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THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM
Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007
1 Iceland 0.75 – Liberia 25.33
– Norway 0.75 87 Albania 25.50
3 Estonia 1.00 – Honduras 25.50
– Slovakia 1.00 – Niger 25.50
5 Belgium 1.50 90 Paraguay 26.10
– Finland 1.50 91 Angola 26.50
– Sweden 1.50 92 Malawi 26.75
8 Denmark 2.00 – Ukraine 26.75
– Ireland 2.00 94 Côte d’Ivoire 27.00
– Portugal 2.00 – Timor-Leste 27.00
11 Switzerland 3.00 96 Comoros 28.00
12 Latvia 3.50 – Uganda 28.00
– Netherlands 3.50 98 Lebanon 28.75
14 Czech Republic 4.00 99 Lesotho 29.50
15 New Zealand 4.17 100 Indonesia 30.50
16 Austria 4.25 101 Turkey 31.25
17 Hungary 4.50 102 Gabon 31.50
18 Canada 4.88 103 Israel (extra-territorial) 32.00
19 Trinidad and Tobago 5.00 104 Guatemala 33.00
20 Germany 5.75 – Seychelles 33.00
21 Costa Rica 6.50 106 Morocco 33.25
– Slovenia 6.50 107 Fiji 33.50
23 Lithuania 7.00 – Guinea 33.50
24 United Kingdom 8.25 – Guinea-Bissau 33.50
25 Mauritius 8.50 110 Kyrgyzstan 33.60
– Namibia 8.50 111 Cameroon 36.00
27 Jamaica 8.63 – United States of America
28 Australia 8.79 (extra-territorial) 36.00
29 Ghana 9.00 113 Chad 36.50
30 Greece 9.25 114 Venezuela 36.88
31 France 9.75 115 Tajikistan 37.00
32 Taiwan 10.00 116 Bhutan 37.17
33 Spain 10.25 117 Peru 37.38
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.17 118 Bahrein 38.00
35 Italy 11.25 119 Tonga 38.25
36 Macedonia 11.50 120 India 39.33
37 Japan 11.75 121 Sierra Leone 39.50
– Uruguay 11.75 122 Jordan 40.21
39 Chile 12.13 123 Algeria 40.50
– South Korea 12.13 124 Malaysia 41.00
41 Croatia 12.50 125 Kazakhstan 41.63 USA######
42 Romania 12.75 126 Colombia 42.33
43 South Africa 13.00 127 Burundi 43.40
44 Israel (Israeli territory) 13.25 128 Philippines 44.75
45 Cape Verde 14.00 129 Maldives 45.17
– Cyprus 14.00 130 Gambia 48.25
47 Nicaragua 14.25 131 Nigeria 49.83
48 United States of America 14.50 132 Djibouti 50.25
49 Togo 15.17 133 Democratic Republic of Congo 50.50
MEXICO###
U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY#
50 Mauritania 15.50 134 Bangladesh 53.17 CUBA########################
51 Bulgaria 16.25 135 Thailand 53.50
52 Mali 16.50 136 Mexico 53.63
HONDURAS#
HAITI##
53 Benin 17.00 137 Nepal 53.75
GUATEMALA#
54 Panama 17.88 138 Swaziland 54.50
EL SALVADOR#
55 Tanzania 18.00 139 Azerbaijan 55.40
56 Ecuador 18.50 140 Sudan 55.75
– Poland 18.50 141 Singapore 56.00
58 Cyprus (North) 19.00 142 Afghanistan 56.50 COLOMBIA#
– Montenegro 19.00 n. c. 143 Yemen 56.67
60 Kosovo 19.75 144 Russia 56.90
61 Hong-Kong 20.00 145 Tunisia 57.00
PERU#
– Madagascar 20.00 146 Egypt 58.00
63 Kuwait 20.17 147 Rwanda 58.88
64 El Salvador 20.20 148 Saudi Arabia 59.75
BRAZIL#
65 United Arab Emirates 20.25 149 Zimbabwe 62.00
66 Georgia 20.83 150 Ethiopia 63.00
67 Serbia 21.00 151 Belarus 63.63
68 Bolivia 21.50 152 Pakistan 64.83
PARAGUAY#
– Burkina Faso 21.50 153 Equatorial Guinea 65.25
– Zambia 21.50 154 Syria 66.00
71 Central African Republic 22.50 155 Libya 66.50
72 Dominican Republic 22.75 156 Sri Lanka 67.50
73 Mozambique 23.00 157 Iraq 67.83
74 Mongolia 23.40 158 Palestinian Territories 69.83
75 Botswana 23.50 159 Somalia 71.50
– Haiti 23.50 160 Uzbekistan 74.88
77 Armenia 23.63 161 Laos 75.00
78 Kenya 23.75 162 Vietnam 79.25
79 Qatar 24.00 163 China 89.00
Noticeable problems 41.00 – 57.00
80 Congo 24.50 164 Burma 93.75
Difficult situation 58.00 – 75.00
81 Moldova 24.75 165 Cuba 96.17
82 Argentina 24.83 166 Iran 96.50 Very serious situation 79.25 – 114.75
83 Senegal 25.00 167 Turkmenistan 103.75
84 Brazil 25.25 168 North Korea 108.75
85 Cambodia 25.33 169 Eritrea 114.75
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