Table 1.8 Freedom of the Press Index 2018 Rank Region Country FPX Source 3 SEA Bouvet I (Norw) 92.37 18(PROXY(Norway)) 3 DME Jan Mayen (Norw) 92.37 18(PROXY(Norway)) 3 DME Norway 92.37 18(RWB) 3 SEA Queen Maud Lnd (Norw) 92.37 18(PROXY(Norway)) 3 DME Svalbard (Norw) 92.37 18(PROXY(Norway)) 6 DME Sweden 91.69 18(RWB) 10 LAM Aruba (Neth) 89.99 18(PROXY(Netherlands)) 10 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 89.99 18(PROXY(Sint Maarten)) 10 LAM Curacao (Neth) 89.99 18(PROXY(Netherlands)) 10 DME Netherlands 89.99 18(RWB) 10 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 89.99 18(PROXY(Sint Maarten)) 10 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 89.99 18(PROXY(Netherlands)) 10 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 89.99 18(PROXY(Sint Maarten)) 14.5 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 89.74 18(PROXY(Finland)) 14.5 DME Finland 89.74 18(RWB) 16 DME Switzerland 88.73 18(RWB) 17 LAM Jamaica 88.67 18(RWB) 18 DME Belgium 86.84 18(RWB) 21.5 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 86.38 18(PROXY(New Zealand)) 21.5 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 86.38 18(PROXY(New Zealand)) 21.5 DME New Zealand 86.38 18(RWB) 21.5 SEA Niue (NZ) 86.38 18(PROXY(New Zealand)) 21.5 SEA Ross Dependency (NZ) 86.38 18(PROXY(New Zealand)) 21.5 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 86.38 18(PROXY(New Zealand)) 26 DME Denmark 86.01 18(RWB) 26 DME Faroe Is (Den) 86.01 18(PROXY(Denmark)) 26 DME Greenland (Den) 86.01 18(PROXY(Denmark)) 28 LAM Costa Rica 85.99 18(RWB) 29 DME Austria 85.96 18(RWB) 30 USR Estonia 85.92 18(RWB) 31 DME Iceland 85.90 18(RWB) 33.5 DME Azores (Port Home) 85.83 18(PROXY(Portugal)) 33.5 DME Madeira (Port Home) 85.83 18(PROXY(Portugal)) 33.5 DME Portugal 85.83 18(RWB) 33.5 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 85.83 18(PROXY(Portugal)) 36 DME Germany 85.61 18(RWB) 37 DME Ireland 85.41 18(RWB) 38 DME Luxembourg 85.28 18(RWB) 39.5 DME Canada 84.72 18(RWB) 39.5 DME Quebec (Can Home) 84.72 18(RWB) 44 SEA Austral Antarct (Aus) 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 44 DME Australia 84.54 18(RWB) 44 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 44 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 44 SEA Coral Sea Is (Aus) 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 44 SEA Nauru 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 44 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 84.54 18(PROXY(Australia)) 48 LAM Uruguay 84.44 18(RWB) 49 LAM Suriname 83.56 18(RWB) 50 SEA Samoa 83.31 18(RWB) 51 AFR Ghana 81.59 18(RWB) 52 USR Latvia 80.37 18(RWB) 53 MEA Cyprus 80.15 18(RWB) 54 AFR Namibia 79.76 18(RWB) 55 EEU Slovakia 79.74 18(RWB) 56.5 AFR Cabo Verde 79.61 18(RWB) 56.5 AFR South Africa 79.61 18(RWB) 58 DME Liechtenstein 79.51 18(RWB) 65 DME Alboran I (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Alhucemas (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Chafarinas (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Penon de Ve (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 65 DME Spain 79.49 18(RWB) 65 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 79.49 18(PROXY(Spain)) 72 EEU Slovenia 78.31 18(RWB) 80 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 DME FSAL (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 DME France 78.13 18(RWB) 80 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 DME Monaco 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 LAM St Martin (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 80 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 78.13 18(PROXY(France)) 88 EEU Czechia 78.11 18(RWB) 92.5 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Barbuda (Antig Home) 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Carriacou (Gren Home) 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Dominica 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Grenada 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Saint Lucia 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 92.5 LAM Saint Vincent 77.89 18(PROXY(OECS)) 97 USR Lithuania 77.80 18(RWB) 98 DME Andorra 77.79 18(RWB) 100 LAM Chile 77.31 18(RWB) 100 LAM Chilean Antarc (Chil) 77.31 18(PROXY(Chile)) 100 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 77.31 18(PROXY(Chile)) 102 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 77.21 18(RWB) 115.5 MEA Akrotiri & Dhekl (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Anguilla (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 AFR BIOT (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Bahamas 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Barbados 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Bermuda (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 SEA British Antarct (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Falkland Is (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Gibraltar (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Guernsey (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Isle of Man (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Jersey (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 SEA Kiribati 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Montserrat (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME SGSSI (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Scotland (UK Home) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 AFR St Helena (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 SEA Tuvalu 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME United Kingdom 76.75 18(RWB) 115.5 SEA Vanuatu 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 115.5 DME Wales (UK Home) 76.75 18(PROXY(UK)) 129 AFR Burkina Faso 76.67 18(RWB) 130 SEA Taiwan 76.64 18(RWB) 131 SEA Korea, South 76.49 18(RWB) 132 EEU Romania 76.35 18(RWB) 140 DME Alaska (US Home) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Guam (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 DME Hawaii (US Home) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Marshall Islands 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Micronesia (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Midway Is (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Northern Mariana Is 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Palau 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Palmyra Atoll (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Samoa, American (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 DME South US (US Home) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 DME United States 76.27 18(RWB) 140 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 140 SEA Wake Is (US) 76.27 18(PROXY(US)) 150 DME Holy See 75.88 18(PROXY(Italy)) 150 DME Italy 75.88 18(RWB) 150 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 75.88 18(PROXY(Italy)) 150 DME San Marino 75.88 18(PROXY(Italy)) 150 DME Trento (It Home) 75.88 18(PROXY(Italy)) 153 LAM Belize 75.45 18(RWB) 154 AFR Botswana 74.71 18(RWB) 155 AFR Comoros 74.70 18(RWB) 156 AFR Senegal 74.39 18(RWB) 157 SEA Tonga 74.32 18(RWB) 158.5 LAM Argentina 73.95 18(RWB) 158.5 LAM Argentine Antar (Arg) 73.95 18(PROXY(Argentina)) 160.5 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 73.81 18(PROXY(Papua New Guin 160.5 SEA Papua New Guinea 73.81 18(RWB) 162 AFR Madagascar 73.80 18(RWB) 163 LAM Guyana 73.75 18(RWB) 165.5 AFR Agalega (Mau Home) 73.55 18(PROXY(Mauritius)) 165.5 AFR Mauritius 73.55 18(RWB) 165.5 AFR Rodrigues (Mau Home) 73.55 18(PROXY(Mauritius)) 165.5 AFR St Brandon (Mau Home) 73.55 18(PROXY(Mauritius)) 169 SEA Fiji 73.45 18(RWB) 169 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 73.45 18(PROXY(Fiji)) 169 SEA Solomon Islands 73.45 18(PROXY(Fiji)) 171 EEU Poland 73.41 18(RWB) 172 LAM Dominican Republic 73.21 18(RWB) 173 LAM Haiti 73.18 18(RWB) 174 USR Georgia 72.66 18(RWB) 175 EEU Bosnia 72.63 18(RWB) 176 AFR Niger 72.60 18(RWB) 177 AFR Malawi 72.57 18(RWB) 178 DME Malta 72.56 18(RWB) 179 LAM El Salvador 72.22 18(RWB) 180 DME Japan 71.36 18(RWB) 181 AFR Lesotho 71.22 18(RWB) 182 EEU Croatia 71.06 18(RWB) 183.5 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 70.96 18(RWB) 183.5 SEA Macao (Ch) 70.96 18(PROXY(Hong Kong)) 185 CPA Mongolia 70.95 18(RWB) 186 AFR Mauritania 70.91 18(RWB) 187 EEU Hungary 70.89 18(RWB) 188 DME Greece 70.81 18(RWB) 189 EEU Albania 70.51 18(RWB) 190 EEU Serbia 70.42 18(RWB) 191 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 70.41 18(RWB) 192 EEU Kosovo 70.39 18(RWB) 193 AFR Sierra Leone 70.02 18(RWB) 194.5 USR Armenia 70.01 18(RWB) 194.5 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 70.01 18(PROXY(Armenia)) 196 USR Moldova 69.99 18(RWB) 197 AFR Cote d'Ivore 69.92 18(RWB) 198 AFR Guinea-Bissau 69.91 18(RWB) 199 AFR Benin 69.84 18(RWB) 202.5 AFR Aldabra Is (Sey Home) 69.83 18(PROXY(Seychelles)) 202.5 AFR Alphonse (Sey Home) 69.83 18(PROXY(Seychelles)) 202.5 AFR Amirantes (Sey Home) 69.83 18(PROXY(Seychelles)) 202.5 AFR Farquhar (Sey Home) 69.83 18(PROXY(Seychelles)) 202.5 AFR SCG (Sey Home) 69.83 18(PROXY(Seychelles)) 202.5 AFR Seychelles 69.83 18(RWB) 206 AFR Togo 69.77 18(RWB) 207 DME Israel 69.74 18(RWB) 208 LAM Peru 69.73 18(RWB) 209 AFR Liberia 69.67 18(RWB) 210 LAM Nicaragua 69.59 18(RWB) 212 LAM Ecuador 69.44 18(RWB) 212 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 69.44 18(PROXY(Ecuador)) 212 LAM Panama 69.44 18(RWB) 214 AFR Tanzania 69.35 18(RWB) 215 SAS Bhutan 69.27 18(RWB) 216 SEA Timor-Leste 69.19 18(RWB) 217 AFR Kenya 69.18 18(RWB) 218 MEA Tunisia 69.09 18(RWB) 219 USR Kyrgyzstan 69.00 18(RWB) 220 AFR Mozambique 68.88 18(RWB) 221 MEA Lebanon 68.85 18(RWB) 222 USR Ukraine 68.84 18(RWB) 223 LAM Brazil 68.80 18(RWB) 224 EEU Montenegro 68.79 18(RWB) 225 AFR Guinea 68.10 18(RWB) 226 MEA Kuwait 68.09 18(RWB) 227 SAS Nepal 67.95 18(RWB) 228 LAM Paraguay 67.68 18(RWB) 229 AFR Gabon 67.63 18(RWB) 230 EEU North Macedonia 67.57 18(RWB) 231 LAM Bolivia 67.55 18(RWB) 232 EEU Bulgaria 64.78 18(RWB) 233 AFR Central African Rep 64.75 18(RWB) 234 AFR Zambia 64.64 18(RWB) 235 AFR Congo, Republic 64.58 18(RWB) 236 AFR Mali 63.85 18(RWB) 237 LAM Guatemala 63.83 18(RWB) 238 AFR Uganda 63.23 18(RWB) 239 SAS Afghanistan 62.72 18(RWB) 240 AFR Nigeria 62.59 18(RWB) 241 SAS Maldives 62.05 18(RWB) 242 AFR Angola 61.65 18(RWB) 243 AFR Gambia 61.64 18(RWB) 244 AFR Chad 61.55 18(RWB) 245 SEA Indonesia 60.32 18(RWB) 246 MEA Qatar 59.84 18(RWB) 247 AFR Zimbabwe 59.47 18(RWB) 248 MEA Oman 59.33 18(RWB) 249 MEA United Arab Emirates 59.14 18(RWB) 250 AFR Cameroon 59.08 18(RWB) 251.5 LAM Colombia 58.97 18(RWB) 251.5 LAM San Andres (Col Home) 58.97 18(PROXY(Colombia)) 253 SAS Sri Lanka 58.63 18(RWB) 254 MEA Jordan 58.29 18(RWB) 255 SEA Philippines 57.47 18(RWB) 256 MEA West Bank 57.04 18(RWB) 258 MEA Algeria 56.87 18(RWB) 258 MEA Morocco 56.87 18(RWB) 258 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 56.87 18(PROXY(Morocco)) 260 CPA Myanmar 56.85 18(RWB) 262.5 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 56.76 18(PROXY(India)) 262.5 SAS India 56.76 18(RWB) 262.5 SAS Pakistan 56.76 18(RWB) 262.5 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 56.76 18(PROXY(Pakistan)) 265 SEA Thailand 55.69 18(RWB) 266 LAM Honduras 54.77 18(RWB) 267 CPA Cambodia 54.10 18(RWB) 269 LAM Los Roqs (Venez Home) 53.97 18(PROXY(Venezuela)) 269 LAM Los Test (Venez Home) 53.97 18(PROXY(Venezuela)) 269 LAM Venezuela 53.97 18(RWB) 271 AFR South Sudan 53.12 18(RWB) 272 SEA Malaysia 52.59 18(RWB) 273 SAS Bangladesh 51.38 18(RWB) 274 LAM Mexico 51.09 18(RWB) 277.5 USR Abkhazia 50.04 18(PROXY(Russia)) 277.5 USR Donetsk People's Rep 50.04 18(PROXY(Russia)) 277.5 USR Luhansk People's Rep 50.04 18(PROXY(Russia)) 277.5 USR Russia 50.04 18(RWB) 277.5 USR South Ossetia 50.04 18(PROXY(Russia)) 277.5 USR Transnistria 50.04 18(PROXY(Russia)) 281 USR Tajikistan 49.94 18(RWB) 282 AFR Ethiopia 49.83 18(RWB) 283 SEA Singapore 49.05 18(RWB) 284 AFR Eswatini 48.54 18(RWB) 285 SEA Brunei 48.52 18(RWB) 286 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 48.40 18(RWB) 287 USR Belarus 47.41 18(RWB) 288 AFR Rwanda 47.10 18(RWB) 289 MEA Turkiye 46.50 18(RWB) 290 USR Kazakhstan 45.59 18(RWB) 291 AFR Burundi 44.74 18(RWB) 292 MEA Iraq 43.44 18(RWB) 293 MEA Egypt 43.28 18(RWB) 294 MEA Libya 43.21 18(RWB) 295 USR Azerbaijan 40.27 18(RWB) 296 MEA Iran 39.29 18(RWB) 297 USR Uzbekistan 39.16 18(RWB) 298 MEA Bahrain 39.15 18(RWB) 299 MEA Yemen 37.77 18(RWB) 300.5 AFR Somalia 36.96 18(RWB) 300.5 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 36.96 18(PROXY(Somalia)) 302.5 MEA Gaza Strip 36.87 18(PROXY(Saudi Arabia)) 302.5 MEA Saudi Arabia 36.87 18(RWB) 304 CPA Laos 33.59 18(RWB) 305 AFR Equatorial Guinea 33.53 18(RWB) 306 LAM Cuba 31.10 18(RWB) 307 AFR Djibouti 29.23 18(RWB) 308 AFR Sudan 28.87 18(RWB) 309 CPA Vietnam 24.95 18(RWB) 311 CPA China 21.71 18(RWB) 311 SEA Paracel Is (Ch) 21.71 18(PROXY(China)) 311 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 21.71 18(PROXY(China)) 313 MEA Syria 20.78 18(RWB) 314 USR Turkmenistan 15.80 18(RWB) 315 AFR Eritrea 15.76 18(RWB) 316 CPA Korea, North 11.13 18(RWB)