Directory · 2023 Edition · 214 profiles
Every country in our dataset has a dedicated profile combining Reporters Without Borders press-freedom scores, Freedom House civil-liberties ratings, and World Bank socio-economic indicators. Browse by Mediterranean zone first, or skip to the rest of the world below.
Editorial focus
21 profiles
Mediterranean Basin
Northern Shore· 12
Regional overview arrow_forward
Albania
Global rank #96
RSF 57.9Partly Free
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Global rank #64
RSF 65.4Partly Free
Croatia
Global rank #42
RSF 72.0Free
Cyprus
Global rank #55
RSF 68.6Free
France
Global rank #24
RSF 78.7Free
Greece
Global rank #107
RSF 55.2Free
Italy
Global rank #41
RSF 72.1Free
Malta
Global rank #84
RSF 59.8Free
Monaco
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Montenegro
Global rank #39
RSF 74.3Partly Free
Slovenia
Global rank #50
RSF 70.6Free
Spain
Global rank #36
RSF 75.4Free
Eastern Shore· 4
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Global context
193 profiles
Rest of the World
Abkhazia
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Partly Free
Afghanistan
Global rank #152
RSF 39.8Not Free
Andorra
Global rank #37
RSF 75.1Free
Angola
Global rank #125
RSF 48.3Not Free
Antigua And Barbuda
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Argentina
Global rank #40
RSF 73.4Free
Armenia
Global rank #48
RSF 70.6Partly Free
Australia
Global rank #27
RSF 78.2Free
Austria
Global rank #29
RSF 77.3Free
Azerbaijan
Global rank #151
RSF 39.9Not Free
Bahamas
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Bahrain
Global rank #171
RSF 30.6Not Free
Bangladesh
Global rank #163
RSF 35.3Partly Free
Barbados
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Belarus
Global rank #157
RSF 37.2Not Free
Belgium
Global rank #31
RSF 76.5Free
Belize
Global rank #51
RSF 70.5Free
Benin
Global rank #112
RSF 52.4Partly Free
Bhutan
Global rank #90
RSF 59.3Partly Free
Bolivia
Global rank #117
RSF 51.1Partly Free
Botswana
Global rank #65
RSF 64.6Free
Brazil
Global rank #92
RSF 58.7Free
Brunei
Global rank #142
RSF 44.2Not Free
Bulgaria
Global rank #71
RSF 63.0Free
Burkina Faso
Global rank #58
RSF 67.6Not Free
Burundi
Global rank #114
RSF 52.1Not Free
Cambodia
Global rank #147
RSF 42.0Not Free
Cameroon
Global rank #138
RSF 45.6Not Free
Canada
Global rank #15
RSF 83.5Free
Cape Verde
Global rank #33
RSF 75.7Free
Central African Republic
Global rank #98
RSF 57.6Not Free
Chad
Global rank #109
RSF 53.7Not Free
Chile
Global rank #83
RSF 60.1Free
China
Global rank #179
RSF 23.0Not Free
Colombia
Global rank #139
RSF 45.3Free
Comoros
Global rank #75
RSF 62.3Partly Free
Congo
Global rank #81
RSF 60.4Not Free
Costa Rica
Global rank #23
RSF 80.2Free
Crimea
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Cuba
Global rank #172
RSF 29.0Not Free
Czechia
Global rank #14
RSF 83.6Free
Côte d'Ivoire
Global rank #54
RSF 68.8Partly Free
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global rank #124
RSF 48.6Not Free
Denmark
Global rank #3
RSF 89.5Free
Djibouti
Global rank #162
RSF 35.9Not Free
Dominica
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Dominican Republic
Global rank #43
RSF 71.9Partly Free
Eastern Donbas
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Ecuador
Global rank #80
RSF 60.5Partly Free
El Salvador
Global rank #115
RSF 51.4Partly Free
Equatorial Guinea
Global rank #120
RSF 50.4Not Free
Eritrea
Global rank #174
RSF 27.9Not Free
Estonia
Global rank #8
RSF 85.3Free
Eswatini
Global rank #111
RSF 52.7Not Free
Ethiopia
Global rank #130
RSF 47.7Not Free
Fiji
Global rank #89
RSF 59.3Partly Free
Finland
Global rank #5
RSF 87.9Free
Gabon
Global rank #94
RSF 58.1Not Free
Gambia
Global rank #46
RSF 71.1Partly Free
Gaza Strip
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Georgia
Global rank #77
RSF 61.7Partly Free
Germany
Global rank #21
RSF 81.9Free
Ghana
Global rank #62
RSF 65.9Free
Grenada
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Guatemala
Global rank #127
RSF 48.1Partly Free
Guinea
Global rank #85
RSF 59.5Not Free
Guinea Bissau
Global rank #78
RSF 61.6Partly Free
Guyana
Global rank #60
RSF 67.5Free
Haiti
Global rank #99
RSF 57.4Not Free
Hawaii
Global rank #45
RSF 71.2Unassessed
Honduras
Global rank #169
RSF 32.7Partly Free
Hong Kong
Global rank #140
RSF 44.9Partly Free
Hungary
Global rank #72
RSF 63.0Partly Free
Iceland
Global rank #18
RSF 83.2Free
India
Global rank #161
RSF 36.6Partly Free
Indian Kashmir
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Indonesia
Global rank #108
RSF 54.8Partly Free
Iran
Global rank #177
RSF 24.8Not Free
Iraq
Global rank #167
RSF 32.9Not Free
Ireland
Global rank #2
RSF 89.9Free
Jamaica
Global rank #32
RSF 75.9Free
Japan
Global rank #68
RSF 64.0Free
Jordan
Global rank #146
RSF 42.8Not Free
Kazakhstan
Global rank #134
RSF 45.9Not Free
Kenya
Global rank #116
RSF 51.2Partly Free
Kiribati
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Kosovo
Global rank #56
RSF 68.4Partly Free
Kuwait
Global rank #154
RSF 38.8Partly Free
Kyrgyzstan
Global rank #122
RSF 49.9Not Free
Laos
Global rank #160
RSF 36.7Not Free
Latvia
Global rank #16
RSF 83.3Free
Lesotho
Global rank #67
RSF 64.3Free
Liberia
Global rank #66
RSF 64.3Partly Free
Liechtenstein
Global rank #11
RSF 84.5Free
Lithuania
Global rank #7
RSF 86.8Free
Luxembourg
Global rank #20
RSF 82.0Free
Madagascar
Global rank #101
RSF 56.7Partly Free
Malawi
Global rank #82
RSF 60.3Partly Free
Malaysia
Global rank #73
RSF 62.8Partly Free
Maldives
Global rank #100
RSF 56.9Partly Free
Mali
Global rank #113
RSF 52.3Not Free
Marshall Islands
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Mauritania
Global rank #86
RSF 59.5Partly Free
Mauritius
Global rank #63
RSF 65.6Free
Mexico
Global rank #128
RSF 48.0Partly Free
Micronesia
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Moldova
Global rank #28
RSF 77.6Partly Free
Mongolia
Global rank #88
RSF 59.3Free
Mozambique
Global rank #102
RSF 56.1Partly Free
Myanmar
Global rank #173
RSF 28.3Not Free
Nagorno Karabakh
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Namibia
Global rank #22
RSF 80.9Free
Nauru
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Nepal
Global rank #95
RSF 57.9Partly Free
Netherlands
Global rank #6
RSF 87.0Free
New Zealand
Global rank #13
RSF 84.2Free
Nicaragua
Global rank #158
RSF 37.1Not Free
Niger
Global rank #61
RSF 66.8Partly Free
Nigeria
Global rank #123
RSF 49.6Partly Free
North Korea
Global rank #180
RSF 21.7Not Free
North Macedonia
Global rank #38
RSF 74.4Partly Free
Northern Cyprus
Global rank #76
RSF 61.7Free
Norway
Global rank #1
RSF 95.2Free
Oman
Global rank #155
RSF 37.9Not Free
Organisation Of Eastern Caribbean States
Global rank #93
RSF 58.4Unassessed
Pakistan
Global rank #150
RSF 40.0Partly Free
Pakistani Kashmir
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Palau
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Palestine
Global rank #156
RSF 37.9Unassessed
Panama
Global rank #69
RSF 63.7Free
Papua New Guinea
Global rank #59
RSF 67.6Partly Free
Paraguay
Global rank #103
RSF 56.0Partly Free
Peru
Global rank #110
RSF 52.7Partly Free
Philippines
Global rank #132
RSF 46.2Partly Free
Poland
Global rank #57
RSF 67.7Free
Portugal
Global rank #9
RSF 84.6Free
Puerto Rico
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Qatar
Global rank #105
RSF 55.3Not Free
Romania
Global rank #53
RSF 69.0Free
Russia
Global rank #164
RSF 34.8Not Free
Rwanda
Global rank #131
RSF 46.6Not Free
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Saint Lucia
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Samoa
Global rank #19
RSF 82.2Free
San Marino
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Saudi Arabia
Global rank #170
RSF 32.4Not Free
Senegal
Global rank #104
RSF 55.8Partly Free
Serbia
Global rank #91
RSF 59.2Partly Free
Seychelles
Global rank #34
RSF 75.7Free
Sierra Leone
Global rank #74
RSF 62.6Partly Free
Singapore
Global rank #129
RSF 47.9Partly Free
Slovakia
Global rank #17
RSF 83.2Free
Solomon Islands
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Somalia
Global rank #141
RSF 44.2Not Free
Somaliland
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Partly Free
South Africa
Global rank #25
RSF 78.6Free
South Korea
Global rank #47
RSF 70.8Free
South Ossetia
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
South Sudan
Global rank #118
RSF 50.6Not Free
Sri Lanka
Global rank #135
RSF 45.9Partly Free
Sudan
Global rank #148
RSF 40.8Not Free
Suriname
Global rank #48
RSF 70.6Free
Sweden
Global rank #4
RSF 88.2Free
Switzerland
Global rank #12
RSF 84.4Free
São Tomé and Príncipe
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Taiwan
Global rank #35
RSF 75.5Free
Tajikistan
Global rank #153
RSF 39.1Not Free
Tanzania
Global rank #143
RSF 44.0Partly Free
Thailand
Global rank #106
RSF 55.2Partly Free
Tibet
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Timor-Leste
Global rank #10
RSF 84.5Free
Togo
Global rank #70
RSF 63.1Partly Free
Tonga
Global rank #44
RSF 71.3Free
Transnistria
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Trinidad and Tobago
Global rank #30
RSF 76.5Free
Turkmenistan
Global rank #176
RSF 25.8Not Free
Tuvalu
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Uganda
Global rank #133
RSF 46.1Not Free
Ukraine
Global rank #79
RSF 61.2Partly Free
United Arab Emirates
Global rank #145
RSF 43.0Not Free
United Kingdom
Global rank #26
RSF 78.5Free
United States
Global rank #45
RSF 71.2Free
Uruguay
Global rank #52
RSF 70.3Free
Uzbekistan
Global rank #137
RSF 45.7Not Free
Vanuatu
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Free
Venezuela
Global rank #159
RSF 37.0Not Free
Vietnam
Global rank #178
RSF 24.6Not Free
West Bank
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Western Sahara
Unranked (RSF)
RSF —Not Free
Yemen
Global rank #168
RSF 32.8Not Free
Zambia
Global rank #87
RSF 59.4Partly Free
Zimbabwe
Global rank #126
RSF 48.2Not Free