Sociocultural Freedom Scale: Reporters Without Borders

This report investigates the sociocultural barriers that journalists face in different societies, including issues like censorship, societal norms, and cultural expectations.

Reporters Socioculture Freedom By Country January 2023 (Index, January 2023)

Country Index
1 North Korea 4.6
2 Turkmenistan 9.32
3 Iran 16.06
4 China 17.07
5 Kuwait 20.45
6 Honduras 22.37
7 Myanmar 24.77
8 Eritrea 26.16
9 Djibouti 28.18
10 Syria 29.55
11 Brunei 29.88
12 Cuba 29.94
13 Turkey 30.11
13 Saudi Arabia 30.11
14 United Arab Emirates 30.68
14 Afghanistan 30.68
15 Jordan 32.2
16 Vietnam 32.95
17 Bahrain 33.52
18 Yemen 34.09
19 Tajikistan 36.17
20 Palestine 36.36
20 Iraq 36.36
21 Bangladesh 36.55
22 Colombia 37.37
23 Oman 38.07
24 Laos 38.26
25 Venezuela 38.53
26 Russia 38.94
27 Egypt 39.55
28 Equatorial Guinea 39.58
29 Sudan 40.15
30 Sri Lanka 42.05
31 Uzbekistan 43.56
32 Ethiopia 43.64
33 Nicaragua 44.32
34 Libya 45.23
35 India 45.27
36 Mexico 47.16
37 South Sudan 47.73
38 Pakistan 48.11
39 Belarus 48.3
40 Kyrgyzstan 49.09
41 El Salvador 49.32
42 Bhutan 49.51
43 Azerbaijan 50
44 Qatar 51.14
44 Somalia 51.14
45 Singapore 51.99
46 Burundi 52.12
47 Greece 52.23
48 Algeria 52.6
49 Tanzania 53.41
50 Tunisia 53.79
51 Angola 54.71
52 Mali 55
53 Maldives 55.68
54 Indonesia 55.97
55 Eswatini 56.01
56 Thailand 56.25
56 Kenya 56.25
57 Bolivia 56.4
58 Hong Kong 56.51
59 Morocco 56.87
60 Peru 56.94
61 Cambodia 57.27
62 Philippines 57.39
63 Guatemala 57.58
64 Zambia 58.14
64 Gabon 58.14
65 Rwanda 58.33
66 Madagascar 58.46
67 Cameroon 58.77
68 Lebanon 58.86
69 Japan 59.32
70 Kazakhstan 59.37
71 Serbia 59.87
72 DR Congo 59.94
73 Uganda 60
74 Guinea 60.09
75 Malawi 60.23
76 Mauritania 60.8
76 Zimbabwe 60.8
77 Nepal 61.08
78 Paraguay 61.25
79 Ecuador 61.55
80 Comoros 61.85
81 Fiji 62.88
82 Benin 63.49
83 Nigeria 63.8
84 Mongolia 63.95
85 Panama 64.77
86 Cyprus 64.98
87 Mozambique 65.28
88 Senegal 65.42
89 Bulgaria 65.53
90 Chile 65.58
91 Malta 66.04
92 Central African Republic 66.56
93 Albania 68.37
94 Lesotho 68.47
95 Chad 69.16
96 Togo 69.32
97 Papua New Guinea 71.97
98 Sierra Leone 72.24
99 Hungary 72.62
100 Haiti 73.38
101 Italy 73.86
102 Niger 74.03
103 Croatia 74.59
104 Uruguay 74.9
105 Tonga 75
105 Georgia 75
106 Andorra 75.28
107 Kosovo 75.49
108 Malaysia 75.85
109 Slovenia 75.95
110 Israel 76.14
111 Brazil 76.22
112 Ivory Coast 76.33
113 Dominican Republic 76.42
114 Montenegro 76.48
115 Argentina 76.82
116 South Korea 77.53
117 Taiwan 77.65
118 North Macedonia 78.2
119 Poland 78.28
120 Botswana 78.79
121 Ghana 78.98
122 Belize 79.55
123 Guyana 79.83
124 United States 80
124 Liberia 80
125 Seychelles 80.23
126 Ukraine 80.4
127 Mauritius 81.02
128 Burkina Faso 81.25
129 United Kingdom 81.36
130 Romania 81.44
131 Australia 81.98
132 Luxembourg 82.1
133 Belgium 82.39
134 Armenia 82.95
135 Spain 83.13
136 New Zealand 84.09
137 Austria 84.14
138 South Africa 84.7
139 Gambia 85
140 Moldova 85.86
141 Latvia 85.98
142 Netherlands 86.53
143 Jamaica 86.59
144 Iceland 87.01
145 France 87.1
146 Timor-Leste 87.12
147 Germany 87.19
148 Namibia 87.73
149 Denmark 87.78
150 Costa Rica 87.97
151 Canada 88.26
152 Sweden 88.64
153 Finland 89.17
154 Lithuania 89.43
155 Portugal 89.77
156 Slovakia 89.85
157 Estonia 90.75
158 Liechtenstein 90.91
158 Suriname 90.91
159 Czech Republic 91.29
160 Trinidad and Tobago 92.05
161 Switzerland 92.33
162 Ireland 94.03
163 Samoa 94.32
164 Norway 95.98

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