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Countries ranked by Press Freedom: Social

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Countries ranked by press freedom sociocultural context score. Measures societal attitudes towards press freedom. Source: RSF.

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Ranked by Press Freedom: Social

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