World Press Freedom Index 2022
The Reporters without borders’s ranking has been around for 20 years. For this year, it is changing with the introduction of five new indicators. On the report, it shows the political context, the legal framework, the economic context, the socio-cultural context and finally security. Consequently, the NGO indicates that comparisons with previous years « should be handled with caution ».
World Press Freedom Index 2022 List
| Ranking | Country | Score |
| 1 | Norway | 92.65 |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.27 |
| 3 | Sweden | 88.84 |
| 4 | Estonia | 88.83 |
| 5 | Finland | 88.42 |
| 6 | Ireland | 88.30 |
| 7 | Portugal | 87.07 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 85.92 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 84.14 |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 84.03 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 83.54 |
| 12 | Jamaica | 83.35 |
| 13 | Seychelles | 83.33 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 82.72 |
| 15 | Iceland | 82.69 |
| 16 | Germany | 82.04 |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 81.89 |
| 18 | Namibia | 81.84 |
| 19 | Canada | 81.74 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 80.54 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 79.81 |
| 22 | Latvia | 79.17 |
| 23 | Belgium | 78.86 |
| 24 | UK | 78.71 |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.68 |
| 26 | France | 78.53 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 78.37 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 77.93 |
| 29 | Argentina | 77.28 |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 76.90 |
| 31 | Austria | 76.74 |
| 32 | Spain | 76.71 |
| 33 | Bhutan | 76.46 |
| 34 | Guyana | 76.41 |
| 35 | South Africa | 75.56 |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | 75.37 |
| 37 | Ivory Coast | 74.46 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 74.08 |
| 39 | Australia | 73.77 |
| 40 | Moldova | 73.47 |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 73.12 |
| 42 | United States | 72.74 |
| 43 | South Korea | 72.11 |
| 44 | Uruguay | 72.03 |
| 45 | Samoa | 71.39 |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 71.03 |
| 47 | Belize | 70.67 |
| 48 | Croatia | 70.42 |
| 49 | Tonga | 69.74 |
| 50 | The Gambia | 69.25 |
| 51 | Armenia | 68.97 |
| 52 | Suriname | 68.95 |
| 53 | Andorra | 68.79 |
| 54 | Slovenia | 68.54 |
| 55 | OECS | 68.49 |
| 56 | Romania | 68.46 |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 68.44 |
| 58 | Italy | 68.16 |
| 59 | Niger | 67.80 |
| 60 | Ghana | 67.43 |
| 61 | Kosovo | 67.00 |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 66.66 |
| 63 | Montenegro | 66.54 |
| 64 | Mauritius | 66.07 |
| 65 | Cyprus | 65.97 |
| 66 | Poland | 65.64 |
| 67 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 65.64 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 64.61 |
| 69 | Kenya | 64.59 |
| 70 | Haiti | 64.55 |
| 71 | Japan | 64.37 |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.25 |
| 73 | Senegal | 63.07 |
| 74 | Panama | 62.78 |
| 75 | Liberia | 62.77 |
| 76 | Nepal | 62.67 |
| 77 | Peru | 61.75 |
| 78 | Malta | 61.55 |
| 79 | Serbia | 61.51 |
| 80 | Malawi | 61.40 |
| 81 | North Cyprus | 61.08 |
| 82 | Chile | 60.61 |
| 83 | Comoros | 60.16 |
| 84 | Guinea | 59.82 |
| 85 | Hungary | 59.80 |
| 86 | Israel | 59.62 |
| 87 | Maldives | 59.55 |
| 88 | Lesotho | 59.39 |
| 89 | Georgia | 59.30 |
| 90 | Mongolia | 59.17 |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 59.12 |
| 92 | Guinea Bissau | 58.79 |
| 93 | Congo- Brazzaville | 58.64 |
| 94 | Tunisia | 58.49 |
| 95 | Botswana | 58.49 |
| 96 | Paraguay | 58.36 |
| 97 | Mauritania | 58.10 |
| 98 | Madagascar | 58.02 |
| 99 | Angola | 57.17 |
| 100 | Togo | 57.17 |
| 101 | The central African Republic | 56.96 |
| 102 | Fiji | 56.91 |
| 103 | Albania | 56.41 |
| 104 | Chad | 56.18 |
| 105 | Gabon | 56.00 |
| 106 | Ukraine | 55.76 |
| 107 | Burundi | 55.74 |
| 108 | Greece | 55.52 |
| 109 | Zambia | 55.40 |
| 110 | Brazil | 55.36 |
| 111 | Mali | 54.48 |
| 112 | El Salvador | 54.09 |
| 113 | Malaysia | 51.55 |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 50.53 |
| 115 | Thailand | 5015 |
| 116 | Mozambique | 49.89 |
| 117 | Indonesia | 49.27 |
| 118 | Cameroon | 49.10 |
| 119 | Qatar | 49.03 |
| 120 | Jordan | 48.66 |
| 121 | Benin | 48.39 |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 48.28 |
| 123 | Tanzania | 48.28 |
| 124 | Guatemala | 47.94 |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 47.66 |
| 126 | Bolivia | 47.58 |
| 127 | Mexico | 47.57 |
| 128 | South Sudan | 47.06 |
| 129 | Nigeria | 46.79 |
| 130 | Lebanon | 46.58 |
| 131 | Eswatini | 46.42 |
| 132 | Uganda | 46.35 |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 44.74 |
| 134 | Algeria | 45.53 |
| 135 | Morocco/Western Sahara | 45.42 |
| 136 | Rwanda | 45.18 |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 44.94 |
| 138 | UAE | 44.46 |
| 139 | Singapore | 44.23 |
| 140 | Somalia | 44.01 |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 43.96 |
| 142 | Cambodia | 43.48 |
| 143 | Libya | 43.16 |
| 144 | Brunei | 42.53 |
| 145 | Colombia | 42.43 |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 42.13 |
| 147 | Philippines | 41.84 |
| 148 | Hong Kong | 41.64 |
| 149 | Turkey | 41.25 |
| 150 | India | 41.00 |
| 151 | Sudan | 40.96 |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 40.26 |
| 153 | Belarus | 39.62 |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 39.40 |
| 155 | Russia | 38.82 |
| 156 | Afghanistan | 38.27 |
| 157 | Pakistan | 37.99 |
| 158 | Kuwait | 37.87 |
| 159 | Venezuela | 37.78 |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 37.09 |
| 161 | Laos | 36.64 |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 36.63 |
| 163 | Oman | 35.99 |
| 164 | Djibouti | 35.75 |
| 165 | Honduras | 34.61 |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 33.71 |
| 167 | Bahrain | 30.97 |
| 168 | Egypt | 30.23 |
| 169 | Yemen | 29.14 |
| 170 | Palestine | 28.98 |
| 171 | Syria | 28.94 |
| 172 | Iraq | 28.59 |
| 173 | Cuba | 27.32 |
| 174 | Vietnam | 26.11 |
| 175 | China | 25.17 |
| 176 | Myanmar | 25.03 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 25.01 |
| 178 | Iran | 23.22 |
| 179 | Eritrea | 19.62 |
| 180 | North Korea | 13.92 |
To evaluate the countries this year, a new methodology has been incorporated this year. It defines press freedom as the effective possibility for journalists, as individuals and as groups, to select, produce and disseminate news and information in the public interest, independently from political, economic, legal and social interference, and without threats to their physical and mental safety. Five new indicators are now used to compile the World Press Freedom Index. These are the political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context, and security.
