World Press Freedom Index 2023 PDF

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World Press Freedom Index 2023 - Summary

According to World Press Freedom Index 2023, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, India slipped from a rank of 150 in 2022 to 161 in 2023. In the past nine years, the country’s ranking has slipped by 21 ranks from 140 in 2014. While Norway was ranked first for the seventh year running, Ireland climbed ahead of Denmark to secure the second spot in the list.

The last three slots were occupied by Asian countries- North Korea (180), China (179) and Vietnam (178). Surprisingly India’s neighbours like Afghanistan (152), Pakistan (150) and Sri Lanka (135) showed a better ranking of press freedom. According to the report, the change in government in Pakistan helped it improve its ranking by 7 positions.

World Press Freedom Index 2023

POS.	COUNTRIES	GLOBAL SCORE
1	Norway	95.18
2	Ireland	89.91
3	Denmark	89.48
4	Sweden	88.15
5	Finland	87.94
6	Netherlands	87
7	Lithuania	86.79
8	Estonia	85.31
9	Portugal	84.6
10	Timor-Leste	84.49
11	Liechtenstein	84.47
12	Switzerland	84.4
13	New Zealand	84.23
14	Czech Republic	83.58
15	Canada	83.53
16	Latvia	83.27
17	Slovakia	83.22
18	Iceland	83.19
19	Samoa	82.15
20	Luxembourg	81.98
21	Germany	81.91
22	Namibia	80.91
23	Costa Rica	80.2
24	France	78.72
25	South Africa	78.6
26	United Kingdom	78.51
27	Australia	78.24
28	Moldova	77.62
29	Austria	77.3
30	Trinidad and Tobago	76.54
31	Belgium	76.47
32	Jamaica	75.89
33	Cabo Verde	75.72
34	Seychelles	75.71
35	Taiwan	75.54
36	Spain	75.37
37	Andorra	75.05
38	North Macedonia	74.35
39	Montenegro	74.28
40	Argentina	73.36
41	Italy	72.05
42	Croatia	71.95
43	Dominican Republic	71.88
44	Tonga	71.29
45	United States	71.22
46	Gambia	71.06
47	South Korea	70.83
48	Suriname	70.62
49	Armenia	70.61
50	Slovenia	70.59
51	Belize	70.49
52	Uruguay	70.33
53	Romania	69.04
54	Ivory Coast	68.83
55	Cyprus	68.62
56	Kosovo	68.38
57	Poland	67.66
58	Burkina Faso	67.64
59	Papua New Guinea	67.62
60	Guyana	67.5
61	Niger	66.84
62	Ghana	65.93
63	Mauritius	65.56
64	Bosnia-Herzegovina	65.43
65	Botswana	64.61
66	Liberia	64.34
67	Lesotho	64.29
68	Japan	63.95
69	Panama	63.67
70	Togo	63.06
71	Bulgaria	62.98
72	Hungary	62.96
73	Malaysia	62.83
74	Sierra Leone	62.55
75	Comoros	62.25
76	Northern Cyprus	61.73
77	Georgia	61.69
78	Guinea Bissau	61.57
79	Ukraine	61.19
80	Ecuador	60.51
81	Congo-Brazzaville	60.42
82	Malawi	60.34
83	Chile	60.09
84	Malta	59.76
85	Guinea	59.51
86	Mauritania	59.45
87	Zambia	59.41
88	Mongolia	59.33
89	Fiji	59.27
90	Bhutan	59.25
91	Serbia	59.16
92	Brazil	58.67
93	OECS	58.36
94	Gabon	58.12
95	Nepal	57.89
96	Albania	57.86
97	Israel	57.57
98	Central African Republic	57.56
99	Haïti	57.38
100	Maldives	56.93
101	Madagascar	56.66
102	Mozambique	56.13
103	Paraguay	55.96
104	Senegal	55.82
105	Qatar	55.28
106	Thailand	55.24
107	Greece	55.2
108	Indonesia	54.83
109	Chad	53.73
110	Peru	52.74
111	Eswatini	52.66
112	Benin	52.44
113	Mali	52.29
114	Burundi	52.14
115	El Salvador	51.36
116	Kenya	51.15
117	Bolivia	51.09
118	South Sudan	50.62
119	Lebanon	50.46
120	Equatorial Guinea	50.35
121	Tunisia	50.11
122	Kyrgyzstan	49.91
123	Nigeria	49.56
124	Democratic Republic of Congo	48.55
125	Angola	48.3
126	Zimbabwe	48.17
127	Guatemala	48.12
128	Mexico	47.98
129	Singapore	47.88
130	Ethiopia	47.7
131	Rwanda	46.58
132	Philippines	46.21
133	Uganda	46.08
134	Kazakhstan	45.87
135	Sri Lanka	45.85
136	Algeria	45.74
137	Uzbekistan	45.73
138	Cameroon	45.58
139	Colombia	45.23
140	Hong Kong	44.86
141	Somalia	44.24
142	Brunei	44.2
143	Tanzania	44.02
144	Morocco / Western Sahara	43.69
145	United Arab Emirates	42.99
146	Jordan	42.79
147	Cambodia	42.02
148	Sudan	40.83
149	Libya	40.22
150	Pakistan	39.95
151	Azerbaijan	39.93
152	Afghanistan	39.75
153	Tajikistan	39.06
154	Kuwait	38.84
155	Oman	37.87
156	Palestine	37.86
157	Belarus	37.17
158	Nicaragua	37.09
159	Venezuela	36.99
160	Laos	36.66
161	India	36.62
162	Djibouti	35.87
163	Bangladesh	35.31
164	Russia	34.77
165	Türkiye	33.97
166	Egypt	33.37
167	Iraq	32.94
168	Yemen	32.78
169	Honduras	32.65
170	Saudi Arabia	32.43
171	Bahrain	30.59
172	Cuba	29
173	Myanmar	28.26
174	Eritrea	27.86
175	Syria	27.22
176	Turkmenistan	25.82
177	Iran	24.81
178	Vietnam	24.58
179	China	22.97
180	North Korea	21.72