Security Freedom Report: Reporters Without Borders - Jan. 31, 2023

This report evaluates the safety and security conditions for journalists across the globe, detailing the physical and digital risks they encounter.

Jan 31, 2023 Index
1st
  Myanmar
19.6
2nd
  Ukraine
20.78
3rd
  Yemen
21.37
4th
  Syria
23.07
5th
  Pakistan
23.57
6th
  Iran
23.62
7th
  Mexico
23.68
8th
  China
24.87
9th
  India
27.12
10th
  Honduras
27.61
11th
  Palestine
27.95
12th
  Somalia
28.5
13th
  Belarus
29.45
14th
  Bangladesh
29.6
15th
  Eritrea
29.61
16th
  Iraq
29.9
17th
  Uganda
30.52
18th
  Vietnam
30.66
19th
  Egypt
31.02
20th
  Afghanistan
31.41
21st
  Nicaragua
31.65
22nd
  Russia
31.82
23rd
  Cuba
32.14
24th
  Turkey
32.58
25th
  North Korea
33.25
26th
  Colombia
34.01
27th
  Chad
34.62
28th
  DR Congo
35.42
29th
  Haiti
36.02
30th
  Guatemala
36.15
31st
  Brazil
36.3
31st
  Tajikistan
36.3
32nd
  Philippines
37.3
33rd
  Nigeria
37.38
34th
  Ethiopia
38.82
35th
  Saudi Arabia
39.8
36th
  Cambodia
40.05
37th
  Rwanda
40.91
38th
  Venezuela
40.96
39th
  Bahrain
41.64
40th
  Peru
42
41st
  Morocco
42.07
42nd
  Libya
42.36
43rd
  Zimbabwe
42.98
44th
  Kenya
42.99
45th
  Hong Kong
43.15
46th
  Israel
44.3
47th
  Kazakhstan
45.54
48th
  Turkmenistan
46.53
49th
  Cameroon
46.58
50th
  Bolivia
46.68
51st
  Paraguay
48.51
52nd
  Ecuador
48.76
53rd
  Uzbekistan
48.98
54th
  Azerbaijan
49.35
55th
  Laos
50.19
56th
  Chile
51.49
57th
  South Sudan
51.54
58th
  Algeria
51.72
59th
  Djibouti
51.9
60th
  United States
52.49
61st
  Mozambique
52.73
62nd
  Burundi
52.84
63rd
  Benin
53.9
64th
  Sri Lanka
54.32
65th
  Indonesia
54.49
66th
  Tunisia
54.6
67th
  Kyrgyzstan
54.91
68th
  Central African Republic
54.97
69th
  Senegal
55.51
70th
  United Arab Emirates
56.77
71st
  Thailand
57.54
72nd
  Lebanon
58
73rd
  Tanzania
58.78
74th
  Nepal
59.04
75th
  Mali
59.88
76th
  Angola
60.2
77th
  Ghana
61.25
78th
  Sierra Leone
61.27
79th
  Jordan
61.68
80th
  Georgia
61.9
81st
  Sudan
62.05
82nd
  Oman
66.11
83rd
  Germany
66.88
84th
  Guinea
68.55
85th
  Liberia
69.62
86th
  Albania
70.45
87th
  Greece
71.44
87th
  Eswatini
71.44
88th
  Ivory Coast
71.79
89th
  El Salvador
72.03
90th
  Kosovo
72.95
91st
  Equatorial Guinea
73.47
92nd
  Argentina
74.27
93rd
  Serbia
74.31
94th
  Malawi
74.73
95th
  Burkina Faso
75.55
96th
  Brunei
75.83
97th
  France
76.64
98th
  Mauritania
77.78
98th
  Kuwait
77.78
99th
  Madagascar
78.39
100th
  Singapore
78.89
101st
  Comoros
79.21
102nd
  Fiji
79.26
103rd
  Mongolia
79.49
104th
  Panama
80
105th
  Botswana
80.14
106th
  Gabon
80.17
107th
  Netherlands
80.18
108th
  Uruguay
80.2
109th
  Belgium
80.53
110th
  North Macedonia
81.27
111th
  Zambia
81.46
112th
  Hungary
81.66
113th
  Moldova
81.91
114th
  Japan
81.99
115th
  United Kingdom
82.12
116th
  Mauritius
82.13
117th
  Maldives
82.48
118th
  Dominican Republic
82.5
119th
  Spain
82.51
120th
  Canada
82.56
121st
  Bulgaria
82.94
122nd
  Romania
83.03
123rd
  Montenegro
83.25
124th
  Gambia
83.46
125th
  South Africa
83.9
126th
  Qatar
83.93
127th
  Armenia
83.98
128th
  Malta
84.31
129th
  Togo
84.45
130th
  Croatia
84.71
131st
  Sweden
84.72
131st
  Slovenia
84.72
131st
  Guyana
84.72
132nd
  Jamaica
85.24
133rd
  Malaysia
85.46
134th
  Poland
85.82
135th
  Niger
86.35
136th
  Italy
86.83
137th
  South Korea
87.26
138th
  Australia
87.46
139th
  Seychelles
87.56
140th
  Bhutan
87.62
141st
  Lesotho
87.78
142nd
  Cyprus
88.44
143rd
  Belize
88.89
143rd
  Papua New Guinea
88.89
144th
  Austria
89.2
145th
  Slovakia
90.07
146th
  Finland
90.35
147th
  Namibia
90.48
148th
  Costa Rica
90.56
149th
  Estonia
90.79
150th
  Suriname
91.11
151st
  Latvia
91.26
152nd
  New Zealand
91.3
153rd
  Portugal
91.48
154th
  Switzerland
91.52
155th
  Luxembourg
91.67
156th
  Taiwan
92.06
157th
  Iceland
92.22
158th
  Czech Republic
92.27
159th
  Andorra
92.78
160th
  Tonga
93.89
161st
  Lithuania
94.33
162nd
  Liechtenstein
94.44
162nd
  Trinidad and Tobago
94.44
163rd
  Denmark
95
164th
  Timor-Leste
95.93
165th
  Norway
95.98
166th
  Ireland
96.94
167th
  Samoa
99.09