years ago is a cause for concern. In 2013, 25 countries
scored between 85 and 100 index points, while in 2022 only eight
qualified for this bracket. For example, liberal democracy poster
children like the United Kingdom, the United States or Germany only
managed to get a "satisfactory" rating.

This analysis comes with one important caveat: The index only portrays
the level of freedom journalists and media workers enjoy in their
corresponding countries and doesn't serve as an indicator of the
quality or quantity of the connected outlets.

The World Press Freedom Index is based on an annual questionnaire
conducted among journalists and media workers and covers five
indicators across over 100 questions: political context (e.g. media
autonomy), legal framework (e.g. ability to work without censorship),
economic context (e.g. corruption and favoritism), sociocultural
context (e.g. attacks on the press based on gender, class, ethnicity
etc.) and safety (e.g. bodily harm).