RSF Press Freedom List 2026

1 Norway 92.72
2 Netherlands 88.92
3 Estonia 88.54
4 Denmark 88.47
5 Sweden 87.61
6 Finland 86.22
7 Ireland 85.93
8 Switzerland 84.83
9 Luxembourg 84.14
10 Portugal 83.71
11 Czechia 83.01
12 Iceland 82.77
13 Liechtenstein 82.62
14 Germany 82.17
15 Lithuania 81.34
16 Belgium 81.17
17 Latvia 81.00
18 United Kingdom 79.45
19 Austria 79.43
20 Canada 78.76
21 South Africa 77.95
22 New Zealand 77.38
23 Namibia 76.97
24 Fiji 76.76
25 France 76.68
26 Jamaica 75.87
27 Poland 75.52
28 Taiwan 75.44
29 Spain 75.42
30 Timor-Leste 75.29
31 Moldova 74.77
32 Trinidad and Tobago 74.70
33 Australia 74.58
34 Suriname 73.20
35 Seychelles 73.04
36 Slovenia 72.88
37 Slovakia 72.71
38 Costa Rica 72.35
39 Ghana 72.20
40 Cabo Verde 71.98
41 Montenegro 71.80
42 Mauritius 70.92
43 Gabon 70.57
44 Dominican Republic 69.73
45 North Macedonia 69.49
46 Gambia 69.42
47 South Korea 69.12
48 Uruguay 68.72
49 Romania 67.71
50 Armenia 67.02
51 Tonga 66.62
52 Brazil 66.37
53 Croatia 66.31
54 Côte d'Ivoire 66.27
55 Ukraine 66.10
56 Italy 65.16
57 OECS 64.60
58 Liberia 64.54
59 Samoa 64.53
60 Andorra 63.91
61 Mauritania 63.36
62 Japan 62.90
63 Botswana 62.89
64 United States 62.61
65 Panama 62.14
66 Belize 61.66
67 Malta 61.44
68 Congo-Brazzaville 61.21
69 Malawi 60.96
70 Chile 60.84
71 Bulgaria 60.28
72 Comoros 60.23
73 Papua New Guinea 60.11
74 Hungary 59.85
75 Qatar 59.79
76 Guyana 59.58
77 Zambia 58.58
78 Senegal 58.11
79 Sierra Leone 57.06
80 Cyprus 56.91
81 Central African Republic 56.73
82 Northern Cyprus 56.57
83 Albania 56.52
84 Kosovo 55.89
85 Mongolia 55.79
86 Greece 55.05
87 Nepal 54.80
88 Paraguay 54.67
89 Lesotho 54.37
90 Bosnia-Herzegovina 54.29
91 Bolivia 54.25
92 Thailand 53.97
93 Chad 53.90
94 Equatorial Guinea 52.79
95 Malaysia 52.73
96 Brunei 52.58
97 Togo 52.56
98 Argentina 52.44
99 Mozambique 52.27
100 Guinea Bissau 51.99
101 Eswatini 51.94
102 Colombia 51.66
103 Madagascar 50.95
104 Serbia 50.79
105 Morocco / Western Sahara 50.55
106 Kenya 50.51
107 Haiti 50.32
108 Maldives 49.23
109 Angola 48.82
110 Burkina Faso 48.52
111 Guinea 48.45
112 Nigeria 48.11
113 Benin 47.39
114 Philippines 46.79
115 Lebanon 46.49
116 Israel 46.46
117 Tanzania 46.22
118 South Sudan 46.16
119 Burundi 46.14
120 Niger 46.02
121 Mali 45.63
122 Mexico 45.23
123 Singapore 44.57
124 Zimbabwe 44.37
125 Ecuador 44.37
126 Somalia 43.84
127 Oman 43.67
128 Guatemala 43.21
129 Indonesia 43.02
130 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.16
131 Uganda 41.98
132 Honduras 41.02
133 Cameroon 40.88
134 Sri Lanka 40.77
135 Georgia 40.77
136 Kuwait 40.44
137 Tunisia 40.43
138 Libya 40.34
139 Rwanda 39.58
140 Hong Kong 39.49
141 Syria 39.44
142 Jordan 39.33
143 El Salvador 38.88
144 Peru 37.86
145 Algeria 37.38
146 Kyrgyzstan 35.06
147 Uzbekistan 34.95
148 Ethiopia 34.66
149 Kazakhstan 34.41
150 Bhutan 33.50
151 Cambodia 33.28
152 Bangladesh 33.05
153 Pakistan 32.61
154 Laos 32.54
155 Tajikistan 32.22
156 Palestine 32.09
157 India 31.96
158 United Arab Emirates 30.86
159 Venezuela 30.48
160 Cuba 29.22
161 Sudan 29.02
162 Iraq 28.85
163 Türkiye 27.94
164 Yemen 27.89
165 Belarus 27.72
166 Myanmar 26.38
167 Djibouti 25.04
168 Nicaragua 24.98
169 Egypt 24.92
170 Bahrain 24.84
171 Azerbaijan 23.95
172 Russia 23.15
173 Turkmenistan 23.06
174 Vietnam 21.15
175 Afghanistan 19.51
176 Saudi Arabia 19.11
177 Iran 17.45
178 China 13.85
179 North Korea 12.67
180 Eritrea 10.24