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Countries ranked by Press Freedom: Safety

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Countries ranked by safety of journalists score. Measures the physical safety and freedom from violence for media professionals. Source: RSF.

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Ranked by Press Freedom: Safety

Countries ranked by Press Freedom: Safety
Rank Country Value Percentile Year
#1 LU Luxembourg 97/100 100th 2025
#2 NO Norway 96/100 99th 2025
#3 LI Liechtenstein 96/100 99th 2025
#4 IE Ireland 96/100 98th 2025
#5 EE Estonia 95/100 98th 2025
#6 BZ Belize 95/100 97th 2025
#7 IS Iceland 95/100 97th 2025
#8 DK Denmark 94/100 96th 2025
#9 TT Trinidad and Tobago 94/100 95th 2025
#10 CV Cape Verde 94/100 95th 2025
#11 CZ Czech Republic 94/100 94th 2025
#12 CH Switzerland 94/100 94th 2025
#13 PT Portugal 94/100 93th 2025
#14 FI Finland 94/100 93th 2025
#15 TW Taiwan 93/100 92th 2025
#16 LT Lithuania 93/100 91th 2025
#17 TO Tonga 93/100 91th 2025
#18 SE Sweden 93/100 90th 2025
#19 AT Austria 93/100 90th 2025
#20 TL East Timor 93/100 89th 2025
#21 AD Andorra 92/100 89th 2025
#22 NZ New Zealand 92/100 88th 2025
#23 CR Costa Rica 92/100 88th 2025
#24 LV Latvia 92/100 87th 2025
#25 AM Armenia 92/100 86th 2025
#26 NL Netherlands 92/100 86th 2025
#27 ES Spain 92/100 85th 2025
#28 NA Namibia 91/100 85th 2025
#29 AU Australia 91/100 84th 2025
#30 JM Jamaica 91/100 84th 2025
#31 PL Poland 91/100 83th 2025
#32 UY Uruguay 91/100 82th 2025
#33 QA Qatar 91/100 82th 2025
#34 DE Germany 91/100 81th 2025
#35 SR Suriname 91/100 81th 2025
#36 BE Belgium 91/100 80th 2025
#37 ME Montenegro 91/100 80th 2025
#38 GB United Kingdom 90/100 79th 2025
#39 GA Gabon 90/100 78th 2025
#40 PA Panama 90/100 78th 2025
#41 SI Slovenia 90/100 77th 2025
#42 MK North Macedonia 89/100 77th 2025
#43 IT Italy 89/100 76th 2025
#44 MT Malta 89/100 76th 2025
#45 MR Mauritania 89/100 75th 2025
#46 HR Croatia 89/100 74th 2025
#47 ZA South Africa 89/100 74th 2025
#48 WS Samoa 89/100 73th 2025
#49 CY Cyprus 88/100 73th 2025
#50 SK Slovakia 88/100 72th 2025
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