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Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicSouth Sudan

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Central African RepublicCameroon

Gabon

Congo

Equatorial Guinea

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Namibia

Botswana

Lesotho

Swaziland

Mozambique

Tanzania

Madagascar

Seychelles

Comoros

Mauritius

BruneiPalau

Papua New GuineaSolomon Islands

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FijiVanuatu

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Tuvalu

Marshall IslandsMicronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Laos

Maldives

Taiwan

Hong Kong

Mongolia

Russia

NepalBhutan

Tajikistan

Afghanistan

TurkmenistanNorth Korea

Burundi

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Eritrea

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DjiboutiBenin

Togo

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

Cape Verde

Peru

Panama

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Honduras

Jamaica

Honduras

Belize

Guatemala

El Salvador

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Dominica

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Guyana

Trinidad & Tobago

Spain

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Portugal

Bulgaria

MoldovaRomaniaLiechtenstein

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

SlovakiaCzech Republic

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Austria

San MarinoMonaco

Croatia

Bulgaria

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Montenegro Serbia

Albania

KosovoMacedonia

CroatiaSlovenia

Denmark

Netherlands

Samoa

Tonga

Territories, as opposed to independent countries, are labeled in italics when rated separately.

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France

Germany

Estonia

Belarus

Ukraine

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NigeriaGuinea-Bissau

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Morocco

Brazil

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Cuba

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Canada

Colombia

Ecuador

Argentina

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MalawiZambia

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BahrainUAE

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Uzbekistan

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Kyrgyzstan

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IndiaBangladesh Myanmar

Thailand

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Malaysia

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JapanSouth Korea

Australia

Singapore

Indonesia

Sri Lanka

Hungary

Italy

FREEPARTLY FREENOT FREE

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 2016 freedomhouse.org

The Map of Press Freedom reflects the findings of Freedom of the Press 2016, which rates the level of press freedom in 199 countries and territories during 2015. Based on these ratings, each country or territory is classified as Free, Partly Free, or Not Free.

Freedom of the Press 2016 FindingsThe scoring system examines the ability of print, broadcast, and internet-based news outlets to operate freely; the legal and regulatory environment for media; the degree of political control over content; the availability of diverse sources of information; economic pressures on media outlets; and violence against journalists.

Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that has monitored press freedom worldwide since 1980.

The Map of Press Freedom is made possible by the Hurford Foundation.

Freedom Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown

FREE 62 (31%) 988,251,358 (13%)PARTLY FREE 71 (36%) 2,984,320,079 (41%)NOT FREE 66 (33%) 3,361,027,703 (46%)Total 199 7,333,599,140