WUNRN
International Women's Media
Foundation
Founded
in 1990, the International Women’s Media Foundation is a
vibrant organisation dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the
news media worldwide as a means to further freedom of the press.
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Freedom House
Freedom of the Press 2012
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Reporters Without Borders - For
Freedom of Information
Full 6-Page Press Freedom Index
Report:
In
order to have a bigger spread in the scores and increase the differentiation
between countries, this year’s questionnaire had more answers assigning
negative points. That is why countries at the top of the index have negative
scores this year. Although the point system has produced a broader distribution
of scores than in 2010, each country’s evolution over the years can still be
plotted by comparing its position in the index rather than its score. This is
what the arrows in the table refer to – a country’s change in position in the
index compared with the preceding year.
Rank |
Country |
Score |
|
1 |
|
-10,00 |
|
- |
|
-10,00 |
|
3 |
|
-9,00 |
|
- |
|
-9,00 |
|
5 |
|
-8,00 |
|
6 |
|
-7,00 |
|
- |
|
-7,00 |
|
8 |
|
-6,20 |
|
9 |
|
-6,00 |
|
10 |
|
-5,67 |
|
- |
|
-5,67 |
|
12 |
|
-5,50 |
|
13 |
|
-5,33 |
|
14 |
|
-5,00 |
|
15 |
|
-4,00 |
|
16 |
|
-3,00 |
|
- |
|
-3,00 |
|
- |
|
-3,00 |
|
19 |
|
-2,25 |
|
20 |
|
-2,00 |
|
- |
|
-2,00 |
|
22 |
|
-1,00 |
|
- |
|
-1,00 |
|
24 |
|
-0,67 |
|
25 |
|
0,00 |
|
- |
OECS |
0,00 |
|
- |
|
0,00 |
|
28 |
|
2,00 |
|
29 |
|
2,50 |
|
30 |
|
4,00 |
|
- |
|
4,00 |
|
32 |
|
4,25 |
|
33 |
|
5,33 |
|
34 |
|
6,00 |
|
35 |
|
9,00 |
|
36 |
|
9,14 |
|
37 |
|
9,30 |
|
38 |
|
9,50 |
|
39 |
|
9,75 |
|
40 |
|
10,00 |
|
41 |
|
11,00 |
|
42 |
|
12,00 |
|
- |
|
12,00 |
|
44 |
|
12,67 |
|
45 |
|
13,00 |
|
- |
|
13,00 |
|
47 |
|
14,00 |
|
- |
|
14,00 |
|
- |
|
14,00 |
|
50 |
|
15,00 |
|
- |
|
15,00 |
|
52 |
|
15,67 |
|
53 |
|
16,00 |
|
54 |
Hong-Kong |
17,00 |
|
- |
|
17,00 |
|
- |
|
17,00 |
|
57 |
|
19,00 |
|
58 |
|
19,50 |
|
- |
|
19,50 |
|
- |
|
19,50 |
|
61 |
|
19,67 |
|
62 |
|
20,00 |
|
63 |
|
21,00 |
|
- |
|
21,00 |
|
- |
|
21,00 |
|
66 |
|
21,50 |
|
67 |
|
22,20 |
|
68 |
|
23,33 |
|
- |
|
23,33 |
|
70 |
|
24,00 |
|
- |
|
24,00 |
|
72 |
|
24,33 |
|
73 |
|
25,00 |
|
- |
|
25,00 |
|
75 |
|
26,00 |
|
- |
|
26,00 |
|
77 |
|
27,00 |
|
78 |
|
28,00 |
|
79 |
|
28,50 |
|
80 |
|
29,00 |
|
- |
|
29,00 |
|
- |
|
29,00 |
|
- |
|
29,00 |
|
84 |
|
29,50 |
|
- |
|
29,50 |
|
86 |
|
30,00 |
|
- |
Kosovo |
30,00 |
|
- |
Timor-Leste |
30,00 |
|
- |
|
30,00 |
|
90 |
|
30,38 |
|
91 |
|
31,00 |
|
92 |
|
31,25 |
|
93 |
|
31,50 |
|
94 |
|
31,67 |
|
95 |
|
33,25 |
|
96 |
|
34,44 |
|
97 |
|
35,00 |
|
- |
|
35,00 |
|
99 |
|
35,33 |
|
100 |
|
35,75 |
|
101 |
|
36,50 |
|
102 |
|
37,00 |
|
103 |
|
37,67 |
|
104 |
|
38,00 |
|
- |
|
38,00 |
|
106 |
|
38,75 |
|
107 |
|
39,00 |
|
108 |
|
40,00 |
|
- |
|
40,00 |
|
110 |
|
40,50 |
|
111 |
|
41,25 |
nc |
112 |
|
45,00 |
|
113 |
|
45,67 |
|
114 |
|
46,00 |
|
115 |
|
51,25 |
|
116 |
|
54,00 |
|
117 |
|
55,00 |
|
- |
|
55,00 |
|
- |
|
55,00 |
|
- |
|
55,00 |
|
- |
|
55,00 |
|
122 |
|
56,00 |
|
- |
|
56,00 |
|
- |
|
56,00 |
|
125 |
|
56,20 |
|
126 |
|
56,40 |
|
127 |
|
56,60 |
|
128 |
|
56,80 |
|
129 |
|
57,00 |
|
130 |
|
57,75 |
|
131 |
|
58,00 |
|
132 |
|
58,43 |
|
133 |
|
59,00 |
|
134 |
|
60,25 |
|
135 |
|
61,00 |
|
- |
|
61,00 |
|
137 |
|
61,50 |
|
138 |
|
63,29 |
|
139 |
|
64,00 |
|
140 |
|
64,50 |
|
141 |
|
65,50 |
|
142 |
|
66,00 |
|
143 |
|
66,50 |
|
144 |
|
67,00 |
|
145 |
Democratic |
67,67 |
|
146 |
|
68,00 |
|
- |
|
68,00 |
|
148 |
|
70,00 |
|
149 |
|
72,67 |
|
150 |
|
74,00 |
|
151 |
|
75,00 |
|
152 |
|
75,36 |
|
153 |
|
76,00 |
|
154 |
|
77,50 |
|
- |
|
77,50 |
|
156 |
|
81,00 |
|
157 |
|
83,00 |
|
158 |
|
83,25 |
|
159 |
|
83,50 |
|
- |
|
83,50 |
|
161 |
|
86,00 |
|
162 |
|
87,25 |
|
163 |
|
87,50 |
|
164 |
|
88,33 |
|
165 |
|
89,00 |
|
166 |
|
97,50 |
|
167 |
|
98,83 |
|
168 |
|
99,00 |
|
169 |
|
100,00 |
|
170 |
|
100,75 |
|
171 |
|
101,00 |
|
172 |
|
114,00 |
|
173 |
|
125,00 |
|
174 |
|
136,00 |
|
175 |
|
136,60 |
|
176 |
|
138,00 |
|
177 |
|
140,67 |
|
178 |
|
141,00 |
|
179 |
|
142,00 |