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🏆 COUNTRIES RANKED BY PRESS FREEDOM: LEGAL
Countries ranked by press freedom legal framework score. Measures the legal protections and restrictions on press freedom. Source: RSF.
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| #101 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 56/100 | 2025 |
| #102 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 55/100 | 2025 |
| #103 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 55/100 | 2025 |
| #104 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 55/100 | 2025 |
| #105 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 55/100 | 2025 |
| #106 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 55/100 | 2025 |
| #107 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 54/100 | 2025 |
| #108 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 54/100 | 2025 |
| #109 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 54/100 | 2025 |
| #110 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 54/100 | 2025 |
| #111 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 53/100 | 2025 |
| #112 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 53/100 | 2025 |
| #113 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 52/100 | 2025 |
| #114 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 51/100 | 2025 |
| #115 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 51/100 | 2025 |
| #116 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 50/100 | 2025 |
| #117 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 50/100 | 2025 |
| #118 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 49/100 | 2025 |
| #119 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 49/100 | 2025 |
| #120 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 49/100 | 2025 |
| #121 | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48/100 | 2025 |
| #122 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 48/100 | 2025 |
| #123 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 48/100 | 2025 |
| #124 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 47/100 | 2025 |
| #125 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 47/100 | 2025 |
| #126 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 47/100 | 2025 |
| #127 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 47/100 | 2025 |
| #128 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 47/100 | 2025 |
| #129 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 46/100 | 2025 |
| #130 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 46/100 | 2025 |
| #131 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 45/100 | 2025 |
| #132 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 44/100 | 2025 |
| #133 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 44/100 | 2025 |
| #134 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 44/100 | 2025 |
| #135 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 44/100 | 2025 |
| #136 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 44/100 | 2025 |
| #137 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 43/100 | 2025 |
| #138 | 🇮🇳 India | 43/100 | 2025 |
| #139 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 42/100 | 2025 |
| #140 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 42/100 | 2025 |
| #141 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 42/100 | 2025 |
| #142 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 38/100 | 2025 |
| #143 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 38/100 | 2025 |
| #144 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 38/100 | 2025 |
| #145 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 37/100 | 2025 |
| #146 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 37/100 | 2025 |
| #147 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 37/100 | 2025 |
| #148 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 36/100 | 2025 |
| #149 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 36/100 | 2025 |
| #150 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 35/100 | 2025 |