Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index (RSF)

Data Provider Reporters Without Borders

Description International nongovernmental organization headquartered in
Paris, France, devoted to the protection of reporters and respect of
press freedom.

Website www.rsf.org
Data Source Worldwide Press Freedom Index
Type Expert assessment
Respondents Reporters, researchers, legal experts and press freedom advocates
in assessed countries
Frequency Annual since 2002
Coverage Global sample of countries
Public Access Yes
Description The press freedom index is based on a 50-question checklist on the incidence and severity of restrictions on reporters and the media.

2021 2020 2019 2018

Voice and Accountability
Press Freedom Index X X X X

Political Stability and Absence of Violence

NA

Government Effectiveness
NA

Regulatory Quality
NA

Rule of Law
NA

Control of Corruption
NA

Country Coverage 178 178 178 178

Year of Publication 2022 2021 2020 2019
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2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000

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 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 1
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF21VA
ADO Andorra 0.69 68.79
AFG Afghanistan 0.38 38.27
AGO Angola 0.57 57.17
ALB Albania 0.56 56.41
ARE United Arab Emirates 0.44 44.46
ARG Argentina 0.77 77.28
ARM Armenia 0.69 68.97
AUS Australia 0.74 73.77
AUT Austria 0.77 76.74
AZE Azerbaijan 0.39 39.40
BDI Burundi 0.56 55.74
BEL Belgium 0.79 78.86
BEN Benin 0.48 48.39
BFA Burkina Faso 0.73 73.12
BGD Bangladesh 0.37 36.63
BGR Bulgaria 0.59 59.12
BHR Bahrain 0.31 30.97
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.66 65.64
BLR Belarus 0.40 39.62
BLZ Belize 0.71 70.67
BOL Bolivia 0.48 47.58
BRA Brazil 0.55 55.36
BRN Brunei 0.43 42.53
BTN Bhutan 0.76 76.46
BWA Botswana 0.58 58.49
CAF Central African Republic 0.57 56.96
CAN Canada 0.82 81.74
CHE Switzerland 0.83 82.72
CHL Chile 0.61 60.61
CHN China 0.25 25.17
CIV Cote D'Ivoire 0.74 74.46
CMR Cameroon 0.49 49.10
COG Congo-Brazzaville 0.59 58.64
COL Colombia 0.42 42.43
COM Comoros 0.60 60.16
CPV Cape Verde 0.75 75.37
CRI Costa Rica 0.86 85.92
CUB Cuba 0.27 27.32
CYP Cyprus 0.66 65.97
CZE Czech Republic 0.81 80.54
DEU Germany 0.82 82.04
DJI Djibouti 0.36 35.75
DNK Denmark 0.90 90.27
DOM Dominican Republic 0.77 76.90
DZA Algeria 0.46 45.53
ECU Ecuador 0.65 64.61
EGY Egypt 0.30 30.23
ERI Eritrea 0.20 19.62
ESP Spain 0.77 76.71
EST Estonia 0.89 88.83
ETH Ethiopia 0.51 50.53
FIN Finland 0.88 88.42
FJI Fiji 0.57 56.91
FRA France 0.79 78.53
GAB Gabon 0.56 56.00
GBR United Kingdom 0.79 78.71
GEO Georgia 0.59 59.30
GHA Ghana 0.67 67.43
GIN Guinea 0.60 59.82
GMB Gambia, The 0.69 69.25
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.59 58.79
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.44 43.96
GRC Greece 0.56 55.52
GTM Guatemala 0.48 47.94
GUY Guyana 0.76 76.41
HKG Hong Kong 0.42 41.64
HND Honduras 0.35 34.61
HRV Croatia 0.70 70.42
HTI Haiti 0.65 64.55
HUN Hungary 0.60 59.80
IDN Indonesia 0.49 49.27
IND India 0.41 41.00
IRL Ireland 0.88 88.30
IRN Iran 0.23 23.22
IRQ Iraq 0.29 28.59
ISL Iceland 0.83 82.69
ISR Israel 0.60 59.62
ITA Italy 0.68 68.16
JAM Jamaica 0.83 83.35
JOR Jordan 0.49 48.66
JPN Japan 0.64 64.37
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.48 48.28
KEN Kenya 0.65 64.59
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.64 64.25
KHM Cambodia 0.43 43.48
KOR South Korea 0.72 72.11
KSV Kosovo 0.67 67.00
KWT Kuwait 0.38 37.87
LAO Laos 0.37 36.64
LBN Lebanon 0.47 46.58
LBR Liberia 0.63 62.77
LBY Libya 0.43 43.16
LIE Liechtenstein 0.84 84.03
LKA Sri Lanka 0.42 42.13
LSO Lesotho 0.59 59.39
LTU Lithuania 0.84 84.14
LUX Luxembourg 0.80 79.81
LVA Latvia 0.79 79.17
MAR Morocco / Western Sah 0.45 45.42
MDA Moldova 0.73 73.47
MDG Madagascar 0.58 58.02
MDV Maldives 0.60 59.55
MEX Mexico 0.48 47.57
MKD North Macedonia 0.68 68.44
MLI Mali 0.54 54.48
MLT Malta 0.62 61.55
MMR Myanmar 0.25 25.03
MNE Montenegro 0.67 66.54
MNG Mongolia 0.59 59.17
MOZ Mozambique 0.50 49.89
MRT Mauritania 0.58 58.10
MUS Mauritius 0.66 66.07
MWI Malawi 0.61 61.40
MYS Malaysia 0.52 51.55
NAM Namibia 0.82 81.84
NER Niger 0.68 67.80
NGA Nigeria 0.47 46.79
NIC Nicaragua 0.37 37.09
NLD Netherlands 0.78 77.93
NOR Norway 0.93 92.65
NPL Nepal 0.63 62.67
NZL New Zealand 0.84 83.54
OMN Oman 0.36 35.99
PAK Pakistan 0.38 37.99
PAN Panama 0.63 62.78
PER Peru 0.62 61.75
PHL Philippines 0.42 41.84
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.67 66.66
POL Poland 0.66 65.64
PRK North Korea 0.14 13.92
PRT Portugal 0.87 87.07
PRY Paraguay 0.58 58.36
QAT Qatar 0.49 49.03
ROM Romania 0.68 68.46
RUS Russia 0.39 38.82
RWA Rwanda 0.45 45.18
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.34 33.71
SDN Sudan 0.41 40.96
SEN Senegal 0.63 63.07
SGP Singapore 0.44 44.23
SLE Sierra Leone 0.71 71.03
SLV El Salvador 0.54 54.09
SOM Somalia 0.44 44.01
SRB Serbia 0.62 61.51
SSD South Sudan 0.47 47.06
SUR Suriname 0.69 68.95
SVK Slovakia 0.78 78.37
SVN Slovenia 0.69 68.54
SWE Sweden 0.89 88.84
SWZ Eswatini 0.46 46.42
SYC Seychelles 0.83 83.33
SYR Syria 0.29 28.94
TCD Chad 0.56 56.18
TGO Togo 0.57 57.17
THA Thailand 0.50 50.15
TJK Tajikistan 0.40 40.26
TKM Turkmenistan 0.25 25.01
TMP Timor-Leste 0.82 81.89
TON Tonga 0.70 69.74
TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.79 78.68
TUN Tunisia 0.58 58.49
TUR Turkey 0.41 41.25
TWN Taiwan 0.74 74.08
TZA Tanzania 0.48 48.28
UGA Uganda 0.46 46.35
UKR Ukraine 0.56 55.76
URY Uruguay 0.72 72.03
USA United States 0.73 72.74
UZB Uzbekistan 0.46 45.74
VEN Venezuela 0.38 37.78
VNM Vietnam 0.26 26.11
WBG Palestine 0.29 28.98
WSM Samoa 0.71 71.39
YEM Yemen 0.29 29.14
ZAF South Africa 0.76 75.56
ZAR Democratic Republic of 0.48 47.66
ZMB Zambia 0.55 55.40
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.45 44.94
.. Northern Cyprus 0.61 61
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
1
VA

0.69
0.38
0.57
0.56
0.44
0.77
0.69
0.74
0.77
0.39
0.56
0.79
0.48
0.73
0.37
0.59
0.31
0.66
0.40
0.71
0.48
0.55
0.43
0.76
0.58
0.57
0.82
0.83
0.61
0.25
0.74
0.49
0.59
0.42
0.60
0.75
0.86
0.27
0.66
0.81
0.82
0.36
0.90
0.77
0.46
0.65
0.30
0.20
0.77
0.89
0.51
0.88
0.57
0.79
0.56
0.79
0.59
0.67
0.60
0.69
0.59
0.44
0.56
0.48
0.76
0.42
0.35
0.70
0.65
0.60
0.49
0.41
0.88
0.23
0.29
0.83
0.60
0.68
0.83
0.49
0.64
0.48
0.65
0.64
0.43
0.72
0.67
0.38
0.37
0.47
0.63
0.43
0.84
0.42
0.59
0.84
0.80
0.79
0.45
0.73
0.58
0.60
0.48
0.68
0.54
0.62
0.25
0.67
0.59
0.50
0.58
0.66
0.61
0.52
0.82
0.68
0.47
0.37
0.78
0.93
0.63
0.84
0.36
0.38
0.63
0.62
0.42
0.67
0.66
0.14
0.87
0.58
0.49
0.68
0.39
0.45
0.34
0.41
0.63
0.44
0.71
0.54
0.44
0.62
0.47
0.69
0.78
0.69
0.89
0.46
0.83
0.29
0.56
0.57
0.50
0.40
0.25
0.82
0.70
0.79
0.58
0.41
0.74
0.48
0.46
0.56
0.72
0.73
0.46
0.38
0.26
0.29
0.71
0.29
0.76
0.48
0.55
0.45
0.61
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF20VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.60 40.19
ALB Albania 0.69 30.59
DZA Algeria 0.53 47.26
ADO Andorra 0.77 23.32
AGO Angola 0.66 34.06
ARG Argentina 0.71 28.99
ARM Armenia 0.71 28.83
AUS Australia 0.80 19.79
AUT Austria 0.84 16.34
AZE Azerbaijan 0.41 58.77
BHR Bahrain 0.39 61.1
BGD Bangladesh 0.50 49.71
BLR Belarus 0.49 50.82
BEL Belgium 0.88 11.69
BLZ Belize 0.72 27.61
BEN Benin 0.62 38.18
BTN Bhutan 0.71 28.86
BOL Bolivia 0.65 35.47
BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.72 28.34
BWA Botswana 0.77 23.25
BRA Brazil 0.64 36.25
BRN Brunei 0.50 49.91
BGR Bulgaria 0.63 37.29
BFA Burkina Faso 0.77 23.17
MMR Haïti 0.69 31.12
BDI Burundi 0.52 47.57
KHM Cambodia 0.53 46.84
CMR Cameroon 0.56 43.78
CAN Canada 0.85 15.25
CPV Haïti 0.69 31.12
CAF Central African Rep 0.58 41.92
TCD Chad 0.60 40.2
CHL Chile 0.72 27.89
CHN China 0.21 78.72
COL Colombia 0.56 43.74
COM Comoros 0.69 30.65
COG Congo-Brazzaville 0.61 38.83
CRI Costa Rica 0.91 8.76
HRV Croatia 0.72 27.95
CUB Cuba 0.36 63.94
CYP Cyprus 0.80 19.85
CZE Czech Republic 0.77 23.38
DNK Denmark 0.91 8.57
DJI Djibouti 0.21 78.62
DOM Dominican Republi 0.74 25.6
ZAR Haïti 0.69 31.12
TMP Haïti 0.69 31.12
ECU Ecuador 0.67 32.83
EGY Egypt 0.44 56.17
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.44 55.67
ERI Eritrea 0.19 81.45
EST Estonia 0.85 15.25
ETH Ethiopia 0.66 33.63
FJI Fiji 0.72 27.92
FIN Finland 0.93 6.99
FRA France 0.77 22.6
GAB Gabon 0.61 38.6
GMB Gambia 0.69 30.76
GEO Georgia 0.71 28.64
DEU Germany 0.85 15.24
GHA Ghana 0.79 21.33
GRC Greece 0.71 29.01
GTM Guatemala 0.62 38.45
GIN Guinea 0.65 35.42
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.67 32.68
GUY Guyana 0.74 25.61
HTI Haïti 0.69 31.12
HND Honduras 0.51 49.35
HKG Hong Kong 0.70 30.44
HUN Hungary 0.68 31.76
ISL Iceland 0.85 15.37
IND India 0.53 46.56
IDN Indonesia 0.63 37.4
IRN Iran 0.27 72.7
IRQ Iraq 0.44 55.57
IRL Ireland 0.88 11.91
ISR Israel 0.69 30.9
ITA Italy 0.77 23.39
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.71 28.87
JAM Jamaica 0.90 9.96
JPN Japan 0.71 28.88
JOR Jordan 0.57 42.89
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.50 50.28
KEN Kenya 0.66 33.65
KSV Kosovo 0.70 30.32
KWT Kuwait 0.66 34.36
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.70 30.37
LAO Laos 0.29 70.56
LVA Latvia 0.81 19.26
LBN Lebanon 0.65 34.93
LSO Lesotho 0.68 31.61
LBR Liberia 0.67 33.36
LBY Libya 0.44 55.73
LIE Liechtenstein 0.81 19.49
LTU Lithuania 0.80 20.15
LUX Luxembourg 0.82 17.56
MKD Morocco / Western 0.56 43.94
MDG Madagascar 0.72 28.24
MWI Malawi 0.71 28.8
MYS Malaysia 0.61 39.47
MDV Maldives 0.71 29.13
MLI Mali 0.67 33.5
MLT Malta 0.70 30.46
MRT Mauritania 0.68 32.25
MUS Mauritius 0.71 28.74
MEX Mexico 0.53 46.71
MDA Moldova 0.68 31.61
MNG Mongolia 0.71 28.97
MNE Montenegro 0.66 34.33
MAR Morocco / Western 0.56 43.94
MOZ Mozambique 0.65 35.39
NAM Namibia 0.80 19.72
NPL Nepal 0.65 34.62
NLD Netherlands 0.90 9.67
NZL New Zealand 0.90 10.04
NIC Nicaragua 0.60 39.98
NER Niger 0.72 28.44
NGA Nigeria 0.60 39.69
PRK North Korea 0.19 81.28
NOR Norway 0.93 6.72
OMN Oman 0.57 43.37
PAK Pakistan 0.53 46.86
WBG Palestine 0.57 43.18
PAN Panama 0.70 29.94
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.75 24.88
PRY Paraguay 0.66 33.52
PER Peru 0.68 31.71
PHL Philippines 0.54 45.64
POL Poland 0.71 28.84
PRT Portugal 0.90 10.11
QAT Qatar 0.57 42.6
ROM Romania 0.75 24.91
RUS Russia 0.51 48.71
RWA Rwanda 0.49 50.66
SLV El Salvador 0.70 30.49
WSM Samoa 0.81 19.24
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.37 62.73
SEN Senegal 0.75 25.22
SRB Serbia 0.68 32.03
SYC Seychelles 0.74 25.66
SLE Sierra Leone 0.70 29.61
SGP Singapore 0.45 55.2
SVK Slovakia 0.77 23.02
SVN Slovenia 0.77 23.1
SOM Somalia 0.45 55.47
ZAF South Africa 0.78 21.59
KOR South Korea 0.77 23.43
SSD South Sudan 0.54 45.78
ESP Spain 0.80 20.44
LKA Sri Lanka 0.58 42.2
SDN Sudan 0.47 52.93
SUR Suriname 0.83 16.95
SWZ Eswatini 0.54 46.34
SWE Sweden 0.93 7.24
CHE Switzerland 0.89 10.55
SYR Syria 0.29 70.63
TWN Taiwan 0.76 23.86
TJK Tajikistan 0.44 55.52
TZA Tanzania 0.59 40.69
THA Thailand 0.55 45.22
TGO Togo 0.70 29.59
TON Tonga 0.75 24.59
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.78 21.55
TUN Tunisia 0.70 29.53
TUR Turkey 0.50 49.79
TKM Turkmenistan 0.20 80.03
UGA Uganda 0.59 41.19
UKR Ukraine 0.67 32.96
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.57 43.13
GBR United Kingdom 0.78 21.59
URY Uruguay 0.84 16.38
USA United States 0.76 23.93
UZB Uzbekistan 0.49 50.74
VEN Venezuela 0.52 47.6
VNM Vietnam 0.22 78.46
YEM Yemen 0.38 62.35
ZMB Zambia 0.62 38.21
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.57 43.12
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.60
0.69
0.53
0.77
0.66
0.71
0.71
0.80
0.84
0.41
0.39
0.50
0.49
0.88
0.72
0.62
0.71
0.65
0.72
0.77
0.64
0.50
0.63
0.77
0.69
0.52
0.53
0.56
0.85
0.69
0.58
0.60
0.72
0.21
0.56
0.69
0.61
0.91
0.72
0.36
0.80
0.77
0.91
0.21
0.74
0.69
0.69
0.67
0.44
0.44
0.19
0.85
0.66
0.72
0.93
0.77
0.61
0.69
0.71
0.85
0.79
0.71
0.62
0.65
0.67
0.74
0.69
0.51
0.70
0.68
0.85
0.53
0.63
0.27
0.44
0.88
0.69
0.77
0.71
0.90
0.71
0.57
0.50
0.66
0.70
0.66
0.70
0.29
0.81
0.65
0.68
0.67
0.44
0.81
0.80
0.82
0.56
0.72
0.71
0.61
0.71
0.67
0.70
0.68
0.71
0.53
0.68
0.71
0.66
0.56
0.65
0.80
0.65
0.90
0.90
0.60
0.72
0.60
0.19
0.93
0.57
0.53
0.57
0.70
0.75
0.66
0.68
0.54
0.71
0.90
0.57
0.75
0.51
0.49
0.70
0.81
0.37
0.75
0.68
0.74
0.70
0.45
0.77
0.77
0.45
0.78
0.77
0.54
0.80
0.58
0.47
0.83
0.54
0.93
0.89
0.29
0.76
0.44
0.59
0.55
0.70
0.75
0.78
0.70
0.50
0.20
0.59
0.67
0.57
0.78
0.84
0.76
0.49
0.52
0.22
0.38
0.62
0.57
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF19VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.62 37.7
ALB Albania 0.70 30.25
DZA Algeria 0.54 45.52
ADO Andorra 0.77 23.23
AGO Angola 0.66 33.92
ARG Argentina 0.71 28.78
ARM Armenia 0.71 28.6
AUS Australia 0.80 20.21
AUT Austria 0.84 15.78
AZE Azerbaijan 0.42 58.48
BHR Bahrain 0.40 60.13
BGD Bangladesh 0.51 49.37
BLR Belarus 0.50 49.75
BEL Belgium 0.87 12.57
BLZ Belize 0.73 27.5
BEN Benin 0.65 35.11
BTN Bhutan 0.71 28.9
BOL Bolivia 0.65 35.37
BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.71 28.51
BWA Botswana 0.76 23.56
BRA Brazil 0.66 34.05
BRN Brunei 0.50 49.65
BGR Bulgaria 0.65 35.06
BFA Burkina Faso 0.77 23.47
MMR Haïti 0.70 30.2
BDI Burundi 0.45 55.33
KHM Cambodia 0.55 45.46
CMR Cameroon 0.57 43.28
CAN Canada 0.85 15.29
CPV Haïti 0.70 30.2
CAF Central African Rep 0.57 42.87
TCD Chad 0.60 39.7
CHL Chile 0.73 27.31
CHN China 0.22 78.48
COL Colombia 0.57 42.66
COM Comoros 0.70 29.77
COG Congo-Brazzaville 0.63 36.56
CRI Costa Rica 0.89 10.53
HRV Croatia 0.71 28.51
CUB Cuba 0.36 63.81
CYP Cyprus 0.80 20.45
CZE Czech Republic 0.76 23.57
DNK Denmark 0.92 8.13
DJI Djibouti 0.23 76.73
DOM Dominican Republi 0.72 27.9
ZAR Haïti 0.70 30.2
TMP Haïti 0.70 30.2
ECU Ecuador 0.67 32.62
EGY Egypt 0.43 56.82
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.44 56.38
ERI Eritrea 0.17 83.5
EST Estonia 0.87 12.61
ETH Ethiopia 0.67 32.82
FJI Fiji 0.73 27.41
FIN Finland 0.92 7.93
FRA France 0.77 22.92
GAB Gabon 0.63 37.2
GMB Gambia 0.69 30.62
GEO Georgia 0.71 28.59
DEU Germany 0.88 12.16
GHA Ghana 0.78 22.26
GRC Greece 0.71 28.8
GTM Guatemala 0.64 35.74
GIN Guinea 0.66 34.34
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.68 32.06
GUY Guyana 0.73 26.63
HTI Haïti 0.70 30.2
HND Honduras 0.52 48.2
HKG Hong Kong 0.70 30.01
HUN Hungary 0.69 30.84
ISL Iceland 0.85 15.12
IND India 0.55 45.33
IDN Indonesia 0.63 36.82
IRN Iran 0.35 64.81
IRQ Iraq 0.45 55.37
IRL Ireland 0.87 12.6
ISR Israel 0.69 30.84
ITA Italy 0.76 23.69
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.71 28.94
JAM Jamaica 0.89 10.51
JPN Japan 0.71 28.86
JOR Jordan 0.58 42.08
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.46 54.11
KEN Kenya 0.66 33.72
KSV Kosovo 0.71 29.33
KWT Kuwait 0.66 34.3
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.70 30.19
LAO Laos 0.36 64.28
LVA Latvia 0.81 18.56
LBN Lebanon 0.67 33.19
LSO Lesotho 0.70 30.45
LBR Liberia 0.68 32.25
LBY Libya 0.44 55.77
LIE Liechtenstein 0.80 19.52
LTU Lithuania 0.79 21.19
LUX Luxembourg 0.85 15.46
MKD Morocco / Western 0.57 42.88
MDG Madagascar 0.72 27.68
MWI Malawi 0.71 29.32
MYS Malaysia 0.67 33.12
MDV Maldives 0.70 29.93
MLI Mali 0.66 34.12
MLT Malta 0.70 30.16
MRT Mauritania 0.67 32.54
MUS Mauritius 0.72 28
MEX Mexico 0.55 45.45
MDA Moldova 0.69 31.16
MNG Mongolia 0.70 29.61
MNE Montenegro 0.66 33.83
MAR Morocco / Western 0.57 42.88
MOZ Mozambique 0.66 33.79
NAM Namibia 0.81 19.25
NPL Nepal 0.65 35.1
NLD Netherlands 0.90 9.96
NZL New Zealand 0.89 10.69
NIC Nicaragua 0.64 35.81
NER Niger 0.72 28.25
NGA Nigeria 0.64 35.63
PRK North Korea 0.14 85.82
NOR Norway 0.92 7.84
OMN Oman 0.57 43.42
PAK Pakistan 0.54 45.52
WBG Palestine 0.56 44.09
PAN Panama 0.70 29.78
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.76 23.93
PRY Paraguay 0.67 32.97
PER Peru 0.69 30.94
PHL Philippines 0.56 43.54
POL Poland 0.71 28.65
PRT Portugal 0.88 11.83
QAT Qatar 0.57 42.51
ROM Romania 0.74 25.91
RUS Russia 0.51 48.92
RWA Rwanda 0.50 50.34
SLV El Salvador 0.70 29.7
WSM Samoa 0.82 18.25
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.38 62.14
SEN Senegal 0.76 23.99
SRB Serbia 0.68 31.62
SYC Seychelles 0.71 28.66
SLE Sierra Leone 0.70 30.28
SGP Singapore 0.45 55.23
SVK Slovakia 0.77 22.67
SVN Slovenia 0.77 22.64
SOM Somalia 0.45 55.45
ZAF South Africa 0.78 22.41
KOR South Korea 0.76 23.7
SSD South Sudan 0.56 44.49
ESP Spain 0.78 22.16
LKA Sri Lanka 0.58 41.94
SDN Sudan 0.45 55.33
SUR Suriname 0.83 17.5
SWZ Eswatini 0.55 45.15
SWE Sweden 0.91 9.25
CHE Switzerland 0.89 10.62
SYR Syria 0.27 72.57
TWN Taiwan 0.76 23.76
TJK Tajikistan 0.45 55.34
TZA Tanzania 0.60 40.25
THA Thailand 0.55 44.94
TGO Togo 0.71 29.33
TON Tonga 0.73 27.27
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.77 23.22
TUN Tunisia 0.71 29.45
TUR Turkey 0.50 50.02
TKM Turkmenistan 0.15 85.44
UGA Uganda 0.59 40.95
UKR Ukraine 0.67 32.52
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.57 42.69
GBR United Kingdom 0.77 22.93
URY Uruguay 0.84 15.79
USA United States 0.76 23.85
UZB Uzbekistan 0.47 53.07
VEN Venezuela 0.54 45.66
VNM Vietnam 0.25 74.71
YEM Yemen 0.42 58.25
ZMB Zambia 0.63 37
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.59 40.95
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.62
0.70
0.54
0.77
0.66
0.71
0.71
0.80
0.84
0.42
0.40
0.51
0.50
0.87
0.73
0.65
0.71
0.65
0.71
0.76
0.66
0.50
0.65
0.77
0.70
0.45
0.55
0.57
0.85
0.70
0.57
0.60
0.73
0.22
0.57
0.70
0.63
0.89
0.71
0.36
0.80
0.76
0.92
0.23
0.72
0.70
0.70
0.67
0.43
0.44
0.17
0.87
0.67
0.73
0.92
0.77
0.63
0.69
0.71
0.88
0.78
0.71
0.64
0.66
0.68
0.73
0.70
0.52
0.70
0.69
0.85
0.55
0.63
0.35
0.45
0.87
0.69
0.76
0.71
0.89
0.71
0.58
0.46
0.66
0.71
0.66
0.70
0.36
0.81
0.67
0.70
0.68
0.44
0.80
0.79
0.85
0.57
0.72
0.71
0.67
0.70
0.66
0.70
0.67
0.72
0.55
0.69
0.70
0.66
0.57
0.66
0.81
0.65
0.90
0.89
0.64
0.72
0.64
0.14
0.92
0.57
0.54
0.56
0.70
0.76
0.67
0.69
0.56
0.71
0.88
0.57
0.74
0.51
0.50
0.70
0.82
0.38
0.76
0.68
0.71
0.70
0.45
0.77
0.77
0.45
0.78
0.76
0.56
0.78
0.58
0.45
0.83
0.55
0.91
0.89
0.27
0.76
0.45
0.60
0.55
0.71
0.73
0.77
0.71
0.50
0.15
0.59
0.67
0.57
0.77
0.84
0.76
0.47
0.54
0.25
0.42
0.63
0.59
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF18VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.63 36.55
ALB Albania 0.70 29.84
DZA Algeria 0.54 45.75
ADO Andorra 0.75 24.63
AGO Angola 0.65 34.96
ARG Argentina 0.72 28.3
ARM Armenia 0.71 28.98
AUS Australia 0.83 16.55
AUT Austria 0.85 15.33
AZE Azerbaijan 0.41 59.13
BHR Bahrain 0.39 61.31
BGD Bangladesh 0.49 50.74
BLR Belarus 0.48 51.66
BEL Belgium 0.88 12.07
BLZ Belize 0.73 27.5
BEN Benin 0.68 31.74
BTN Bhutan 0.70 29.81
BOL Bolivia 0.65 35.38
BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.71 29.02
BWA Botswana 0.75 25.09
BRA Brazil 0.67 32.79
BRN Brunei 0.49 51.48
BGR Bulgaria 0.65 35.11
BFA Burkina Faso 0.75 24.53
MMR Burma 0.55 44.92
BDI Burundi 0.47 52.89
KHM Cambodia 0.54 45.9
CMR Cameroon 0.57 43.32
CAN Canada 0.84 15.69
CPV Cape Verde 0.80 19.81
CAF Central African Rep 0.53 47.27
TCD Chad 0.63 36.71
CHL Chile 0.74 25.65
CHN China 0.21 78.92
COL Colombia 0.57 42.82
COM Comoros 0.72 27.91
COG Congo-Brazzaville 0.64 36.04
CRI Costa Rica 0.88 12.24
HRV Croatia 0.71 29.03
CUB Cuba 0.36 63.81
CYP Cyprus 0.78 21.74
CZE Czech Republic 0.75 24.89
DNK Denmark 0.90 9.87
DJI Djibouti 0.29 71.36
DOM Dominican Republi 0.72 27.9
ZAR DRC 0.48 51.71
TMP East Timor 0.70 29.93
ECU Ecuador 0.68 31.88
EGY Egypt 0.44 56.47
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.42 58.35
ERI Eritrea 0.20 80.26
EST Estonia 0.88 12.27
ETH Ethiopia 0.65 35.11
FJI Fiji 0.73 27.18
FIN Finland 0.92 7.9
FRA France 0.78 22.21
GAB Gabon 0.64 35.6
GMB Gambia 0.69 31.35
GEO Georgia 0.71 28.98
DEU Germany 0.85 14.6
GHA Ghana 0.79 20.81
GRC Greece 0.71 29.08
GTM Guatemala 0.64 35.94
GIN Guinea 0.67 33.49
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.69 30.95
GUY Guyana 0.73 26.63
HTI Haiti 0.71 29
HND Honduras 0.51 48.53
HKG Hong Kong 0.70 29.65
HUN Hungary 0.70 30.44
ISL Iceland 0.85 14.71
IND India 0.54 45.67
IDN Indonesia 0.63 36.77
IRN Iran 0.36 64.41
IRQ Iraq 0.47 52.6
IRL Ireland 0.85 15
ISR Israel 0.69 30.8
ITA Italy 0.75 24.98
CIV Ivory Coast 0.70 29.52
JAM Jamaica 0.89 11.13
JPN Japan 0.71 29.36
JOR Jordan 0.57 43.11
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.47 52.82
KEN Kenya 0.68 32.44
KSV Kosovo 0.70 29.68
KWT Kuwait 0.66 33.86
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.70 29.92
LAO Laos 0.36 64.49
LVA Latvia 0.80 19.53
LBN Lebanon 0.68 32.44
LSO Lesotho 0.70 29.74
LBR Liberia 0.69 31.49
LBY Libya 0.44 55.77
LIE Liechtenstein 0.80 20.49
LTU Lithuania 0.78 22.06
LUX Luxembourg 0.84 15.66
MKD Republic of North 0.68 31.66
MDG Madagascar 0.72 27.76
MWI Malawi 0.71 29.36
MYS Malaysia 0.63 36.74
MDV Maldives 0.68 32.16
MLI Mali 0.65 35.23
MLT Malta 0.70 29.74
MRT Mauritania 0.68 31.65
MUS Mauritius 0.72 28.46
MEX Mexico 0.53 46.78
MDA Moldova 0.69 31.21
MNG Mongolia 0.70 29.51
MNE Montenegro 0.67 32.74
MAR Morocco 0.56 43.98
MOZ Mozambique 0.67 32.66
NAM Namibia 0.81 18.95
NPL Nepal 0.67 33.4
NLD Netherlands 0.91 8.63
NZL New Zealand 0.89 10.75
NIC Nicaragua 0.64 35.53
NER Niger 0.71 29.26
NGA Nigeria 0.64 36.5
PRK North Korea 0.17 83.4
NOR Norway 0.92 7.82
OMN Oman 0.57 43.42
PAK Pakistan 0.54 45.83
WBG Palestine 0.55 44.68
PAN Panama 0.70 29.78
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.75 24.7
PRY Paraguay 0.68 32.4
PER Peru 0.70 30.22
PHL Philippines 0.56 43.91
POL Poland 0.71 28.89
PRT Portugal 0.87 12.63
QAT Qatar 0.57 42.51
ROM Romania 0.74 25.67
RUS Russia 0.50 50.31
RWA Rwanda 0.48 52.43
SLV Salvador 0.70 29.81
WSM Samoa 0.82 18.25
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.34 65.88
SEN Senegal 0.74 25.81
SRB Serbia 0.69 31.18
SYC Seychelles 0.71 29.41
SLE Sierra Leona 0.70 30.36
SGP Singapore 0.49 51.41
SVK Slovakia 0.76 23.58
SVN Slovenia 0.78 22.31
SOM Somalia 0.43 57.24
ZAF South Africa 0.78 22.19
KOR South Korea 0.75 24.94
SSD South Sudan 0.54 45.65
ESP Spain 0.78 21.99
LKA Sri Lanka 0.60 39.61
SDN Sudan 0.28 72.45
SUR Surinam 0.84 16.38
SWZ Swaziland 0.51 49.09
SWE Sweden 0.92 8.31
CHE Switzerland 0.89 10.52
SYR Syria 0.28 71.78
TWN Taiwan 0.75 24.98
TJK Tajikistan 0.46 54.02
TZA Tanzania 0.64 36.28
THA Thailand 0.56 44.1
TGO Togo 0.70 29.69
TON Tonga 0.75 25.41
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.75 24.74
TUN Tunisia 0.70 29.61
TUR Turkey 0.47 52.81
TKM Turkmenistan 0.15 85.44
UGA Uganda 0.61 39.42
UKR Ukraine 0.68 32.46
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.56 43.63
GBR United Kingdom 0.78 22.23
URY Uruguay 0.84 16.06
USA US 0.74 25.69
UZB Uzbekistan 0.46 53.52
VEN Venezuela 0.51 49.1
VNM Vietnam 0.25 74.93
YEM Yemen 0.38 61.66
ZMB Zambia 0.64 36.38
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.58 42.23
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.63
0.70
0.54
0.75
0.65
0.72
0.71
0.83
0.85
0.41
0.39
0.49
0.48
0.88
0.73
0.68
0.70
0.65
0.71
0.75
0.67
0.49
0.65
0.75
0.55
0.47
0.54
0.57
0.84
0.80
0.53
0.63
0.74
0.21
0.57
0.72
0.64
0.88
0.71
0.36
0.78
0.75
0.90
0.29
0.72
0.48
0.70
0.68
0.44
0.42
0.20
0.88
0.65
0.73
0.92
0.78
0.64
0.69
0.71
0.85
0.79
0.71
0.64
0.67
0.69
0.73
0.71
0.51
0.70
0.70
0.85
0.54
0.63
0.36
0.47
0.85
0.69
0.75
0.70
0.89
0.71
0.57
0.47
0.68
0.70
0.66
0.70
0.36
0.80
0.68
0.70
0.69
0.44
0.80
0.78
0.84
0.68
0.72
0.71
0.63
0.68
0.65
0.70
0.68
0.72
0.53
0.69
0.70
0.67
0.56
0.67
0.81
0.67
0.91
0.89
0.64
0.71
0.64
0.17
0.92
0.57
0.54
0.55
0.70
0.75
0.68
0.70
0.56
0.71
0.87
0.57
0.74
0.50
0.48
0.70
0.82
0.34
0.74
0.69
0.71
0.70
0.49
0.76
0.78
0.43
0.78
0.75
0.54
0.78
0.60
0.28
0.84
0.51
0.92
0.89
0.28
0.75
0.46
0.64
0.56
0.70
0.75
0.75
0.70
0.47
0.15
0.61
0.68
0.56
0.78
0.84
0.74
0.46
0.51
0.25
0.38
0.64
0.58
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF17VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.63 37.28
ALB Albania 0.71 29.49
DZA Algeria 0.57 43.13
ADO Andorra 0.78 22.21
AGO Angola 0.62 38.35
ARG Argentina 0.74 26.05
ARM Armenia 0.70 29.99
AUS Australia 0.85 15.46
AUT Austria 0.86 14.04
AZE Azerbaijan 0.40 59.73
BHR Bahrain 0.39 60.85
BGD Bangladesh 0.51 48.62
BLR Belarus 0.47 52.59
BEL Belgium 0.87 13.16
BLZ Belize 0.75 24.55
BEN Benin 0.70 30.16
BTN Bhutan 0.69 30.73

BOL Bolivia 0.68 32.45

BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.73 27.37
BWA Botswana 0.75 25.29
BRA Brazil 0.69 31.2
BRN Brunei 0.49 51.48
BGR Bulgaria 0.65 35.22
BFA Burkina Faso 0.77 23.33
MMR Burma 0.57 43.15
BDI Burundi 0.45 55.26
KHM Cambodia 0.54 45.9
CMR Cameroon 0.59 40.92
CAN Canada 0.85 15.28
CPV Cape Verde 0.80 20.39
CAF Central African Rep 0.65 35.25
TCD Chad 0.62 38.45
CHL Chile 0.77 22.69
CHN China 0.22 78.29
COL Colombia 0.59 41.03
COM Comores 0.75 25.3
COG Congo-Brzzaville 0.65 35.42
CRI Costa Rica 0.86 14.01
HRV Croatia 0.71 28.94
CUB Cuba 0.31 68.9
CYP Cyprus 0.80 19.85
CZE Czech Republic 0.78 21.89
DNK Denmark 0.86 13.99
DJI Djibouti 0.29 70.77
DOM Dominican Republi 0.73 26.79
ZAR DRC 0.48 51.6
TMP East Timor 0.69 30.81
ECU Ecuador 0.69 30.56
EGY Egypt 0.43 56.72
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.34 66.47
ERI Eritrea 0.16 84.24
EST Estonia 0.86 14.08
ETH Ethiopia 0.50 50.17
FJI Fiji 0.73 26.55
FIN Finland 0.90 10.26
FRA France 0.78 21.87
GAB Gabon 0.68 32.37
GMB Gambia 0.62 38.36
GEO Georgia 0.73 27.34
DEU Germany 0.86 14.39
GHA Ghana 0.82 18.41
GRC Greece 0.71 29.19
GTM Guatemala 0.64 36.17
GIN Guinea 0.68 31.9
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.70 30.09
GUY Guyana 0.74 26.25
HTI Haiti 0.73 26.82
HND Honduras 0.55 45.23
HKG Hong Kong 0.71 29.04
HUN Hungary 0.71 29.11
ISL Iceland 0.86 14.1
IND India 0.57 43.24
IDN Indonesia 0.60 39.68
IRN Iran 0.39 60.71
IRQ Iraq 0.43 56.56
IRL Ireland 0.85 14.59
ISR Israel 0.70 30.26
ITA Italy 0.76 24.12
CIV Ivory Coast 0.70 30.08
JAM Jamaica 0.89 11.33
JPN Japan 0.71 28.64
JOR Jordan 0.58 41.71
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.46 54.41
KEN Kenya 0.69 30.82
KSV Kosovo 0.70 29.61
KWT Kuwait 0.68 31.91
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.69 31
LAO Laos 0.34 66.41
LVA Latvia 0.80 19.63
LBN Lebanon 0.69 31.15
LSO Lesotho 0.71 28.78
LBR Liberia 0.70 30.33
LBY Libya 0.43 56.79
LIE Liechtenstein 0.80 20.49
LTU Lithuania 0.78 22.2
LUX Luxembourg 0.85 14.72
MKD Macedonia 0.68 32.43
MDG Madagascar 0.74 26.2
MWI Malawi 0.73 27.43
MYS Malaysia 0.53 47.41
MDV Maldives 0.62 37.95
MLI Mali 0.64 36.15
MLT Malta 0.73 27.44
MRT Mauritania 0.71 29.09
MUS Mauritius 0.74 26.45
MEX Mexico 0.51 48.91
MDA Moldovia 0.70 30.01
MNG Mongolia 0.71 29.05
MNE Montenegro 0.69 31.21
MAR Morocco 0.57 43.13
MOZ Mozambique 0.69 31.12
NAM Namibia 0.80 20.24
NPL Nepal 0.68 32.05
NLD Netherlands 0.90 10.01
NZL New Zealand 0.86 13.62
NIC Nicaragua 0.70 30.41
NER Niger 0.73 27.4
NGA Nigeria 0.63 37.41
PRK North Korea 0.11 88.87
NOR Norway 0.92 7.63
OMN Oman 0.59 40.67
PAK Pakistan 0.57 43.24
WBG Palestine 0.57 42.96
PAN Panama 0.69 30.56
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.74 26.19
PRY Paraguay 0.68 32.32
PER Peru 0.70 30.27
PHL Philippines 0.57 42.53
POL Poland 0.73 26.59
PRT Portugal 0.86 14.17
QAT Qatar 0.60 40.16
ROM Romania 0.76 23.65
RUS Russia 0.50 49.96
RWA Rwanda 0.47 52.9
SLV Salvador 0.72 27.78
WSM Samoa 0.83 16.69
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.37 63.13
SEN Senegal 0.74 25.61
SRB Serbia 0.70 29.58
SYC Seychelles 0.70 30.17
SLE Sierra Leona 0.70 29.98
SGP Singapore 0.49 50.95
SVK Slovakia 0.80 20.26
SVN Slovenia 0.78 21.69
SOM Somalia 0.37 63.04
ZAF South Africa 0.80 20.39
KOR South Korea 0.76 23.51
SSD South Sudan 0.53 46.88
ESP Spain 0.79 20.51
LKA Sri Lanka 0.59 41.37
SDN Sudan 0.29 71.13
SUR Surinam 0.84 16.44
SWZ Swaziland 0.49 51.46
SWE Sweden 0.92 8.31
CHE Switzerland 0.89 11.27
SYR Syria 0.21 79.22
TWN Taiwan 0.77 23.36
TJK Tajikistan 0.50 50.06
TZA Tanzania 0.69 30.65
THA Thailand 0.56 44.31
TGO Togo 0.70 30.23
TON Tonga 0.74 25.68
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.77 22.79
TUN Tunisia 0.69 30.91
TUR Turkey 0.46 53.5
TKM Turkmenistan 0.16 84.2
UGA Uganda 0.63 36.77
UKR Ukraine 0.69 31.16
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.59 40.86
GBR United Kingdom 0.77 23.25
URY Uruguay 0.84 15.56
USA US 0.76 23.73
UZB Uzbekistan 0.39 60.84
VEN Venezuela 0.54 46.03
VNM Vietnam 0.25 75.05
YEM Yemen 0.38 62.23
ZMB Zambia 0.65 35.36
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.59 40.53
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.63
0.71
0.57
0.78
0.62
0.74
0.70
0.85
0.86
0.40
0.39
0.51
0.47
0.87
0.75
0.70
0.69

0.68
0.73
0.75
0.69
0.49
0.65
0.77
0.57
0.45
0.54
0.59
0.85
0.80
0.65
0.62
0.77
0.22
0.59
0.75
0.65
0.86
0.71
0.31
0.80
0.78
0.86
0.29
0.73
0.48
0.69
0.69
0.43
0.34
0.16
0.86
0.50
0.73
0.90
0.78
0.68
0.62
0.73
0.86
0.82
0.71
0.64
0.68
0.70
0.74
0.73
0.55
0.71
0.71
0.86
0.57
0.60
0.39
0.43
0.85
0.70
0.76
0.70
0.89
0.71
0.58
0.46
0.69
0.70
0.68
0.69
0.34
0.80
0.69
0.71
0.70
0.43
0.80
0.78
0.85
0.68
0.74
0.73
0.53
0.62
0.64
0.73
0.71
0.74
0.51
0.70
0.71
0.69
0.57
0.69
0.80
0.68
0.90
0.86
0.70
0.73
0.63
0.11
0.92
0.59
0.57
0.57
0.69
0.74
0.68
0.70
0.57
0.73
0.86
0.60
0.76
0.50
0.47
0.72
0.83
0.37
0.74
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.49
0.80
0.78
0.37
0.80
0.76
0.53
0.79
0.59
0.29
0.84
0.49
0.92
0.89
0.21
0.77
0.50
0.69
0.56
0.70
0.74
0.77
0.69
0.46
0.16
0.63
0.69
0.59
0.77
0.84
0.76
0.39
0.54
0.25
0.38
0.65
0.59
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF16VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.61 39.46
ALB Albania 0.70 29.92
DZA Algeria 0.57 42.83
ADO Andorra 0.79 21.03
AGO Angola 0.60 40.42
ARG Argentina 0.75 25.07
ARM Armenia 0.70 30.38
AUS Australia 0.84 16.02
AUT Austria 0.87 13.47
AZE Azerbaijan 0.44 56.4
BHR Bahrain 0.41 58.88
BGD Bangladesh 0.52 48.36
BLR Belarus 0.48 52.43
BEL Belgium 0.87 12.75
BLZ Belize 0.77 23.43
BEN Benin 0.70 30.32
BTN Bhutan 0.69 30.73

BOL Bolivia 0.66 33.88

BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.72 27.83
BWA Botswana 0.75 24.93
BRA Brazil 0.66 33.58
BRN Brunei 0.46 53.72
BGR Bulgaria 0.65 35.01
BFA Burkina Faso 0.76 23.85
MMR Burma 0.58 41.82
BDI Burundi 0.44 55.78
KHM Cambodia 0.58 42.07
CMR Cameroon 0.58 41.59
CAN Canada 0.83 16.53
CPV Cape Verde 0.82 18.02
CAF Central African Rep 0.64 36.12
TCD Chad 0.60 39.66
CHL Chile 0.79 20.53
CHN China 0.22 77.66
COL Colombia 0.59 41.47
COM Comores 0.76 24.33
COG Congo-Brzzaville 0.63 36.73
CRI Costa Rica 0.88 11.93
HRV Croatia 0.70 29.59
CUB Cuba 0.28 71.75
CYP Cyprus 0.80 19.79
CZE Czech Republic 0.83 16.91
DNK Denmark 0.90 10.36
DJI Djibouti 0.29 70.54
DOM Dominican Republi 0.73 26.76
ZAR DRC 0.47 52.67
TMP East Timor 0.67 32.82
ECU Ecuador 0.66 33.64
EGY Egypt 0.44 55.78
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.34 66.47
ERI Eritrea 0.16 84.24
EST Estonia 0.86 13.55
ETH Ethiopia 0.50 50.34
FJI Fiji 0.71 28.64
FIN Finland 0.91 8.92
FRA France 0.78 22.24
GAB Gabon 0.65 34.83
GMB Gambia 0.53 46.7
GEO Georgia 0.72 27.76
DEU Germany 0.85 14.97
GHA Ghana 0.82 17.95
GRC Greece 0.69 30.89
GTM Guatemala 0.61 39.33
GIN Guinea 0.67 33.15
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.70 30.09
GUY Guyana 0.73 26.8
HTI Haiti 0.74 26.36
HND Honduras 0.56 43.75
HKG Hong Kong 0.71 29.46
HUN Hungary 0.71 29.01
ISL Iceland 0.87 13.03
IND India 0.57 42.94
IDN Indonesia 0.60 39.93
IRN Iran 0.35 65.12
IRQ Iraq 0.46 54.03
IRL Ireland 0.86 14.08
ISR Israel 0.69 31.01
ITA Italy 0.74 26.26
CIV Ivory Coast 0.70 30.42
JAM Jamaica 0.87 12.73
JPN Japan 0.71 29.44
JOR Jordan 0.57 43.24
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.46 54.01
KEN Kenya 0.69 31.2
KSV Kosovo 0.70 30.45
KWT Kuwait 0.66 33.61
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.69 30.92
LAO Laos 0.34 66.41
LVA Latvia 0.81 18.62
LBN Lebanon 0.67 33.01
LSO Lesotho 0.71 28.78
LBR Liberia 0.69 31.12
LBY Libya 0.43 56.81
LIE Liechtenstein 0.80 20.31
LTU Lithuania 0.79 21.37
LUX Luxembourg 0.85 14.72
MKD Macedonia 0.64 35.74
MDG Madagascar 0.73 26.71
MWI Malawi 0.71 28.97
MYS Malaysia 0.53 46.89
MDV Maldives 0.61 39.3
MLI Mali 0.62 38.27
MLT Malta 0.75 24.76
MRT Mauritania 0.74 26.49
MUS Mauritius 0.73 26.67
MEX Mexico 0.51 48.97
MDA Moldovia 0.70 30.41
MNG Mongolia 0.71 28.95
MNE Montenegro 0.66 33.65
MAR Morocco 0.58 42.42
MOZ Mozambique 0.69 31.05
NAM Namibia 0.83 17.08
NPL Nepal 0.67 33.02
NLD Netherlands 0.89 11.28
NZL New Zealand 0.86 13.98
NIC Nicaragua 0.69 31.01
NER Niger 0.73 27.21
NGA Nigeria 0.60 39.69
PRK North Korea 0.15 84.98
NOR Norway 0.92 7.6
OMN Oman 0.60 40.46
PAK Pakistan 0.56 43.55
WBG Palestine 0.57 42.9
PAN Panama 0.68 32.12
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.75 25.07
PRY Paraguay 0.64 35.64
PER Peru 0.69 30.98
PHL Philippines 0.59 41.08
POL Poland 0.74 26.47
PRT Portugal 0.84 15.77
QAT Qatar 0.60 39.83
ROM Romania 0.76 24.46
RUS Russia 0.51 49.45
RWA Rwanda 0.46 54.11
SLV Salvador 0.73 27.24
WSM Samoa 0.84 16.41
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.34 66.02
SEN Senegal 0.73 26.72
SRB Serbia 0.72 28.05
SYC Seychelles 0.69 30.86
SLE Sierra Leona 0.69 30.73
SGP Singapore 0.49 51.1
SVK Slovakia 0.84 15.51
SVN Slovenia 0.78 21.7
SOM Somalia 0.34 65.95
ZAF South Africa 0.80 20.12
KOR South Korea 0.72 27.61
SSD South Sudan 0.52 48.16
ESP Spain 0.81 18.69
LKA Sri Lanka 0.56 44.34
SDN Sudan 0.26 73.56
SUR Surinam 0.84 16.07
SWZ Swaziland 0.49 51.27
SWE Sweden 0.92 8.27
CHE Switzerland 0.88 12.13
SYR Syria 0.19 81.49
TWN Taiwan 0.76 24.37
TJK Tajikistan 0.50 50.27
TZA Tanzania 0.69 30.65
THA Thailand 0.55 44.69
TGO Togo 0.69 30.75
TON Tonga 0.75 24.97
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.79 20.62
TUN Tunisia 0.68 32.22
TUR Turkey 0.47 52.98
TKM Turkmenistan 0.16 84.19
UGA Uganda 0.64 35.94
UKR Ukraine 0.67 33.19
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.61 39.39
GBR United Kingdom 0.78 22.26
URY Uruguay 0.83 17.43
USA US 0.76 23.88
UZB Uzbekistan 0.34 66.11
VEN Venezuela 0.57 42.94
VNM Vietnam 0.26 73.96
YEM Yemen 0.34 65.8
ZMB Zambia 0.64 36.48
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.59 41.44
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.61
0.70
0.57
0.79
0.60
0.75
0.70
0.84
0.87
0.44
0.41
0.52
0.48
0.87
0.77
0.70
0.69

0.66
0.72
0.75
0.66
0.46
0.65
0.76
0.58
0.44
0.58
0.58
0.83
0.82
0.64
0.60
0.79
0.22
0.59
0.76
0.63
0.88
0.70
0.28
0.80
0.83
0.90
0.29
0.73
0.47
0.67
0.66
0.44
0.34
0.16
0.86
0.50
0.71
0.91
0.78
0.65
0.53
0.72
0.85
0.82
0.69
0.61
0.67
0.70
0.73
0.74
0.56
0.71
0.71
0.87
0.57
0.60
0.35
0.46
0.86
0.69
0.74
0.70
0.87
0.71
0.57
0.46
0.69
0.70
0.66
0.69
0.34
0.81
0.67
0.71
0.69
0.43
0.80
0.79
0.85
0.64
0.73
0.71
0.53
0.61
0.62
0.75
0.74
0.73
0.51
0.70
0.71
0.66
0.58
0.69
0.83
0.67
0.89
0.86
0.69
0.73
0.60
0.15
0.92
0.60
0.56
0.57
0.68
0.75
0.64
0.69
0.59
0.74
0.84
0.60
0.76
0.51
0.46
0.73
0.84
0.34
0.73
0.72
0.69
0.69
0.49
0.84
0.78
0.34
0.80
0.72
0.52
0.81
0.56
0.26
0.84
0.49
0.92
0.88
0.19
0.76
0.50
0.69
0.55
0.69
0.75
0.79
0.68
0.47
0.16
0.64
0.67
0.61
0.78
0.83
0.76
0.34
0.57
0.26
0.34
0.64
0.59
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF15VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.62 37.75
ALB Albania 0.70 29.92
DZA Algeria 0.58 41.69
ADO Andorra 0.80 19.87
AGO Angola 0.60 39.89
ARG Argentina 0.75 25.09
ARM Armenia 0.71 28.79
AUS Australia 0.82 17.84
AUT Austria 0.87 13.18
AZE Azerbaijan 0.42 57.89
BHR Bahrain 0.45 54.86
BGD Bangladesh 0.54 45.94
BLR Belarus 0.46 54.32
BEL Belgium 0.86 14.18
BLZ Belize 0.79 20.61
BEN Benin 0.71 28.97
BTN Bhutan 0.69 30.73

BOL Bolivia 0.68 31.78

BIH Bosnia-Herzegovin 0.72 28.45
BWA Botswana 0.77 22.91
BRA Brazil 0.67 32.62
BRN Brunei 0.46 53.85
BGR Bulgaria 0.66 34.46
BFA Burkina Faso 0.77 22.66
MMR Burma 0.55 45.48
BDI Burundi 0.46 54.1
KHM Cambodia 0.59 40.7
CMR Cameroon 0.59 40.53
CAN Canada 0.85 15.26
CPV Cape Verde 0.80 19.82
CAF Central African Rep 0.66 33.6
TCD Chad 0.59 40.59
CHL Chile 0.81 19.23
CHN China 0.19 80.96
COL Colombia 0.56 44.11
COM Comores 0.76 24.33
COG Congo-Brzzaville 0.64 35.84
CRI Costa Rica 0.89 11.1
HRV Croatia 0.72 27.91
CUB Cuba 0.30 70.23
CYP Cyprus 0.82 18.26
CZE Czech Republic 0.83 16.66
DNK Denmark 0.91 8.89
DJI Djibouti 0.29 70.9
DOM Dominican Republi 0.72 27.9
ZAR DRC 0.49 50.97
TMP East Timor 0.68 32.02
ECU Ecuador 0.67 33.21
EGY Egypt 0.46 54.45
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.34 66.47
ERI Eritrea 0.16 83.92
EST Estonia 0.86 14.31
ETH Ethiopia 0.55 45.13
FJI Fiji 0.71 29.37
FIN Finland 0.91 8.59
FRA France 0.76 23.83
GAB Gabon 0.68 32.2
GMB Gambia 0.53 46.53
GEO Georgia 0.72 27.96
DEU Germany 0.85 14.8
GHA Ghana 0.82 17.95
GRC Greece 0.70 30.35
GTM Guatemala 0.62 38.03
GIN Guinea 0.67 33.08
GNB Guinea Bissau 0.71 29.03
GUY Guyana 0.73 27.07
HTI Haiti 0.75 24.66
HND Honduras 0.55 44.62
HKG Hong Kong 0.72 28.5
HUN Hungary 0.72 28.17
ISL Iceland 0.85 15.3
IND India 0.57 43.17
IDN Indonesia 0.58 41.72
IRN Iran 0.33 66.52
IRQ Iraq 0.46 54.35
IRL Ireland 0.88 12.4
ISR Israel 0.67 32.58
ITA Italy 0.71 28.93
CIV Ivory Coast 0.70 30.17
JAM Jamaica 0.88 12.45
JPN Japan 0.71 28.67
JOR Jordan 0.56 44.49
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.45 54.55
KEN Kenya 0.69 31.16
KSV Kosovo 0.70 30.5
KWT Kuwait 0.67 32.59
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.70 30.16
LAO Laos 0.28 71.58
LVA Latvia 0.83 17.38
LBN Lebanon 0.68 31.95
LSO Lesotho 0.71 28.78
LBR Liberia 0.69 30.71
LBY Libya 0.42 57.89
LIE Liechtenstein 0.82 18.36
LTU Lithuania 0.80 19.95
LUX Luxembourg 0.86 14.43
MKD Macedonia 0.64 36.09
MDG Madagascar 0.73 27.04
MWI Malawi 0.72 28.12
MYS Malaysia 0.53 46.57
MDV Maldives 0.66 34.17
MLI Mali 0.60 39.83
MLT Malta 0.76 23.84
MRT Mauritania 0.76 24.03
MUS Mauritius 0.72 27.69
MEX Mexico 0.51 49.33
MDA Moldovia 0.71 28.83
MNG Mongolia 0.72 27.61
MNE Montenegro 0.67 32.79
MAR Morocco 0.57 42.64
MOZ Mozambique 0.70 30.25
NAM Namibia 0.85 15.15
NPL Nepal 0.67 32.62
NLD Netherlands 0.91 8.76
NZL New Zealand 0.90 10.01
NIC Nicaragua 0.71 28.82
NER niger 0.75 24.62
NGA Nigeria 0.64 35.9
PRK North Korea 0.16 83.76
NOR Norway 0.91 8.79
OMN Oman 0.60 40.43
PAK Pakistan 0.51 48.52
WBG Palestine 0.57 42.93
PAN Panama 0.69 30.59
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.74 25.81
PRY Paraguay 0.66 33.63
PER Peru 0.70 29.99
PHL Philippines 0.55 44.66
POL Poland 0.76 23.89
PRT Portugal 0.83 17.27
QAT Qatar 0.64 35.97
ROM Romania 0.76 24.29
RUS Russia 0.51 49.03
RWA Rwanda 0.45 54.61
SLV Salvador 0.73 27.2
WSM Samoa 0.81 18.8
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.40 59.72
SEN Senegal 0.72 27.99
SRB Serbia 0.72 27.6
SYC Seychelles 0.69 30.6
SLE Sierra Leona 0.70 29.94
SGP Singapore 0.47 52.96
SVK Slovakia 0.87 13.26
SVN Slovenia 0.78 22.26
SOM Somalia 0.35 65.35
ZAF South Africa 0.78 21.92
KOR South Korea 0.71 28.58
SSD South Sudan 0.55 44.87
ESP Spain 0.80 19.92
LKA Sri Lanka 0.55 44.96
SDN Sudan 0.27 72.53
SUR Surinam 0.83 16.7
SWZ Swaziland 0.48 52.37
SWE Sweden 0.88 12.33
CHE Switzerland 0.88 11.76
SYR Syria 0.19 81.35
TWN Taiwan 0.76 24.37
TJK Tajikistan 0.50 50.34
TZA Tanzania 0.71 28.65
THA Thailand 0.55 44.53
TGO Togo 0.70 30.31
TON Tonga 0.79 21.24
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.77 23.29
TUN Tunisia 0.68 31.6
TUR Turkey 0.49 50.76
TKM Turkmenistan 0.17 83.44
UGA Uganda 0.67 32.58
UKR Ukraine 0.67 32.93
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.63 36.73
GBR United Kingdom 0.78 21.7
URY Uruguay 0.84 15.88
USA US 0.78 22.49
UZB Uzbekistan 0.39 61.15
VEN Venezuela 0.55 44.77
VNM Vietnam 0.26 74.27
YEM Yemen 0.33 67.07
ZMB Zambia 0.65 35.08
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.60 40.41
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.62
0.70
0.58
0.80
0.60
0.75
0.71
0.82
0.87
0.42
0.45
0.54
0.46
0.86
0.79
0.71
0.69

0.68
0.72
0.77
0.67
0.46
0.66
0.77
0.55
0.46
0.59
0.59
0.85
0.80
0.66
0.59
0.81
0.19
0.56
0.76
0.64
0.89
0.72
0.30
0.82
0.83
0.91
0.29
0.72
0.49
0.68
0.67
0.46
0.34
0.16
0.86
0.55
0.71
0.91
0.76
0.68
0.53
0.72
0.85
0.82
0.70
0.62
0.67
0.71
0.73
0.75
0.55
0.72
0.72
0.85
0.57
0.58
0.33
0.46
0.88
0.67
0.71
0.70
0.88
0.71
0.56
0.45
0.69
0.70
0.67
0.70
0.28
0.83
0.68
0.71
0.69
0.42
0.82
0.80
0.86
0.64
0.73
0.72
0.53
0.66
0.60
0.76
0.76
0.72
0.51
0.71
0.72
0.67
0.57
0.70
0.85
0.67
0.91
0.90
0.71
0.75
0.64
0.16
0.91
0.60
0.51
0.57
0.69
0.74
0.66
0.70
0.55
0.76
0.83
0.64
0.76
0.51
0.45
0.73
0.81
0.40
0.72
0.72
0.69
0.70
0.47
0.87
0.78
0.35
0.78
0.71
0.55
0.80
0.55
0.27
0.83
0.48
0.88
0.88
0.19
0.76
0.50
0.71
0.55
0.70
0.79
0.77
0.68
0.49
0.17
0.67
0.67
0.63
0.78
0.84
0.78
0.39
0.55
0.26
0.33
0.65
0.60
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF14VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.63 37.44
ALB Albania 0.71 28.77
DZA Algeria 0.63 36.63
ADO Andorra 0.80 19.87
AGO Angola 0.62 37.84
ARG Argentina 0.74 26.11
ARM Armenia 0.72 28.43
AUS Australia 0.83 17.3
AUT Austria 0.89 10.85
AZE Azerbaijan 0.42 58.41
BHR Bahrain 0.41 58.69
BGD Bangladesh 0.57 42.95
BLR Belarus 0.52 47.98
BEL Belgium 0.88 11.98
BLZ Belize 0.81 18.54
BEN Benin 0.71 29.24
BTN Bhutan 0.67 32.65

BOL Bolivia 0.69 31.29

BIH Bosnia and Herzeg 0.72 27.51
BWA Botswana 0.77 22.91
BRA Brazil 0.68 31.93
BRN Brunei Darussalam 0.63 36.76
BGR Bulgaria 0.67 32.91
BFA Burkina Faso 0.76 23.79
BDI Burundi 0.57 42.93
KHM Cambodia 0.59 40.99
CMR Cameroon 0.60 39.63
CAN Canada 0.89 10.99
CPV Cape Verde 0.79 20.69
CAF Central African 0.66 33.84
TCD Chad 0.60 40.17
CHL Chile 0.76 23.8
CHN China 0.26 73.55
COL Colombia 0.60 39.8
COM Comoros 0.75 24.52
CRI Costa Rica 0.88 12.26
HRV Croatia 0.74 26.12
CIV Cote d'Ivoire 0.70 30.45
CUB Cuba 0.30 70.21
CYP Cyprus 0.83 16.52
CZE Czech Republic 0.88 11.62
PRK Democratic People' 0.17 83.25
DNK Denmark 0.92 8.24
DJI Djibouti 0.29 71.4
DOM Dominican Republi 0.73 27.31
ECU Ecuador 0.66 33.65
EGY Egypt 0.50 50.17
SLV El Salvador 0.76 23.66
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.34 66.23
ERI Eritrea 0.15 84.86
EST Estonia 0.89 11.19
ETH Ethiopia 0.58 41.83
FJI Fiji 0.69 31.28
FIN Finland 0.92 7.52
FRA France 0.79 21.15
GAB Gabon 0.69 31.38
GMB Gambia 0.55 44.5
GEO Georgia 0.72 27.7
DEU Germany 0.89 11.47
GHA Ghana 0.85 15.5
GRC Greece 0.69 31.1
GTM Guatemala 0.62 37.92
GIN Guinea 0.67 32.56
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.71 28.7
GUY Guyana 0.73 27.21
HTI Haiti 0.74 25.8
HND Honduras 0.61 39.27
HKG Hong Kong 0.72 27.76
HUN Hungary 0.73 27.44
ISL Iceland 0.86 13.87
IND India 0.60 40.49
IDN Indonesia 0.59 40.75
IRQ Iraq 0.52 47.76
IRL Ireland 0.89 11.2
IRN Islamic Republic of 0.28 72.32
ISR Israel 0.67 32.9
ITA Italy 0.72 27.94
JAM Jamaica 0.89 11.18
JPN Japan 0.73 26.95
JOR Jordan 0.57 42.7
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.47 53.46
KEN Kenya 0.67 32.7
KSV Kosovo 0.69 30.63
KWT Kuwait 0.69 30.84
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.69 30.69
LAO Lao People's Democ 0.29 71.25
LVA Latvia 0.82 18.12
LBN Lebanon 0.68 31.81
LSO Lesotho 0.72 28.36
LBR Liberia 0.69 30.78
LBY Libya 0.54 45.99
LIE Liechtenstein 0.82 17.67
LTU Lithuania 0.81 18.8
LUX Luxembourg 0.86 13.61
MKD Macedonia 0.64 36.26
MDG Madagascar 0.73 27.43
MWI Malawi 0.74 26.41
MYS Malaysia 0.57 43.29
MDV Maldives 0.66 34.32
MLI Mali 0.64 36.33
MLT Malta 0.76 24.16
MRT Mauritania 0.75 25.27
MUS Mauritius 0.72 27.69
MEX Mexico 0.56 43.69
MNG Mongolia 0.75 25.25
MNE Montenegro 0.65 34.63
MAR Morocco 0.61 39.19
MOZ Mozambique 0.70 29.98
MMR Myanmar 0.57 42.8
NAM Namibia 0.88 12.5
NPL Nepal 0.67 32.71
NLD Netherlands 0.91 9.22
NZL New Zealand 0.89 10.6
NIC Nicaragua 0.72 27.94
NER Niger 0.76 23.85
NGA Nigeria 0.65 34.9
NOR Norway 0.92 7.75
OMN Oman 0.61 38.83
PAK Pakistan 0.50 50.46
WBG Palestine 0.59 41.1
PAN Panama 0.71 28.98
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.74 25.87
PRY Paraguay 0.66 33.74
PER Peru 0.69 31.21
PHL Philippines 0.59 41.19
POL Poland 0.87 12.71
PRT Portugal 0.83 17.11
QAT Qatar 0.65 35.35
KOR Republic of Korea 0.73 26.55
MDA Republic of Moldo 0.72 27.85
COG Republic of the Co 0.66 33.56
ROM Romania 0.75 24.9
RUS Russian Federation 0.55 44.97
RWA Rwanda 0.43 56.57
WSM Samoa 0.78 22.32
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.41 59.41
SEN Senegal 0.72 27.77
SRB Serbia 0.72 27.66
SYC Seychelles 0.68 31.55
SLE Sierra Leone 0.72 28.47
SGP Singapore 0.54 45.87
SVK Slovakia 0.88 11.66
SVN Slovenia 0.79 20.55
SOM Somalia 0.28 72.31
ZAF South Africa 0.77 22.6
SSD South Sudan 0.62 38.4
ESP Spain 0.80 19.95
LKA Sri Lanka 0.40 60.28
SDN Sudan 0.28 72.34
SUR Suriname 0.82 18.2
SWZ Swaziland 0.53 47.28
SWE Sweden 0.91 9.47
CHE Switzerland 0.86 13.85
SYR Syrian Arab Republ 0.23 77.29
TWN Taiwan 0.75 24.83
TJK Tajikistan 0.64 36.19
THA Thailand 0.59 40.7
ZAR The Democratic Re 0.56 44.31
TMP Timor-Leste 0.67 32.63
TGO Togo 0.72 28.5
TON Tonga 0.77 23.37
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.78 22.39
TUN Tunisia 0.61 38.68
TUR Turkey 0.56 44.16
TKM Turkmenistan 0.19 80.83
UGA Uganda 0.68 31.65
UKR Ukraine 0.61 39.1
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.63 36.73
GBR United Kingdom 0.79 20.7
TZA United Republic Of 0.71 28.9
USA United States 0.76 24.41
URY Uruguay 0.84 15.94
UZB Uzbekistan 0.39 61.14
VEN Venezuela 0.59 40.61
VNM Vietnam 0.27 72.63
YEM Yemen 0.34 66.36
ZMB Zambia 0.66 34.35
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.61 39.19
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
100
0
0
VA

0.63
0.71
0.63
0.80
0.62
0.74
0.72
0.83
0.89
0.42
0.41
0.57
0.52
0.88
0.81
0.71
0.67

0.69
0.72
0.77
0.68
0.63
0.67
0.76
0.57
0.59
0.60
0.89
0.79
0.66
0.60
0.76
0.26
0.60
0.75
0.88
0.74
0.70
0.30
0.83
0.88
0.17
0.92
0.29
0.73
0.66
0.50
0.76
0.34
0.15
0.89
0.58
0.69
0.92
0.79
0.69
0.55
0.72
0.89
0.85
0.69
0.62
0.67
0.71
0.73
0.74
0.61
0.72
0.73
0.86
0.60
0.59
0.52
0.89
0.28
0.67
0.72
0.89
0.73
0.57
0.47
0.67
0.69
0.69
0.69
0.29
0.82
0.68
0.72
0.69
0.54
0.82
0.81
0.86
0.64
0.73
0.74
0.57
0.66
0.64
0.76
0.75
0.72
0.56
0.75
0.65
0.61
0.70
0.57
0.88
0.67
0.91
0.89
0.72
0.76
0.65
0.92
0.61
0.50
0.59
0.71
0.74
0.66
0.69
0.59
0.87
0.83
0.65
0.73
0.72
0.66
0.75
0.55
0.43
0.78
0.41
0.72
0.72
0.68
0.72
0.54
0.88
0.79
0.28
0.77
0.62
0.80
0.40
0.28
0.82
0.53
0.91
0.86
0.23
0.75
0.64
0.59
0.56
0.67
0.72
0.77
0.78
0.61
0.56
0.19
0.68
0.61
0.63
0.79
0.71
0.76
0.84
0.39
0.59
0.27
0.34
0.66
0.61
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data Rescaled Data

Reporters Reporters Reporters

without without without
Borders Borders Borders
Max 85 85
Min 5 5
Orientation 0 0
Assigned to VA VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF13VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.60 37.07 0.60
ALB Albania 0.69 29.92 0.69
DZA Algeria 0.61 36.26 0.61
ADO Andorra 0.98 6.82 0.98
AGO Angola 0.61 36.5 0.61
ARG Argentina 0.75 25.27 0.75
ARM Armenia 0.70 29.07 0.70
AUS Australia 0.85 16.91 0.85
AUT Austria 0.94 10.01 0.94
AZE Azerbaijan 0.40 52.87 0.40
BHR Bahrain 0.33 58.26 0.33
BGD Bangladesh 0.53 42.58 0.53
BLR Belarus 0.46 47.82 0.46
BEL Belgium 0.90 12.8 0.90
BLZ Belize 0.85 17.05 0.85
BEN Benin 0.70 28.83 0.70

BTN Bhutan 0.68 30.73 0.68

BOL Bolivia 0.67 31.04 0.67
BIH Bosnia and Herzeg 0.73 26.86 0.73
BWA Botswana 0.78 22.91 0.78
BRA Brazil 0.64 34.03 0.64
BRN Brunei Darussalam 0.62 35.45 0.62
BGR Bulgaria 0.67 31.42 0.67
BFA Burkina Faso 0.76 24.45 0.76
BDI Burundi 0.56 40.5 0.56
CIV Cote d'Ivoire 0.67 31.63 0.67
KHM Cambodia 0.55 40.97 0.55
CMR Cameroon 0.59 38.13 0.59
CAN Canada 0.93 10.99 0.93
CPV Cape Verde 0.88 14.32 0.88
CAF Central African 0.65 33.13 0.65
TCD Chad 0.56 40.22 0.56
CHL Chile 0.74 25.8 0.74
CHN China 0.15 72.91 0.15
COL Colombia 0.60 36.68 0.60
COM Comoros 0.76 24.52 0.76
CRI Costa Rica 0.91 12.23 0.91
HRV Croatia 0.73 26.82 0.73
CUB Cuba 0.18 70.92 0.18
CYP Cyprus 0.88 14.45 0.88
CZE Czech Republic 0.94 10.07 0.94
PRK Democratic People' 0.04 81.96 0.04
DNK Denmark 0.97 7.43 0.97
DJI Djibouti 0.18 70.34 0.18
DOM Dominican Republi 0.72 27.17 0.72
ECU Ecuador 0.67 31.16 0.67
EGY Egypt 0.41 51.89 0.41
SLV El Salvador 0.79 21.57 0.79
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.21 67.95 0.21
ERI Eritrea 0.00 84.83 0.00
EST Estonia 0.94 9.63 0.94
ETH Ethiopia 0.56 40.58 0.56
FJI Fiji 0.66 32.57 0.66
FIN Finland 0.98 6.4 0.98
FRA France 0.79 21.89 0.79
GAB Gabon 0.67 31.32 0.67
GMB Gambia 0.48 46.42 0.48
GEO Georgia 0.69 29.78 0.69
DEU Germany 0.93 10.23 0.93
GHA Ghana 0.86 16.29 0.86
GRC Greece 0.67 31.33 0.67
GTM Guatemala 0.60 36.61 0.60
GIN Guinea 0.67 31.67 0.67
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.69 30.05 0.69
GUY Guyana 0.72 27.08 0.72
HTI Haiti 0.77 23.53 0.77
HND Honduras 0.60 37.14 0.60
HKG Hong Kong 0.73 26.55 0.73
HUN Hungary 0.73 26.73 0.73
ISL Iceland 0.96 8.5 0.96
IND India 0.56 40.34 0.56
IDN Indonesia 0.59 38.15 0.59
IRQ Iraq 0.49 45.44 0.49
IRL Ireland 0.93 10.87 0.93
IRN Islamic Republic of 0.16 72.29 0.16
ISR Israel 0.67 31.19 0.67
ITA Italy 0.77 23.75 0.77
JAM Jamaica 0.93 10.9 0.93
JPN Japan 0.74 26.02 0.74
JOR Jordan 0.56 40.42 0.56
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.38 54.94 0.38
KEN Kenya 0.68 30.7 0.68
KSV Kosovo 0.70 29.29 0.70
KWT Kuwait 0.68 30.71 0.68
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.67 31.24 0.67
LAO Lao People's Democ 0.17 71.22 0.17
LVA Latvia 0.80 21.1 0.80
LBN Lebanon 0.66 31.89 0.66
LSO Lesotho 0.71 28.36 0.71
LBR Liberia 0.68 30.65 0.68
LBY Libya 0.56 39.84 0.56
LIE Liechtenstein 0.97 7.02 0.97
LTU Lithuania 0.82 19.2 0.82
LUX Luxembourg 0.98 6.7 0.98
MKD Macedonia 0.61 36.43 0.61
MDG Madagascar 0.70 29.38 0.70
MWI Malawi 0.71 28.29 0.71
MYS Malaysia 0.53 42.73 0.53
MDV Maldives 0.65 33.11 0.65
MLI Mali 0.61 36.29 0.61
MLT Malta 0.76 23.84 0.76
MRT Mauritania 0.73 26.53 0.73
MUS Mauritius 0.72 27.69 0.72
MEX Mexico 0.50 45.04 0.50
MNG Mongolia 0.68 30.3 0.68
MNE Montenegro 0.63 34.78 0.63
MAR Morocco 0.57 39.72 0.57
MOZ Mozambique 0.70 29.26 0.70
MMR Myanmar 0.54 41.43 0.54
NAM Namibia 0.91 12.5 0.91
NPL Nepal 0.61 36.16 0.61
NLD Netherlands 0.98 6.46 0.98
NZL New Zealand 0.96 8.55 0.96
NIC Nicaragua 0.72 27.7 0.72
NER Niger 0.77 23.59 0.77
NGA Nigeria 0.63 34.24 0.63
NOR Norway 0.98 6.52 0.98
OMN Oman 0.58 38.83 0.58
PAK Pakistan 0.42 51.46 0.42
WBG Palestine 0.56 40.11 0.56
PAN Panama 0.69 30.2 0.69
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.77 23.46 0.77
PRY Paraguay 0.66 31.81 0.66
PER Peru 0.67 31.7 0.67
PHL Philippines 0.52 43.69 0.52
POL Poland 0.92 11.03 0.92
PRT Portugal 0.84 17.73 0.84
QAT Qatar 0.63 34.32 0.63
KOR Republic of Korea 0.74 25.66 0.74
MDA Republic of Moldo 0.75 25.35 0.75
COG Republic of the Co 0.69 29.44 0.69
ROM Romania 0.77 23.48 0.77
RUS Russian Federation 0.53 42.78 0.53
RWA Rwanda 0.36 56.57 0.36
WSM Samoa 0.79 22.02 0.79
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.33 58.3 0.33
SEN Senegal 0.73 26.68 0.73
SRB Serbia 0.75 25.05 0.75
SYC Seychelles 0.67 31.68 0.67
SLE Sierra Leone 0.71 28.23 0.71
SGP Singapore 0.51 44.29 0.51
SVK Slovakia 0.92 11.39 0.92
SVN Slovenia 0.81 20.38 0.81
SOM Somalia 0.15 73.19 0.15
ZAF South Africa 0.77 23.19 0.77
SSD South Sudan 0.61 36.05 0.61
ESP Spain 0.80 20.63 0.80
LKA Sri Lanka 0.32 59.13 0.32
SDN Sudan 0.16 71.88 0.16
SUR Suriname 0.84 18.2 0.84
SWZ Swaziland 0.48 46.76 0.48
SWE Sweden 0.95 8.98 0.95
CHE Switzerland 0.93 10.47 0.93
SYR Syrian Arab Republ 0.10 77.04 0.10
TWN Taiwan 0.76 23.82 0.76
TJK Tajikistan 0.63 34.86 0.63
THA Thailand 0.59 37.94 0.59
ZAR The Democratic Re 0.50 44.64 0.50
TMP Timor-Leste 0.70 29.04 0.70
TGO Togo 0.70 29 0.70
TON Tonga 0.73 26.7 0.73
TTO Trinidad and Toba 0.77 23.28 0.77
TUN Tunisia 0.58 38.69 0.58
TUR Turkey 0.49 45.87 0.49
TKM Turkmenistan 0.05 80.81 0.05
UGA Uganda 0.65 33.29 0.65
UKR Ukraine 0.60 36.93 0.60
ARE United Arab Emirat 0.61 36.03 0.61
GBR United Kingdom 0.81 19.93 0.81
TZA United Republic Of 0.72 27.3 0.72
USA United States 0.77 23.49 0.77
URY Uruguay 0.86 16.08 0.86
UZB Uzbekistan 0.30 61.01 0.30
VEN Venezuela 0.62 35.37 0.62
VNM Vietnam 0.16 72.36 0.16
YEM Yemen 0.22 67.26 0.22
ZMB Zambia 0.68 30.89 0.68
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.57 39.19 0.57
Rescaled Data
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 85
Min 5
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF12VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.60 37.36
ALB Albania 0.68 30.88
DZA Algeria 0.61 36.54
ADO Andorra 0.98 6.82
AGO Angola 0.59 37.80
ARG Argentina 0.74 25.67
ARM Armenia 0.71 28.04
AUS Australia 0.87 15.24
AUT Austria 0.95 9.40
AZE Azerbaijan 0.47 47.73
BHR Bahrain 0.28 62.75
BGD Bangladesh 0.54 42.01
BLR Belarus 0.46 48.35
BEL Belgium 0.90 12.94
BEN Benin 0.71 28.33
BTN Bhutan 0.71 28.42
BOL Bolivia 0.65 32.80
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.73 26.86
BWA Botswana 0.78 22.91
BRA Brazil 0.65 32.75
BRN Brunei 0.62 35.45
BGR Bulgaria 0.71 28.58
BFA Burkina Faso 0.77 23.70
MMR Burma 0.50 44.71
BDI Burundi 0.59 38.02
KHM Cambodia 0.54 41.81
CMR Cameroon 0.63 34.78
CAN Canada 0.90 12.69
CPV Cape Verde 0.88 14.33
Central African
CAF Republic 0.73 26.61
TCD Chad 0.63 34.87
CHL Chile 0.73 26.24
CHN China 0.15 73.07
COL Colombia 0.59 37.48
COM Comoros 0.76 24.52
CRI Costa Rica 0.91 12.08
HRV Croatia 0.73 26.61
CUB Cuba 0.17 71.64
CYP Cyprus 0.89 13.83
CZE Czech Republic 0.94 10.17
DNK Denmark 0.97 7.08
DJI Djibouti 0.22 67.40
DOM Dominican Republic 0.71 28.34
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.54 41.66
TMP East Timor 0.70 28.72
ECU Ecuador 0.63 34.69
EGY Egypt 0.45 48.66
SLV El Salvador 0.78 22.86
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.22 67.20
ERI Eritrea 0.00 84.83
EST Estonia 0.95 9.26
ETH Ethiopia 0.57 39.57
FJI Fiji 0.65 32.69
FIN Finland 0.98 6.38
FRA France 0.79 21.60
GAB Gabon 0.70 28.69
GMB Gambia 0.50 45.09
GEO Georgia 0.69 30.09
DEU Germany 0.93 10.24
GHA Ghana 0.85 17.27
GRC Greece 0.71 28.46
GTM Guatemala 0.70 29.39
GIN Guinea 0.71 28.49
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.70 28.94
GUY Guyana 0.72 27.08
HTI Haiti 0.76 24.09
HND Honduras 0.60 36.92
HKG Hong-Kong 0.74 26.16
HUN Hungary 0.74 26.09
ISL Iceland 0.96 8.49
IND India 0.55 41.22
IDN Indonesia 0.55 41.05
IRN Iran 0.14 73.40
IRQ Iraq 0.50 44.67
IRL Ireland 0.94 10.06
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.65 32.97
ITA Italy 0.74 26.11
CIV Ivory Coast 0.69 29.77
JAM Jamaica 0.94 9.88
JPN Japan 0.75 25.17
JOR Jordan 0.58 38.47
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.37 55.08
KEN Kenya 0.72 27.80
KSV Kosovo 0.71 28.47
KWT Kuwait 0.71 28.28
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.66 32.20
LAO Laos 0.21 67.99
LVA Latvia 0.78 22.89
LBN Lebanon 0.69 30.15
LSO Lesotho 0.71 28.36
LBR Liberia 0.69 29.89
LBY Libya 0.59 37.86
LIE Liechtenstein 0.97 7.35
LTU Lithuania 0.83 18.24
LUX Luxembourg 0.98 6.68
MDG Madagascar 0.70 28.62
MWI Malawi 0.71 28.18
MYS Malaysia 0.53 42.73
MDV Maldives 0.67 31.10
MLI Mali 0.69 30.03
MLT Malta 0.77 23.30
MRT Mauritania 0.73 26.76
MUS Mauritius 0.73 26.47
MEX Mexico 0.50 45.30
MDA Moldova 0.74 26.01
MNG Mongolia 0.69 29.93
MNE Montenegro 0.65 32.97
MAR Morocco 0.57 39.04
MOZ Mozambique 0.71 28.01
NAM Namibia 0.91 12.50
NPL Nepal 0.63 34.61
NLD Netherlands 0.98 6.48
NZL New Zealand 0.96 8.38
NIC Nicaragua 0.71 28.31
NER Niger 0.77 23.08
NGA Nigeria 0.64 34.11
PRK North Korea 0.01 83.90
NOR Norway 0.98 6.52
OMN Oman 0.54 41.51
PAK Pakistan 0.42 51.31
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.52 43.09
PAN Panama 0.65 32.95
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.78 22.97
PRY Paraguay 0.70 28.78
PER Peru 0.66 31.87
PHL Philippines 0.52 43.11
POL Poland 0.90 13.11
PRT Portugal 0.85 16.75
QAT Qatar 0.65 32.86
MKD Macedonia 0.63 34.27
Republic of the
COG Congo 0.71 28.20
ROM Romania 0.77 23.05
RUS Russia 0.52 43.42
RWA Rwanda 0.37 55.46
WSM Samoa 0.76 23.84
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.35 56.88
SEN Senegal 0.74 26.19
SRB Serbia 0.73 26.59
SYC Seychelles 0.70 29.19
SLE Sierra Leone 0.73 26.35
SGP Singapore 0.52 43.43
SVK Slovakia 0.90 13.25
SVN Slovenia 0.81 20.49
SOM Somalia 0.14 73.59
ZAF South Africa 0.76 24.56
KOR South Korea 0.76 24.48
SSD South Sudan 0.61 36.20
ESP Spain 0.81 20.50
LKA Sri Lanka 0.36 56.59
SDN Sudan 0.19 70.06
SUR Surinam 0.84 18.19
SWZ Swaziland 0.48 46.76
SWE Sweden 0.95 9.23
CHE Switzerland 0.94 9.94
SYR Syria 0.08 78.53
TWN Taiwan 0.76 23.82
TJK Tajikistan 0.62 35.71
TZA Tanzania 0.72 27.34
THA Thailand 0.58 38.60
TGO Togo 0.71 28.45
TON Tonga 0.73 26.70

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.77 23.12

TUN Tunisia 0.56 39.93
TUR Turkey 0.48 46.56
TKM Turkmenistan 0.07 79.14
UGA Uganda 0.67 31.69
UKR Ukraine 0.60 36.79

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.64 33.49

GBR United Kingdom 0.85 16.89
United States of
USA America 0.83 18.22
URY Uruguay 0.86 15.92
UZB Uzbekistan 0.31 60.39
VEN Venezuela 0.63 34.44
VNM Vietnam 0.17 71.78
YEM Yemen 0.20 69.22
ZMB Zambia 0.71 27.93
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.59 38.12
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
85
5
0
VA

0.60
0.68
0.61
0.98
0.59
0.74
0.71
0.87
0.95
0.47
0.28
0.54
0.46
0.90
0.71
0.71
0.65

0.73
0.78
0.65
0.62
0.71
0.77
0.50
0.59
0.54
0.63
0.90
0.88

0.73
0.63
0.73
0.15
0.59
0.76
0.91
0.73
0.17
0.89
0.94
0.97
0.22
0.71

0.54
0.70
0.63
0.45
0.78
0.22
0.00
0.95
0.57
0.65
0.98
0.79
0.70
0.50
0.69
0.93
0.85
0.71
0.70
0.71
0.70
0.72
0.76
0.60
0.74
0.74
0.96
0.55
0.55
0.14
0.50
0.94

0.65
0.74
0.69
0.94
0.75
0.58
0.37
0.72
0.71
0.71
0.66
0.21
0.78
0.69
0.71
0.69
0.59
0.97
0.83
0.98
0.70
0.71
0.53
0.67
0.69
0.77
0.73
0.73
0.50
0.74
0.69
0.65
0.57
0.71
0.91
0.63
0.98
0.96
0.71
0.77
0.64
0.01
0.98
0.54
0.42

0.52
0.65
0.78
0.70
0.66
0.52
0.90
0.85
0.65
0.63

0.71
0.77
0.52
0.37
0.76
0.35
0.74
0.73
0.70
0.73
0.52
0.90
0.81
0.14
0.76
0.76
0.61
0.81
0.36
0.19
0.84
0.48
0.95
0.94
0.08
0.76
0.62
0.72
0.58
0.71
0.73

0.77
0.56
0.48
0.07
0.67
0.60

0.64
0.85

0.83
0.86
0.31
0.63
0.17
0.20
0.71
0.59
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters Reporters
without without
Borders Borders
Max 142
Min -10
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF11VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.45 74.00
ALB Albania 0.71 34.44
DZA Algeria 0.57 56
AGO Angola 0.55 58.43
ARG Argentina 0.84 14
ARM Armenia 0.76 27
AUS Australia 0.91 4
AUT Austria 0.99 -8
AZE Azerbaijan 0.36 87.25
BHR Bahrain 0.11 125
BGD Bangladesh 0.56 57
BLR Belarus 0.28 99
BEL Belgium 0.95 -2
BEN Benin 0.73 31
BTN Bhutan 0.78 24
BOL Bolivia 0.67 40
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.81 19.5
BWA Botswana 0.86 12
BRA Brazil 0.70 35.33
BRN Brunei 0.56 56.2
BGR Bulgaria 0.74 29
BFA Burkina Faso 0.78 23.33
MMR Burma 0.28 100
BDI Burundi 0.55 57.75
KHM Cambodia 0.57 55
CMR Cameroon 0.70 35
CAN Canada 0.97 -5.67
CPV Cape Verde 0.97 -6
Central African
CAF Republic 0.80 20
TCD Chad 0.69 37.67
CHL Chile 0.74 29
CHN China 0.04 136
COL Colombia 0.50 66.50
COM Comoros 0.85 13
COG Congo 0.73 30.38
CRI Costa Rica 0.95 -2.25
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.38 83.50
HRV Croatia 0.78 23.33
CUB Cuba 0.28 98.83
CYP Cyprus 0.95 -3
CZE Czech Republic 0.97 -5
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.49 67.67
DNK Denmark 0.97 -5.67
DJI Djibouti 0.38 83.50
DOM Dominican Republic 0.72 33.25
ECU Ecuador 0.68 38
EGY Egypt 0.29 97.50
SLV El Salvador 0.87 9.3
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.37 86.00
ERI Eritrea 0.00 142
EST Estonia 0.99 -9
ETH Ethiopia 0.56 56.6
FJI Fiji 0.57 55
FIN Finland 1.00 -10
FRA France 0.87 9.5
GAB Gabon 0.69 36.5
GMB Gambia 0.50 65.50
GEO Georgia 0.68 38
DEU Germany 0.95 -3
GHA Ghana 0.86 11
GRC Greece 0.78 24
GTM Guatemala 0.70 35
GIN Guinea 0.74 30
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.76 26
GUY Guyana 0.81 19.5
HTI Haiti 0.83 15.67
HND Honduras 0.53 61
HKG Hong-Kong 0.82 17
HUN Hungary 0.87 10
ISL Iceland 0.98 -7
IND India 0.55 58
IDN Indonesia 0.49 68.00
IRN Iran 0.04 136.6
IRQ Iraq 0.44 75.36
IRL Ireland 0.96 -4
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.73 31.25
ITA Italy 0.80 19.67
JAM Jamaica 0.95 -3
JPN Japan 0.94 -1
JOR Jordan 0.56 56.8
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.42 77.50
KEN Kenya 0.74 29.5
KSV Kosovo 0.74 30
KWT Kuwait 0.75 28
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.67 40
LAO Laos 0.35 89.00
LVA Latvia 0.84 15
LBN Lebanon 0.73 31.5
LSO Lesotho 0.80 21
LBR Liberia 0.67 40.5
LBY Libya 0.42 77.50
LTU Lithuania 0.91 4
LUX Luxembourg 0.98 -7
MKD Macedonia 0.73 31.67
MDG Madagascar 0.74 29.5
MWI Malawi 0.49 68.00
MYS Malaysia 0.57 56
MDV Maldives 0.77 25
MLI Mali 0.93 0
MLT Malta 0.81 19.5
MRT Mauritania 0.79 22.2
MUS Mauritius 0.82 17
MEX Mexico 0.46 72.67
MDA Moldova 0.83 16
MNG Mongolia 0.70 35.75
MNE Montenegro 0.68 39
MAR Morocco 0.52 63.29
MOZ Mozambique 0.79 21.5
NAM Namibia 0.95 -2
NPL Nepal 0.68 38.75
NLD Netherlands 0.99 -9
NZL New Zealand 0.97 -5.33
NIC Nicaragua 0.77 24.33
NER Niger 0.92 2.5
NGA Nigeria 0.56 56.4
PRK North Korea 0.01 141
NOR Norway 1.00 -10
OMN Oman 0.57 55
PAK Pakistan 0.44 75.00
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.43 76.00
PAN Panama 0.63 45.67
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.88 9
PRY Paraguay 0.74 29
PER Peru 0.60 51.25
PHL Philippines 0.51 64.50
POL Poland 0.94 -0.67
PRT Portugal 0.90 5.33
QAT Qatar 0.63 46
ROM Romania 0.84 14
RUS Russia 0.50 66.00
RWA Rwanda 0.40 81.00
WSM Samoa 0.82 17
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.39 83.25
SEN Senegal 0.76 26
SRB Serbia 0.74 29
SYC Seychelles 0.77 25
SLE Sierra Leone 0.80 21
SGP Singapore 0.53 61
SVK Slovakia 0.93 0
SVN Slovenia 0.87 9.14
SOM Somalia 0.35 88.33
ZAF South Africa 0.86 12
KOR South Korea 0.85 12.67
SSD South Sudan 0.66 41.25
ESP Spain 0.87 9.75
LKA Sri Lanka 0.36 87.50
SDN Sudan 0.27 100.75
SUR Surinam 0.94 -1
SWZ Swaziland 0.49 67.00
SWE Sweden 0.97 -5.5
CHE Switzerland 0.98 -6.2
SYR Syria 0.03 138
TWN Taiwan 0.85 13
TJK Tajikistan 0.57 56
TZA Tanzania 0.89 6
THA Thailand 0.53 61.5
TMP Timor-Leste 0.74 30
TGO Togo 0.75 28.5
TON Tonga 0.80 21

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.84 15

TUN Tunisia 0.54 60.25
TUR Turkey 0.47 70.00
TKM Turkmenistan 0.01 140.67
UGA Uganda 0.51 64
UKR Ukraine 0.58 54

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.64 45

GBR United Kingdom 0.92 2
United States of
USA America 0.84 14
URY Uruguay 0.91 4.25
UZB Uzbekistan 0.39 83.00
VEN Venezuela 0.57 55
VNM Vietnam 0.18 114
YEM Yemen 0.27 101
ZMB Zambia 0.74 30
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.57 55
Rescaled Data

Reporters
without
Borders
142
-10
0
VA

0.45
0.71
0.57
0.55
0.84
0.76
0.91
0.99
0.36
0.11
0.56
0.28
0.95
0.73
0.78
0.67

0.81
0.86
0.70
0.56
0.74
0.78
0.28
0.55
0.57
0.70
0.97
0.97

0.80
0.69
0.74
0.04
0.50
0.85
0.73
0.95
0.38
0.78
0.28
0.95
0.97

0.49
0.97
0.38
0.72
0.68
0.29
0.87
0.37
0.00
0.99
0.56
0.57
1.00
0.87
0.69
0.50
0.68
0.95
0.86
0.78
0.70
0.74
0.76
0.81
0.83
0.53
0.82
0.87
0.98
0.55
0.49
0.04
0.44
0.96

0.73
0.80
0.95
0.94
0.56
0.42
0.74
0.74
0.75
0.67
0.35
0.84
0.73
0.80
0.67
0.42
0.91
0.98
0.73
0.74
0.49
0.57
0.77
0.93
0.81
0.79
0.82
0.46
0.83
0.70
0.68
0.52
0.79
0.95
0.68
0.99
0.97
0.77
0.92
0.56
0.01
1.00
0.57
0.44

0.43
0.63
0.88
0.74
0.60
0.51
0.94
0.90
0.63
0.84
0.50
0.40
0.82
0.39
0.76
0.74
0.77
0.80
0.53
0.93
0.87
0.35
0.86
0.85
0.66
0.87
0.36
0.27
0.94
0.49
0.97
0.98
0.03
0.85
0.57
0.89
0.53
0.74
0.75
0.80

0.84
0.54
0.47
0.01
0.51
0.58

0.64
0.92

0.84
0.91
0.39
0.57
0.18
0.27
0.74
0.57
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
without
Borders
Max 105
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF10VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.51 51.67
ALB Albania 0.80 21.5
DZA Algeria 0.55 47.33
AGO Angola 0.73 28.5
ARG Argentina 0.84 16.35
ARM Armenia 0.74 27.5
AUS Australia 0.95 5.38
AUT Austria 1.00 0.5
AZE Azerbaijan 0.46 56.38
BHR Bahrein 0.51 51.38
BGD Bangladesh 0.60 42.5
BLR Belarus 0.46 57.00
BEL Belgium 0.96 4
BEN Benin 0.82 19
BTN Bhutan 0.83 17.75
BOL Bolivia 0.73 28.13
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.87 13.5
BWA Botswana 0.83 17.5
BRA Brazil 0.84 16.6
BRN Brunei 0.51 51.00
BGR Bulgaria 0.82 19
BFA Burkina Faso 0.86 15
MMR Burma 0.10 94.5
BDI Burundi 0.72 28.88
KHM Cambodia 0.58 43.83
CMR Cameroon 0.58 44.3
CAN Canada 0.93 7
CPV Cape Verde 0.92 8
Central African
CAF Republic 0.82 18.5
TCD Chad 0.68 33.17
CHL Chile 0.90 10.5
CHN China 0.19 84.67
COL Colombia 0.51 51.50
COM Comoros 0.82 19
COG Congo 0.68 33.6
CRI Costa Rica 0.92 8.08
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.66 36
HRV Croatia 0.83 17.5
CUB Cuba 0.26 78.00
CYP Cyprus 0.87 13.4
CZE Czech Republic 0.93 7.5
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.51 51.83
DNK Denmark 0.98 2.5
DJI Djibouti 0.71 30.5
DOM Dominican Republic 0.75 26.13
ECU Ecuador 0.74 27.5
EGY Egypt 0.59 43.33
SLV El Salvador 0.85 15.83
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.25 79
ERI Eritrea 0.00 105
EST Estonia 0.98 2
ETH Ethiopia 0.53 49.38
FJI Fiji 0.50 52.75
FIN Finland 1.00 0
FRA France 0.87 13.38
GAB Gabon 0.73 28.75
GMB Gambia 0.61 40.5
GEO Georgia 0.74 27
DEU Germany 0.96 4.25
GHA Ghana 0.92 8
GRC Greece 0.82 19
GTM Guatemala 0.81 20.25
GIN Guinea 0.68 33.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.83 18.25
GUY Guyana 0.84 16.63
HTI Haiti 0.84 16.38
HND Honduras 0.51 51.13
HKG Hong-Kong 0.90 10.75
HUN Hungary 0.93 7.5
ISL Iceland 1.00 0
IND India 0.63 38.75
IDN Indonesia 0.66 35.83
IRN Iran 0.10 94.56
IRQ Iraq 0.57 45.58
IRL Ireland 0.98 2
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.78 23.25
ITA Italy 0.86 15
JAM Jamaica 0.93 7.67
JPN Japan 0.98 2.5
JOR Jordan 0.65 37
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.35 68.50
KEN Kenya 0.82 19
KSV Kosovo 0.76 24.83
KWT Kuwait 0.77 23.75
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.40 63.00
LAO Laos 0.23 80.5
LVA Latvia 0.92 8.5
LBN Lebanon 0.80 20.5
LSO Lesotho 0.77 24
LBR Liberia 0.79 22.5
LBY Libya 0.40 63.50
LTU Lithuania 0.98 2.5
LUX Luxembourg 0.96 4
MKD Macedonia 0.82 18.4
MDG Madagascar 0.67 34.88
MWI Malawi 0.80 21
MYS Malaysia 0.52 50.75
MDV Maldives 0.85 16
MLI Mali 0.92 8
MLT Malta 0.96 4
MRT Mauritania 0.76 25.38
MUS Mauritius 0.83 18
MEX Mexico 0.55 47.5
MDA Moldova 0.82 19.13
MNG Mongolia 0.82 19.42
MNE Montenegro 0.73 28.5
MAR Morocco 0.55 47.4
MOZ Mozambique 0.75 26.5
NAM Namibia 0.93 7
NPL Nepal 0.65 36.38
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0
NZL New Zealand 0.99 1.5
NIC Nicaragua 0.79 22.33
NER Niger 0.73 28.5
NGA Nigeria 0.51 51.50
PRK North Korea 0.00 104.75
NOR Norway 1.00 0
OMN Oman 0.62 40.25
PAK Pakistan 0.47 56.17
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.47 56.13
PAN Panama 0.79 21.83
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.87 13.33
PRY Paraguay 0.85 16.25
PER Peru 0.71 30
PHL Philippines 0.43 60.00
POL Poland 0.92 8.88
PRT Portugal 0.88 12.36
QAT Qatar 0.64 38
ROM Romania 0.85 16
RUS Russia 0.52 49.90
RWA Rwanda 0.23 81
WSM Samoa 0.69 33
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.41 61.50
SEN Senegal 0.76 25
SRB Serbia 0.78 23
SYC Seychelles 0.83 18
SLE Sierra Leone 0.77 24.25
SGP Singapore 0.55 47.5
SVK Slovakia 0.89 11.5
SVN Slovenia 0.87 13.44
SOM Somalia 0.37 66.00
ZAF South Africa 0.89 12
KOR South Korea 0.87 13.33
ESP Spain 0.88 12.25
LKA Sri Lanka 0.40 62.50
SDN Sudan 0.19 85.33
SUR Surinam 0.89 11.5
SWZ Swaziland 0.45 57.50
SWE Sweden 1.00 0
CHE Switzerland 1.00 0
SYR Syria 0.13 91.5
TWN Taiwan 0.86 14.5
TJK Tajikistan 0.67 34.5
TZA Tanzania 0.88 13
THA Thailand 0.46 56.83
TMP Timor-Leste 0.76 25
TGO Togo 0.84 17
TON Tonga 0.77 23.75

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.92 8.5

TUN Tunisia 0.31 72.50
TUR Turkey 0.53 49.25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.09 95.33
UGA Uganda 0.76 25.5
UKR Ukraine 0.55 46.83

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.77 23.75

GBR United Kingdom 0.94 6
United States of
USA America 0.94 6.75
URY Uruguay 0.89 11.75
UZB Uzbekistan 0.32 71.50
VEN Venezuela 0.55 47.33
VNM Vietnam 0.28 75.75
YEM Yemen 0.22 82.13
ZMB Zambia 0.79 22
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.62 39.5
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
105
0
0
VA

0.507905
0.795
0.549
0.729
0.844
0.738
0.949
0.995
0.463048
0.510667
0.595
0.457143
0.962
0.819
0.831
0.732

0.871
0.833
0.842
0.514286
0.819
0.857
0.1
0.725
0.583
0.578
0.933
0.924

0.824
0.684
0.900
0.193619
0.509524
0.819
0.680
0.923
0.657
0.833
0.257143
0.872
0.929

0.506381
0.976
0.710
0.751
0.738
0.587
0.849
0.247619
0
0.981
0.530
0.497619
1.000
0.873
0.726
0.614
0.743
0.960
0.924
0.819
0.807
0.681
0.826
0.842
0.844
0.513048
0.898
0.929
1.000
0.631
0.659
0.099429
0.566
0.981

0.779
0.857
 0.927
0.976
0.648
0.347619
0.819
0.764
0.774
0.4
0.233333
0.919
0.805
0.771
0.786
0.395238
0.976
0.962
0.825
0.668
0.800
0.516667
0.848
0.924
0.962
0.758
0.829
0.548
0.818
0.815
0.729
0.549
0.748
0.933
0.654
1.000
0.986
0.787
0.729
0.509524
0.002381
1.000
0.617
0.465048

0.465429
0.792
0.873
0.845
0.714
0.428571
0.915
0.882
0.638
0.848
0.524762
0.228571
0.686
0.414286
0.762
0.781
0.829
0.769
0.548
0.890
0.872
0.371429
0.886
0.873
0.883
0.404762
0.187333
0.890
0.452381
1.000
1.000
0.128571
0.862
0.671
0.876
0.458762
0.762
0.838
0.774

0.919
0.309524
0.531
0.092095
0.757
0.554

0.774
0.943

0.936
0.888
0.319048
 0.549
0.278571
0.21781
0.790
0.624
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 115.5
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF09VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.53 54.25
ALB Albania 0.81 21.75
DZA Algeria 0.57 49.56
AGO Angola 0.68 36.5
ARG Argentina 0.90 11.33
ARM Armenia 0.73 31.13
AUS Australia 0.97 3.13
AUT Austria 0.97 3
AZE Azerbaijan 0.54 53.50
BHR Bahrein 0.68 36.5
BGD Bangladesh 0.68 37.33
BLR Belarus 0.48 59.50
BEL Belgium 0.98 2.5
BEN Benin 0.86 16
BTN Bhutan 0.86 15.75
BOL Bolivia 0.79 24.17
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.91 10.5
BWA Botswana 0.87 15.5
BRA Brazil 0.86 15.88
BRN Brunei 0.45 63.50
BGR Bulgaria 0.86 15.61
BFA Burkina Faso 0.87 15
MMR Burma 0.11 102.67
BDI Burundi 0.75 29
KHM Cambodia 0.70 35.17
CMR Cameroon 0.74 30.5
CAN Canada 0.97 3.7
CPV Cape Verde 0.90 11
Central African
CAF Republic 0.85 17.75
TCD Chad 0.61 44.5
CHL Chile 0.91 10.5
CHN China 0.27 84.5
COL Colombia 0.65 40.13
COM Comoros 0.84 19
COG Congo 0.70 34.25
CRI Costa Rica 0.93 8
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.75 29
HRV Croatia 0.85 17.17
CUB Cuba 0.19 94
CYP Cyprus 0.95 5.5
CZE Czech Republic 0.96 5
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.54 53.50
DNK Denmark 1.00 0
DJI Djibouti 0.73 31
DOM Dominican Republic 0.77 26.83
ECU Ecuador 0.83 20
EGY Egypt 0.56 51.38
SLV El Salvador 0.85 17.25
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.43 65.50
ERI Eritrea 0.00 115.5
EST Estonia 1.00 0.5
ETH Ethiopia 0.58 49.00
FJI Fiji 0.48 60.00
FIN Finland 1.00 0
FRA France 0.91 10.67
GAB Gabon 0.62 43.5
GMB Gambia 0.58 48.25
GEO Georgia 0.84 18.83
DEU Germany 0.97 3.5
GHA Ghana 0.95 6
GRC Greece 0.92 9
GTM Guatemala 0.74 29.5
GIN Guinea 0.75 28.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.80 23.5
GUY Guyana 0.91 10.5
HTI Haiti 0.87 15
HND Honduras 0.64 42
HKG Hong-Kong 0.90 11.75
HUN Hungary 0.95 5.5
ISL Iceland 0.98 2
IND India 0.75 29.33
IDN Indonesia 0.75 28.5
IRN Iran 0.10 104.14
IRQ Iraq 0.54 53.30
IRL Irland 1.00 0
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.79 23.75
ITA Italy 0.89 12.14
JAM Jamaica 0.96 4.75
JPN Japan 0.97 3.25
JOR Jordan 0.72 31.88
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.57 49.67
KEN Kenya 0.78 25
KSV Kosovo 0.86 16.58
KWT Kuwait 0.87 15.25
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.65 40
LAO Laos 0.20 92
LVA Latvia 0.97 3
LBN Lebanon 0.87 15.42
LSO Lesotho 0.76 27.5
LBR Liberia 0.87 15.5
LBY Libya 0.44 64.50
LTU Lituania 0.98 2.25
LUX Luxembourg 0.97 4
MKD Macedonia 0.92 8.75
MDG Madagascar 0.60 45.83
MWI Malawi 0.87 15.5
MYS Malaysia 0.62 44.25
MDV Maldives 0.88 14
MLI Mali 0.93 8
MLT Malta 0.98 2.5
MRT Mauritania 0.75 28.5
MUS Mauritius 0.88 14
MEX Mexico 0.58 48.25
MDA Moldova 0.71 33.75
MNG Mongolia 0.80 23.33
MNE Montenegro 0.85 17
MAR Morocco 0.65 41
MOZ Mozambique 0.84 19
NAM Namibia 0.92 9
NPL Nepal 0.69 35.63
NLD Netherlands 0.99 1
NZL New Zealand 0.97 3
NIC Nicaragua 0.85 16.75
NER Niger 0.58 48.5
NGA Nigeria 0.60 46
PRK North Korea 0.03 112.5
NOR Norway 1.00 0
OMN Oman 0.74 29.5
PAK Pakistan 0.43 65.67
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.40 69.83
PAN Panama 0.87 14.5
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.87 14.7
PRY Paraguay 0.88 14.33
PER Peru 0.82 20.88
PHL Philippines 0.67 38.25
POL Poland 0.92 9.5
PRT Portugal 0.93 8
QAT Qatar 0.79 24
ROM Romania 0.89 12.5
RUS Russia 0.47 60.88
RWA Rwanda 0.44 64.67
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.34 76.50
SEN Senegal 0.81 22
SRB Serbia 0.87 15.5
SYC Seychelles 0.86 16
SLE Sierra Leone 0.71 34
SGP Singapore 0.61 45
SVK Slovakia 0.90 11
SVN Slovenia 0.92 9.5
SOM Somalia 0.33 77.50
ZAF South Africa 0.93 8.5
KOR South Korea 0.86 15.67
ESP Spain 0.90 11
LKA Sri Lanka 0.35 75.00
SDN Sudan 0.53 54.00
SUR Surinam 0.91 10.6
SWZ Swaziland 0.55 52.50
SWE Sweden 1.00 0
CHE Switzerland 0.99 1
SYR Syria 0.32 78.00
TWN Taiwan 0.87 15.08
TJK Tajikistan 0.72 32
TZA Tanzania 0.87 15.5
THA Thailand 0.62 44
TMP Timor-Leste 0.86 16
TGO Togo 0.87 15.5

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.94 7

TUN Tunisia 0.47 61.50
TUR Turkey 0.67 38.25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.07 107
UGA Uganda 0.81 21.5
UKR Ukraine 0.81 22

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.81 21.5

GBR United Kingdom 0.97 4
United States of
USA America 0.97 4
URY Uruguay 0.93 7.63
UZB Uzbekistan 0.41 67.67
VEN Venezuela 0.66 39.5
VNM Vietnam 0.29 81.67
YEM Yemen 0.28 83.38
ZMB Zambia 0.77 26.75
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.60 46.5
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
115.5
0
0
VA

0.530303
0.812
0.570909
0.684
0.902
0.730
0.973
0.974
0.536797
0.684
0.677
0.484848
0.978
0.861
0.864
0.791

0.909
0.866
0.863
0.450216
0.865
0.870
0.111082
0.749
0.695
0.736
0.968
0.905

0.846
0.615
0.909
0.268398
0.653
0.835
0.703
0.931
0.749
0.851
0.186147
0.952
0.957

0.536797
1.000
0.732
0.768
0.827
0.555152
0.851
0.4329
0
0.996
0.575758
0.480519
1.000
0.908
0.623
0.582
0.837
0.970
0.948
0.922
0.745
0.753
0.797
0.909
0.870
0.636
0.898
0.952
0.983
0.746
0.753
0.098355
0.538528
1.000

0.794
0.895
 0.959
0.972
0.724
0.569957
0.784
0.856
0.868
0.654
0.203463
0.974
0.866
0.762
0.866
0.441558
0.981
0.965
0.924
0.603
0.866
0.617
0.879
0.931
0.978
0.753
0.879
0.582
0.708
0.798
0.853
0.645
0.835
0.922
0.692
0.991
0.974
0.855
0.580
0.602
0.025974
1.000
0.745
0.431429

0.395411
0.874
0.873
0.876
0.819
 0.669
0.918
0.931
0.792
0.892
0.4729
0.440087
0.337662
0.810
0.866
0.861
0.706
0.610
0.905
0.918
0.329004
0.926
0.864
0.905
0.350649
0.532468
0.908
0.545455
1.000
0.991
0.324675
0.869
0.723
0.866
0.619
0.861
0.866

0.939
0.467532
0.669
0.073593
0.814
0.810

0.814
0.965

0.965
0.934
0.414113
0.658
0.2929
0.278095
0.768
0.597
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF08VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.41 59.25
ALB Albania 0.84 16
DZA Algeria 0.69 31.33
AGO Angola 0.71 29.5
ARG Argentina 0.86 14.08
ARM Armenia 0.77 22.75
AUS Australia 0.94 6.25
AUT Austria 0.97 3.5
AZE Azerbaijan 0.46 53.63
BHR Bahrein 0.79 21.17
BGD Bangladesh 0.57 42.7
BLR Belarus 0.42 58.33
BEL Belgium 0.97 3
BEN Benin 0.85 15
BTN Bhutan 0.85 15.5
BOL Bolivia 0.72 28.2
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.92 8
BWA Botswana 0.86 14
BRA Brazil 0.82 18
BGR Bulgaria 0.88 12.5
BFA Burkina Faso 0.87 13
MMR Burma 0.06 94.38
BDI Burundi 0.79 21
KHM Cambodia 0.65 35.5
CMR Cameroon 0.63 36.9
CAN Canada 0.97 3.33
CPV Cape Verde 0.92 8
Central African
CAF Republic 0.82 18.5
TCD Chad 0.59 41.25
CHL Chile 0.89 11.5
CHN China 0.15 85.5
COL Colombia 0.65 35.5
COM Comoros 0.80 20
COG Congo 0.79 20.75
CRI Costa Rica 0.95 5.1
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.74 26.5
HRV Croatia 0.92 8.5
CUB Cuba 0.12 88.33
CYP Cyprus 0.93 7.5
CZE Czech Republic 0.96 4
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.49 51.25
DNK Denmark 0.97 3.5
DJI Djibouti 0.59 41.5
DOM Dominican Republic 0.82 18
ECU Ecuador 0.85 15.5
EGY Egypt 0.50 50.25
SLV El Salvador 0.87 12.8
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.41 59.25
ERI Eritrea 0.03 97.5
EST Estonia 0.98 2
ETH Ethiopia 0.52 47.75
FJI Fiji 0.84 16
FIN Finland 0.98 2
FRA France 0.92 7.67
GAB Gabon 0.73 26.75
GMB Gambia 0.57 42.75
GEO Georgia 0.69 31.25
DEU Germany 0.96 4.5
GHA Ghana 0.93 7.5
GRC Greece 0.93 7.5
GTM Guatemala 0.77 22.64
GIN Guinea 0.79 21.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.84 16.33
GUY Guyana 0.80 19.75
HTI Haiti 0.85 15.13
HND Honduras 0.79 21.5
HKG Hong-Kong 0.90 9.75
HUN Hungary 0.95 5.5
ISL Iceland 0.99 1.5
IND India 0.70 30
IDN Indonesia 0.73 27
IRN Iran 0.20 80.33
IRQ Iraq 0.41 59.38
IRL Ireland 0.98 2
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.91 8.83
ITA Italy 0.92 8.42
JAM Jamaica 0.95 4.88
JPN Japan 0.94 6.5
JOR Jordan 0.64 36
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.65 35.33
KEN Kenya 0.79 21.25
KSV Kosovo 0.88 12
KWT Kuwait 0.87 12.63
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.73 27
LAO Laos 0.30 70.00
LVA Latvia 0.97 3
LBN Lebanon 0.86 14
LSO Lesotho 0.71 29.5
LBR Liberia 0.90 9.75
LBY Libya 0.39 61.50
LTU Lithuania 0.96 4
LUX Luxembourg 0.99 1.5
MKD Macedonia 0.92 8.25
MDG Madagascar 0.79 21
MWI Malawi 0.85 15
MYS Malaysia 0.61 39.5
MDV Maldives 0.77 23.25
MLI Mali 0.93 7.5
MRT Mauritania 0.76 23.88
MUS Mauritius 0.91 9
MEX Mexico 0.54 46.13
MDA Moldova 0.79 21.38
MNG Mongolia 0.79 20.83
MNE Montenegro 0.90 10
MAR Morocco 0.68 32.25
MOZ Mozambique 0.80 20.5
NAM Namibia 0.95 5.5
NPL Nepal 0.57 43.25
NLD Netherlands 0.96 4
NZL New Zealand 0.97 3
NIC Nicaragua 0.88 12.5
NER Niger 0.63 37
NGA Nigeria 0.62 37.75
PRK North Korea 0.04 96.5
NOR Norway 0.99 1.5
OMN Oman 0.67 32.67
PAK Pakistan 0.45 54.88
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.33 66.88
PAN Panama 0.88 11.83
PRY Paraguay 0.80 20.5
PER Peru 0.74 26.25
PHL Philippines 0.55 45
POL Poland 0.91 9
PRT Portugal 0.96 4
QAT Qatar 0.85 15.5
ROM Romania 0.91 9
RUS Russia 0.53 47.50
RWA Rwanda 0.50 50.00
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.38 61.75
SEN Senegal 0.81 19
SRB Serbia 0.87 13.5
SYC Seychelles 0.85 15.5
SLE Sierra Leone 0.72 27.75
SGP Singapore 0.51 49.00
SVK Slovakia 0.97 3
SVN Slovenia 0.93 7.33
SOM Somalia 0.42 58.00
ZAF South Africa 0.92 8
KOR South Korea 0.91 9
ESP Spain 0.92 8
LKA Sri Lanka 0.22 78.00
SDN Sudan 0.58 42
SUR Surinam 0.94 6
SWZ Swaziland 0.50 50.50
SWE Sweden 0.97 3
CHE Switzerland 0.97 3
SYR Syria 0.40 59.63
TWN Taiwan 0.92 8
TJK Tajikistan 0.75 25.5
TZA Tanzania 0.85 15
THA Thailand 0.66 34.5
TMP Timor-Leste 0.86 13.75
TGO Togo 0.90 10
TON Tonga 0.82 18

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.94 6.13

TUN Tunisia 0.52 48.10
TUR Turkey 0.77 22.75
TKM Turkmenistan 0.05 95.5
UGA Uganda 0.74 26
UKR Ukraine 0.81 19.25

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.86 14.5

GBR United Kingdom 0.95 5.5
United States of
USA America 0.92 8
URY Uruguay 0.92 8.33
UZB Uzbekistan 0.37 62.70
VEN Venezuela 0.73 27.33
VNM Vietnam 0.14 86.17
YEM Yemen 0.41 59.00
ZMB Zambia 0.85 15.5
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.46 54.00
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
100
0
0
VA

0.4075
0.840
0.687
0.705
0.859
0.773
0.938
0.965
0.4637
0.788
0.573
0.4167
0.970
0.850
0.845
0.718

0.920
0.860
0.820
0.875
0.870
0.0562
0.790
0.645
0.631
0.967
0.920

0.815
0.588
0.885
0.145
 0.645
0.800
0.793
0.949
0.735
0.915
0.1167
0.925
0.960

0.4875
0.965
0.585
0.820
0.845
0.4975
0.872
0.4075
0.025
0.980
0.5225
0.840
0.980
0.923
0.732
0.573
0.688
0.955
0.925
0.925
0.774
0.785
0.837
0.803
0.849
0.785
0.903
0.945
0.985
0.700
0.730
0.1967
0.4062
0.980

0.912
0.916
0.951
 0.935
0.640
0.647
0.788
0.880
0.874
0.730
0.3
0.970
0.860
0.705
0.903
0.385
0.960
0.985
0.918
0.790
0.850
0.605
0.768
0.925
0.761
0.910
0.5387
0.786
0.792
0.900
0.678
0.795
0.945
0.568
0.960
0.970
0.875
0.630
0.623
0.035
0.985
0.673
0.4512

0.3312
0.882
0.795
0.738
0.550
0.910
0.960
 0.845
0.910
0.525
0.5
0.3825
0.810
0.865
0.845
0.722
0.51
0.970
0.927
0.42
0.920
0.910
0.920
0.22
0.580
0.940
0.495
0.970
0.970
0.4037
0.920
0.745
0.850
0.655
0.863
0.900
0.820

0.939
0.519
0.773
0.045
0.740
0.808

0.855
0.945

0.920
0.917
0.373
0.727
0.1383
0.41
0.845
0.46
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 115
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF07VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.51 56.50
ALB Albania 0.78 25.5
DZA Algeria 0.65 40.5
AGO Angola 0.77 26.5
ARG Argentina 0.78 24.83
ARM Armenia 0.79 23.63
AUS Australia 0.92 8.79
AUT Austria 0.96 4.25
AZE Azerbaijan 0.52 55.4
BHR Bahrein 0.67 38
BGD Bangladesh 0.54 53.17
BLR Belarus 0.45 63.63
BEL Belgium 0.99 1.5
BEN Benin 0.85 17
BTN Bhutan 0.68 37.17
BOL Bolivia 0.81 21.5
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.90 11.17
BWA Botswana 0.80 23.5
BRA Brazil 0.78 25.25
BGR Bulgaria 0.86 16.25
BFA Burkina Faso 0.81 21.5
MMR Burma 0.18 93.75
BDI Burundi 0.62 43.4
KHM Cambodia 0.78 25.33
CMR Cameroon 0.69 36
CAN Canada 0.96 4.88
CPV Cape Verde 0.88 14
Central African
CAF Republic 0.80 22.5
TCD Chad 0.68 36.5
CHL Chile 0.89 12.13
CHN China 0.23 89.00
COL Colombia 0.63 42.33
COM Comoros 0.76 28
COG Congo 0.79 24.5
CRI Costa Rica 0.94 6.5
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.77 27
HRV Croatia 0.89 12.5
CUB Cuba 0.16 96.17
CYP Cyprus 0.88 14
CZE Czech Republic 0.97 4
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.56 50.5
DNK Denmark 0.98 2
DJI Djibouti 0.56 50.25
DOM Dominican Republic 0.80 22.75
ECU Ecuador 0.84 18.5
EGY Egypt 0.50 58.00
SLV El Salvador 0.82 20.2
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.43 65.25
ERI Eritrea 0.00 114.75
EST Estonia 0.99 1
ETH Ethiopia 0.45 63.00
FJI Fiji 0.71 33.5
FIN Finland 0.99 1.5
FRA France 0.92 9.75
GAB Gabon 0.73 31.5
GMB Gambia 0.58 48.25
GEO Georgia 0.82 20.83
DEU Germany 0.95 5.75
GHA Ghana 0.92 9
GRC Greece 0.92 9.25
GTM Guatemala 0.71 33
GIN Guinea 0.71 33.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.71 33.5
HTI Haiti 0.80 23.5
HND Honduras 0.78 25.5
HKG Hong-Kong 0.83 20
HUN Hungary 0.96 4.5
ISL Iceland 0.99 0.75
IND India 0.66 39.33
IDN Indonesia 0.73 30.5
IRN Iran 0.16 96.50
IRQ Iraq 0.41 67.83
IRL Ireland 0.98 2
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.88 13.25
ITA Italy 0.90 11.25
JAM Jamaica 0.92 8.63
JPN Japan 0.90 11.75
JOR Jordan 0.65 40.21
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.64 41.63
KEN Kenya 0.79 23.75
KSV Kosovo 0.83 19.75
KWT Kuwait 0.82 20.17
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.71 33.6
LAO Laos 0.35 75.00
LVA Latvia 0.97 3.5
LBN Lebanon 0.75 28.75
LSO Lesotho 0.74 29.5
LBR Liberia 0.78 25.33
LBY Libya 0.42 66.50
LTU Lithuania 0.94 7
MKD Macedonia 0.90 11.5
MDG Madagascar 0.83 20
MWI Malawi 0.77 26.75
MYS Malaysia 0.64 41
MDV Maldives 0.61 45.17
MLI Mali 0.86 16.5
MRT Mauritania 0.87 15.5
MUS Mauritius 0.93 8.5
MEX Mexico 0.53 53.63
MDA Moldova 0.78 24.75
MNG Mongolia 0.80 23.4
MNE Montenegro 0.83 19
MAR Morocco 0.71 33.25
MOZ Mozambique 0.80 23
NAM Namibia 0.93 8.5
NPL Nepal 0.53 53.75
NLD Netherlands 0.97 3.5
NZL New Zealand 0.96 4.17
NIC Nicaragua 0.88 14.25
NER Niger 0.78 25.5
NGA Nigeria 0.57 49.83
PRK North Korea 0.05 108.75
NOR Norway 0.99 0.75
PAK Pakistan 0.44 64.83
Palestinian
WBG Territories 0.39 69.83
PAN Panama 0.84 17.88
PRY Paraguay 0.77 26.1
PER Peru 0.67 37.38
PHL Philippines 0.61 44.75
POL Poland 0.84 18.5
PRT Portugal 0.98 2
QAT Qatar 0.79 24
ROM Romania 0.89 12.75
RUS Russia 0.51 56.90
RWA Rwanda 0.49 58.88
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.48 59.75
SEN Senegal 0.78 25
SRB Serbia 0.82 21
SYC Seychelles 0.71 33
SLE Sierra Leone 0.66 39.5
SGP Singapore 0.51 56.00
SVK Slovakia 0.99 1
SVN Slovenia 0.94 6.5
SOM Somalia 0.38 71.50
ZAF South Africa 0.89 13
KOR South Korea 0.89 12.13
ESP Spain 0.91 10.25
LKA Sri Lanka 0.41 67.50
SDN Sudan 0.52 55.75
SWZ Swaziland 0.53 54.5
SWE Sweden 0.99 1.5
CHE Switzerland 0.97 3
SYR Syria 0.43 66.00
TWN Taiwan 0.91 10
TJK Tajikistan 0.68 37
TZA Tanzania 0.84 18
THA Thailand 0.53 53.5
TMP Timor-Leste 0.77 27
TGO Togo 0.87 15.17
TON Tonga 0.67 38.25

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.96 5

TUN Tunisia 0.50 57.00
TUR Turkey 0.73 31.25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.10 103.75
UGA Uganda 0.76 28
UKR Ukraine 0.77 26.75

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.82 20.25

GBR United Kingdom 0.93 8.25
United States of
USA America 0.87 14.5
URY Uruguay 0.90 11.75
UZB Uzbekistan 0.35 74.88
VEN Venezuela 0.68 36.88
VNM Vietnam 0.31 79.25
YEM Yemen 0.51 56.67
ZMB Zambia 0.81 21.5
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.46 62.00
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
115
0
0
VA

0.508696
0.778
0.648
0.770
0.784
0.795
0.924
0.963
0.518
0.670
0.538
0.446696
0.987
0.852
0.677
0.813

0.903
0.796
0.780
0.859
0.813
0.184783
0.623
0.780
0.687
0.958
0.878

0.804
0.683
0.895
0.226087
 0.632
0.757
0.787
0.943
0.765
0.891
0.163739
0.878
0.965

0.561
0.983
0.563
0.802
0.839
0.495652
0.824
0.432609
0.002174
0.991
0.452174
0.709
0.987
0.915
0.726
0.580
0.819
0.950
0.922
0.920
0.713
0.709
0.709
0.796
0.778
0.826
0.961
0.993
0.658
0.735
0.16087
0.410174
0.983

0.885
0.902
0.925
0.898
 0.650
0.638
0.793
0.828
0.825
0.708
0.347826
0.970
0.750
0.743
0.780
0.421739
0.939
0.900
0.826
0.767
0.643
0.607
0.857
0.865
0.926
0.534
0.785
0.797
0.835
0.711
0.800
0.926
0.533
0.970
0.964
0.876
0.778
0.567
0.054348
0.993
0.436261

0.392783
0.845
0.773
0.675
0.611
0.839
0.983
0.791
0.889
0.505217
 0.488
0.480435
0.783
0.817
0.713
0.657
0.513043
0.991
0.943
0.378261
0.887
0.895
0.911
0.413043
0.515217
0.526
0.987
0.974
0.426087
0.913
0.678
0.843
0.535
0.765
0.868
0.667

0.957
0.504348
0.728
0.097826
0.757
0.767

0.824
0.928

0.874
0.898
0.34887
0.679
0.31087
0.507217
0.813
0.46087
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 109
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF06VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.59 44.25
ALB Albania 0.83 18
DZA Algeria 0.63 40
AGO Angola 0.80 21.5
ARG Argentina 0.84 17.3
ARM Armenia 0.77 25.5
AUS Australia 0.92 9
AUT Austria 0.96 4.5
AZE Azerbaijan 0.57 47
BHR Bahrein 0.74 28
BGD Bangladesh 0.56 48
BLR Belarus 0.48 57.00
BEL Belgium 0.96 4
BEN Benin 0.95 5.5
BTN Bhutan 0.77 25
BOL Bolivia 0.96 4.5
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.95 5
BWA Botswana 0.88 13
BRA Brazil 0.84 17.17
BGR Bulgaria 0.92 9
BFA Burkina Faso 0.85 16
MMR Burma 0.13 94.75
BDI Burundi 0.63 39.83
KHM Cambodia 0.75 27.25
CMR Cameroon 0.74 28.25
CAN Canada 0.96 4.5
CPV Cape Verde 0.89 11.5
Central African
CAF Republic 0.87 14.5
TCD Chad 0.67 35.5
CHL Chile 0.89 11.63
CHN China 0.14 94.00
COL Colombia 0.59 44.75
COM Comoros 0.79 22.5
COG Congo 0.84 17
CRI Costa Rica 0.94 6.67
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.77 25
HRV Croatia 0.88 13
CUB Cuba 0.13 95.00
CYP Cyprus 0.93 7.5
CZE Czech Republic 0.99 0.75
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.53 51.00
DNK Denmark 0.95 5
DJI Djibouti 0.70 33
DOM Dominican Republic 0.88 12.75
ECU Ecuador 0.86 15.25
EGY Egypt 0.58 46.25
SLV El Salvador 0.91 10
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.56 48
ERI Eritrea 0.11 97.50
EST Estonia 0.98 2
ETH Ethiopia 0.31 75.00
FJI Fiji 0.87 14
FIN Finland 1.00 0.5
FRA France 0.92 9
GAB Gabon 0.74 28.5
GMB Gambia 0.50 54.00
GEO Georgia 0.81 21
DEU Germany 0.95 5.5
GHA Ghana 0.92 8.5
GRC Greece 0.93 8
GTM Guatemala 0.81 21.25
GIN Guinea 0.75 27.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.87 14.5
HTI Haiti 0.82 19.5
HND Honduras 0.87 14.5
HKG Hong-Kong 0.87 14
HUN Hungary 0.97 3
ISL Iceland 1.00 0.5
IND India 0.76 26.5
IDN Indonesia 0.76 26
IRN Iran 0.17 90.88
IRQ Iraq 0.39 66.83
IRL Ireland 1.00 0.5
ISR Israel 0.89 12
ITA Italy 0.91 9.9
JAM Jamaica 0.95 5.5
JPN Japan 0.89 12.5
JOR Jordan 0.75 27.5
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.62 41
KEN Kenya 0.72 30.25
KSV Kosovo 0.85 16
KWT Kuwait 0.84 17
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.69 34
LAO Laos 0.38 67.50
LVA Latvia 0.97 3
LBN Lebanon 0.75 27
LSO Lesotho 0.85 16
LBR Liberia 0.83 19
LBY Libya 0.43 62.50
LTU Lithuania 0.94 6.5
MKD Macedonia 0.89 11.5
MDG Madagascar 0.86 15
MWI Malawi 0.77 25.5
MYS Malaysia 0.80 22.25
MDV Maldives 0.53 51.25
MLI Mali 0.92 9
MRT Mauritania 0.84 17.5
MUS Mauritius 0.93 8
MEX Mexico 0.58 45.83
MDA Moldova 0.82 19.17
MNG Mongolia 0.82 19.25
MAR Morocco 0.77 24.83
MOZ Mozambique 0.89 11.5
NAM Namibia 0.94 6
NPL Nepal 0.33 73.50
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0.5
NZL New-Zealand 0.95 5
NIC Nicaragua 0.86 15.5
NER Niger 0.78 24.5
NGA Nigeria 0.70 32.23
PRK North Korea 0.00 109
NOR Norway 0.98 2
PAK Pakistan 0.35 70.33

WBG Palestinian Authority 0.57 46.75

PAN Panama 0.91 9.5
PRY Paraguay 0.83 18.25
PER Peru 0.74 28.25
PHL Philippines 0.53 51.00
POL Poland 0.87 14
PRT Portugal 0.97 3
QAT Qatar 0.83 18
ROM Romania 0.87 14
RUS Russia 0.52 52.50
RWA Rwanda 0.62 41
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.30 76.00
SEN Senegal 0.84 17.5
Serbia and
SRB Montenegro 0.89 11.5
Serbia and
MNE Montenegro 0.89 11.5
SYC Seychelles 0.78 24.5
SLE Sierra Leone 0.76 26
SGP Singapore 0.53 51.50
SVK Slovakia 0.98 2.5
SVN Slovenia 0.97 3
SOM Somalia 0.53 51.25
ZAF South Africa 0.90 11.25
KOR South Korea 0.93 7.75
ESP Spain 0.91 10
LKA Sri Lanka 0.53 50.75
SDN Sudan 0.56 48.13
SWZ Swaziland 0.63 40.5
SWE Sweden 0.96 4
CHE Switzerland 0.98 2.5
SYR Syria 0.42 63.00
TWN Taiwan 0.90 10.5
TJK Tajikistan 0.72 30
TZA Tanzania 0.82 19.82
THA Thailand 0.69 33.5
TMP Timor-Leste 0.83 18.5
TGO Togo 0.86 15
TON Tonga 0.88 13

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.95 5

TUN Tunisia 0.51 53.75
TUR Turkey 0.77 25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.10 98.5
UGA Uganda 0.73 29.83
UKR Ukraine 0.76 26.5

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.84 17.5

GBR United Kingdom 0.94 6.5
United States of
USA America 0.88 13
URY Uruguay 0.87 13.75
UZB Uzbekistan 0.35 71.00
VEN Venezuela 0.73 29
VNM Vietnam 0.38 67.25
YEM Yemen 0.50 54.00
ZMB Zambia 0.79 22.5
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.54 50.00
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
109
0
0
VA

0.594
0.835
0.633
0.803
0.841
0.766
0.917
0.959
0.569
0.743
0.560
0.477064
0.963
0.950
0.771
0.959

0.954
0.881
0.842
0.917
0.853
0.130734
0.635
0.750
0.741
0.959
0.894

0.867
0.674
0.893
0.137615
 0.589
0.794
0.844
0.939
0.771
0.881
0.12844
0.931
0.993

0.53211
0.954
0.697
0.883
0.860
0.576
0.908
0.560
0.105505
0.982
0.311927
0.872
0.995
0.917
0.739
0.504587
0.807
0.950
0.922
0.927
0.805
0.748
0.867
0.821
0.867
0.872
0.972
0.995
0.757
0.761
0.166239
0.386881
0.995
0.890
0.909
0.950
0.885
0.748
 0.624
0.722
0.853
0.844
0.688
0.380734
0.972
0.752
0.853
0.826
0.426606
0.940
0.894
0.862
0.766
0.796
0.529817
0.917
0.839
0.927
0.580
0.824
0.823
0.772
0.894
0.945
0.325688
0.995
0.954
0.858
0.775
0.704
0
0.982
0.354771

0.571
0.913
0.833
0.741
0.53211
0.872
0.972
0.835
0.872
0.518349
0.624
0.302752
 0.839

0.894

0.894
0.775
0.761
0.527523
0.977
0.972
0.529817
0.897
0.929
0.908
0.534404
0.558
0.628
0.963
0.977
0.422018
0.904
0.725
0.818
0.693
0.830
0.862
0.881

0.954
0.506881
0.771
0.09633
0.726
0.757

0.839
0.940

0.881
0.874
0.348624
0.734
0.383028
0.504587
0.794
0.541284
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 109
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF05VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.64 39.17
ALB Albania 0.87 14.17
DZA Algeria 0.63 40.33
AGO Angola 0.83 18
ARG Argentina 0.87 13.67
ARM Armenia 0.76 26
AUS Australia 0.94 6.5
AUT Austria 0.98 2.5
AZE Azerbaijan 0.53 51.00
BHR Bahrein 0.64 38.75
BGD Bangladesh 0.44 61.25
BLR Belarus 0.44 61.33
BEL Belgium 0.96 4
BEN Benin 0.95 5.5
BTN Bhutan 0.53 51.50
BOL Bolivia 0.91 9.67
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.94 7
BWA Botswana 0.87 14
BRA Brazil 0.87 14.5
BGR Bulgaria 0.91 10.25
BFA Burkina Faso 0.83 19
MMR Burma 0.19 88.83
BDI Burundi 0.79 23
KHM Cambodia 0.79 23
CMR Cameroon 0.81 20.5
CAN Canada 0.96 4.5
CPV Cape Verde 0.94 6
Central African
CAF Republic 0.82 19.75
TCD Chad 0.72 30
CHL Chile 0.89 11.75
CHN China 0.24 83.00
COL Colombia 0.63 40.17
COM Comoros 0.80 22
COG Congo 0.84 17
CRI Costa Rica 0.92 8.5
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.52 52.25
HRV Croatia 0.88 12.83
CUB Cuba 0.20 87.00
CYP Cyprus 0.95 5.5
CZE Czech Republic 0.99 1
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.47 57.33
DNK Denmark 1.00 0.5
DJI Djibouti 0.66 37
DOM Dominican Republic 0.89 12.25
ECU Ecuador 0.80 21.75
EGY Egypt 0.52 52.00
SLV El Salvador 0.95 5.75
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.60 44
ERI Eritrea 0.08 99.75
EST Estonia 0.99 1.5
ETH Ethiopia 0.61 42
FJI Fiji 0.87 14
FIN Finland 1.00 0.5
FRA France 0.94 6.25
GAB Gabon 0.76 26
GMB Gambia 0.62 41
GEO Georgia 0.77 25.17
DEU Germany 0.96 4
GHA Ghana 0.86 15
GRC Greece 0.96 4
GTM Guatemala 0.80 21.5
GIN Guinea 0.76 26
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.84 17
HTI Haiti 0.69 33.5
HND Honduras 0.83 18
HKG Hong-Kong 0.92 8.25
HUN Hungary 0.98 2
ISL Iceland 1.00 0.5
IND India 0.75 27
IDN Indonesia 0.76 26
IRN Iran 0.18 89.17
IRQ Iraq 0.39 67.00
IRL Ireland 1.00 0.5
ISR Israel 0.91 10
ITA Italy 0.92 8.67
JAM Jamaica 0.93 7.5
JPN Japan 0.93 8
JOR Jordan 0.78 24
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.67 36.17
KEN Kenya 0.72 30
KSV Kosovo 0.76 25.75
KWT Kuwait 0.81 21.25
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.71 32
LAO Laos 0.39 66.50
LVA Latvia 0.98 2.5
LBN Lebanon 0.74 28.25
LSO Lesotho 0.82 19.5
LBR Liberia 0.81 20.5
LBY Libya 0.19 88.75
LTU Lithuania 0.96 4.5
MKD Macedonia 0.92 8.75
MDG Madagascar 0.78 24.5
MWI Malawi 0.79 22.75
MYS Malaysia 0.70 33
MDV Maldives 0.46 58.50
MLI Mali 0.93 8
MRT Mauritania 0.63 40
MUS Mauritius 0.93 7.5
MEX Mexico 0.58 45.5
MDA Moldova 0.84 17.5
MNG Mongolia 0.89 12.5
MAR Morocco 0.67 36.17
MOZ Mozambique 0.90 10.5
NAM Namibia 0.95 5.5
NPL Nepal 0.20 86.75
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0.5
NZL New Zealand 0.98 2
NIC Nicaragua 0.86 15.25
NER Niger 0.88 13
NGA Nigeria 0.64 38.75
PRK North Korea 0.00 109
NOR Norway 1.00 0.5
PAK Pakistan 0.44 60.75

WBG Palestinian Authority 0.61 42.5

PAN Panama 0.86 15
PRY Paraguay 0.86 15.5
PER Peru 0.69 33.33
PHL Philippines 0.54 50
POL Poland 0.89 12.5
PRT Portugal 0.96 4.83
QAT Qatar 0.79 23
ROM Romania 0.85 16.17
RUS Russia 0.55 48.67
RWA Rwanda 0.65 38
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.39 66.00
SEN Senegal 0.83 19
Serbia and
SRB Montenegro 0.86 14.83
SYC Seychelles 0.84 17
SLE Sierra Leone 0.64 39.5
SGP Singapore 0.54 50.67
SVK Slovakia 0.99 0.75
SVN Slovenia 0.99 1
SOM Somalia 0.46 59.00
ZAF South Africa 0.94 6.5
KOR South Korea 0.93 7.5
ESP Spain 0.92 8.33
LKA Sri Lanka 0.69 33.25
SDN Sudan 0.60 44
SWZ Swaziland 0.68 35
SWE Sweden 0.98 2
CHE Switzerland 1.00 0.5
SYR Syria 0.50 55.00
TWN Taiwan 0.89 12.25
TJK Tajikistan 0.70 33
TZA Tanzania 0.84 17.5
THA Thailand 0.74 28
TMP Timor-Leste 0.88 13.5
TGO Togo 0.78 23.75
TON Tonga 0.87 14.5

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.98 2

TUN Tunisia 0.47 57.50
TUR Turkey 0.77 25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.14 93.50
UGA Uganda 0.82 19.25
UKR Ukraine 0.70 32.5

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.76 25.75

GBR United Kingdom 0.95 5.17
United States of
America (American
USA territory) 0.91 9.5
URY Uruguay 0.91 9.75
UZB Uzbekistan 0.39 66.50
VEN Venezuela 0.79 23
VNM Vietnam 0.33 73.25
YEM Yemen 0.58 46.25
ZMB Zambia 0.79 23
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.41 64.25
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
109
0
0
VA

0.641
0.870
0.630
0.835
0.875
0.761
0.940
0.977
0.53211
0.644
0.438073
0.437339
0.963
0.950
0.527523
0.911

0.936
0.872
0.867
0.906
0.826
0.185046
0.789
0.789
0.812
0.959
0.945

0.819
0.725
0.892
0.238532
 0.631
0.798
0.844
0.922
0.520642
0.882
0.201835
0.950
0.991

0.474037
0.995
0.661
0.888
0.800
0.522936
0.947
0.596
0.084862
0.986
0.615
0.872
0.995
0.943
0.761
0.624
0.769
0.963
0.862
0.963
0.803
0.761
0.844
0.693
0.835
0.924
0.982
0.995
0.752
0.761
0.181927
0.385321
0.995
0.908
0.920
0.931
0.927
0.780
 0.668
0.725
0.764
0.805
0.706
0.389908
0.977
0.741
0.821
0.812
0.18578
0.959
0.920
0.775
0.791
0.697
0.463303
0.927
0.633
0.931
0.583
0.839
0.885
0.668
0.904
0.950
0.204128
0.995
0.982
0.860
0.881
0.644
0
0.995
0.442661

0.610
0.862
0.858
0.694
0.541
0.885
0.956
0.789
0.852
0.553
0.651
0.394495
 0.826

0.864
0.844
0.638
0.535138
0.993
0.991
0.458716
0.940
0.931
0.924
0.695
0.596
0.679
0.982
0.995
0.495413
0.888
0.697
0.839
0.743
0.876
0.782
0.867

0.982
0.472477
0.771
0.142202
0.823
0.702

0.764
0.953

0.913
0.911
0.389908
0.789
0.327982
0.576
0.789
0.41055
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 107.5
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF04VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.74 28.25
ALB Albania 0.89 11.5
DZA Algeria 0.60 43.5
AGO Angola 0.75 26.5
ARG Argentina 0.80 21.33
ARM Armenia 0.78 23.5
AUS Australia 0.91 9.5
AUT Austria 0.97 3.25
AZE Azerbaijan 0.54 49.67
BHR Bahrein 0.51 52.50
BGD Bangladesh 0.42 62.50
BLR Belarus 0.50 54.10
BEL Belgium 0.96 4
BEN Benin 0.95 5.5
BTN Bhutan 0.48 55.83
BOL Bolivia 0.81 20
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.97 3.67
BWA Botswana 0.89 11.5
BRA Brazil 0.85 16.5
BGR Bulgaria 0.93 8
BFA Burkina Faso 0.85 16.25
MMR Burma 0.04 103.63
BDI Burundi 0.82 19
KHM Cambodia 0.66 36.5
CMR Cameroon 0.75 27
CAN Canada 0.97 3.33
CPV Cape Verde 0.92 8.75
Central African
CAF Republic 0.70 32.5
TCD Chad 0.69 33.25
CHL Chile 0.91 10
CHN China 0.14 92.33
COL Colombia 0.56 47.38
COM Comoros 0.75 26.5
COG Congo 0.84 17.5
CRI Costa Rica 0.93 7.63
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.44 60.38
HRV Croatia 0.89 11.83
CUB Cuba 0.01 106.83
CYP Cyprus 0.80 22
CZE Czech Republic 0.97 3.5
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.52 51.50
DNK Denmark 1.00 0.5
DJI Djibouti 0.49 55.00
DOM Dominican Republic 0.94 6.75
ECU Ecuador 0.85 16.5
EGY Egypt 0.60 43.5
SLV El Salvador 0.94 6
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.57 46.25
ERI Eritrea 0.13 93.25
EST Estonia 0.98 2
ETH Ethiopia 0.66 37
FJI Fiji 0.85 16
FIN Finland 1.00 0.5
FRA France 0.97 3.5
GAB Gabon 0.65 37.5
GMB Gambia 0.73 29.5
GEO Georgia 0.74 27.5
DEU Germany 0.98 2
GHA Ghana 0.87 13.5
GRC Greece 0.93 7
GRD Grenade 0.89 12
GTM Guatemala 0.85 16.5
GIN Guinea 0.77 24.5
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.78 23.5
HTI Haiti 0.61 42.13
HND Honduras 0.89 11.75
HKG Hong-Kong 0.93 7.5
HUN Hungary 0.94 6
ISL Iceland 1.00 0.5
IND India 0.64 38.5
IDN Indonesia 0.65 37.75
IRN Iran 0.27 78.30
IRQ Iraq 0.46 58.50
IRL Ireland 1.00 0.5
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.93 8
ITA Italy 0.92 9
JAM Jamaica 0.96 4.17
JPN Japan 0.91 10
JOR Jordan 0.64 39.13
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.59 44.17
KEN Kenya 0.79 22.25
KWT Kuwait 0.71 31.67
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.67 35.25
LAO Laos 0.40 64.33
LVA Latvia 0.99 1
LBN Lebanon 0.77 24.38
LSO Lesotho 0.73 29.5
LBR Liberia 0.63 40
LBY Libya 0.40 65.00
LTU Lithuania 0.97 3
MKD Macedonia 0.90 11.25
MDG Madagascar 0.83 18.5
MWI Malawi 0.71 31
MYS Malaysia 0.63 39.83
MDV Maldives 0.36 69.17
MLI Mali 0.88 12.83
MRT Mauritania 0.53 51
MUS Mauritius 0.90 10.5
MEX Mexico 0.74 27.83
MDA Moldova 0.81 20.5
MNG Mongolia 0.82 19
MAR Morocco 0.60 43
MOZ Mozambique 0.85 16.25
NAM Namibia 0.91 10
NPL Nepal 0.22 84.00
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0.5
NZL New Zealand 0.99 0.67
NIC Nicaragua 0.89 11.67
NER Niger 0.83 18.33
NGA Nigeria 0.65 37.75
PRK North Korea 0.00 107.5
NOR Norway 1.00 0.5
PAK Pakistan 0.43 61.75

WBG Palestinian Authority 0.60 43.17

PAN Panama 0.87 14.5
PRY Paraguay 0.90 10.5
PER Peru 0.63 40
PHL Philippines 0.66 36.63
POL Poland 0.94 6.83
PRT Portugal 0.96 4.5
QAT Qatar 0.70 32.5
ROM Romania 0.83 17.83
RUS Russia 0.52 51.38
RWA Rwanda 0.65 37.25
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.26 79.17
SEN Senegal 0.80 21.5
Serbia and
SRB Montenegro 0.81 20.13
SYC Seychelles 0.78 23.5
SLE Sierra Leone 0.77 24.5
SGP Singapore 0.47 57.00
SVK Slovakia 1.00 0.5
SVN Slovenia 0.98 2.25
SOM Somalia 0.60 43.5
ZAF South Africa 0.95 5
KOR South Korea 0.90 11.13
ESP Spain 0.92 9
LKA Sri Lanka 0.66 36.5
SDN Sudan 0.59 44.25
SWZ Swaziland 0.71 31
SWE Sweden 0.98 2
CHE Switzerland 1.00 0.5
SYR Syria 0.37 67.50
TWN Taiwan 0.87 14.25
TJK Tajikistan 0.74 27.75
TZA Tanzania 0.87 14.5
THA Thailand 0.87 14
TMP Timor-Leste 0.87 13.5
TGO Togo 0.82 19.5
TON Tonga 0.64 38.17

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.98 2

TUN Tunisia 0.42 62.67
TUR Turkey 0.65 37.25
TKM Turkmenistan 0.07 99.83
UGA Uganda 0.78 24
UKR Ukraine 0.53 51

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.53 50.25

GBR United Kingdom 0.94 6
United States of
America (American
USA territory) 0.96 4
URY Uruguay 0.91 10
UZB Uzbekistan 0.52 52.13
VEN Venezuela 0.77 24.63
VNM Vietnam 0.19 86.88
YEM Yemen 0.55 48
ZMB Zambia 0.72 29.75
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.37 67.50
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
107.5
0
0
VA

0.737
0.893
0.595
0.753
0.802
0.781
0.912
0.970
0.538
0.511628
0.418605
0.496744
0.963
0.949
0.480651
0.814

0.966
0.893
0.847
0.926
0.849
0.036
0.823
0.660
0.749
0.969
0.919

0.698
0.691
0.907
0.141116
 0.559
0.753
0.837
0.929
0.438326
0.890
0.006233
0.795
0.967

0.52093
0.995
0.488372
0.937
0.847
0.595
0.944
0.570
0.132558
0.981
0.656
0.851
0.995
0.967
0.651
0.726
0.744
0.981
0.874
0.935
0.888
0.847
0.772
0.781
0.608
0.891
0.930
0.944
0.995
0.642
0.649
0.271628
0.455814
0.995

0.926
0.916
0.961
 0.907
0.636
0.589
0.793
0.705
0.672
0.401581
0.991
0.773
0.726
0.628
0.395349
0.972
0.895
0.828
0.712
0.629
0.356558
0.881
0.526
0.902
0.741
0.809
0.823
0.600
0.849
0.907
0.218605
0.995
0.994
0.891
0.829
0.649
0
0.995
0.425581

0.598
0.865
0.902
0.628
0.659
0.936
0.958
0.698
0.834
0.522047
0.653
0.263535
0.800

0.813
0.781
0.772
0.469767
0.995
0.979
0.595
0.953
0.896
0.916
0.660
0.588
0.712
0.981
0.995
0.372093
0.867
0.742
0.865
0.870
0.874
0.819
0.645

0.981
0.417023
0.653
0.071349
0.777
0.526

0.533
0.944

0.963
0.907
0.51507
0.771
0.191814
0.553
0.723
0.372093
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 109
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF03VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.63 40.17
ALB Albania 0.94 6.5
DZA Algeria 0.70 33
AGO Angola 0.74 28
ARG Argentina 0.86 15.17
ARM Armenia 0.77 25.17
AUS Australia 0.92 9.25
AUT Austria 0.97 2.75
AZE Azerbaijan 0.68 34.5
BHR Bahrain 0.68 35.17
BGD Bangladesh 0.57 46.50
BLR Belarus 0.52 52.00
BEL Belgium 0.99 1.17
BEN Benin 0.95 5.25
BTN Bhutan 0.29 77.33
BOL Bolivia 0.91 9.67
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.94 6.83
BWA Botswana 0.88 13
BRA Brazil 0.85 16.75
BGR Bulgaria 0.94 6.5
BFA Burkina Faso 0.83 18
MMR Burma 0.12 95.50
BDI Burundi 0.76 26.25
KHM Cambodia 0.82 19.5
CMR Cameroon 0.72 30.5
CAN Canada 0.98 1.83
CPV Cape Verde 0.92 8.25
Central African
CAF Republic 0.70 32.75
TCD Chad 0.78 24
CHL Chile 0.94 6.83
CHN China 0.16 91.25
COL Colombia 0.55 49.17
COM Comoros 0.83 18.5
COG Congo 0.87 14
CRI Costa Rica 0.96 3.83
CIV Côte d’Ivoire 0.61 42.17
HRV Croatia 0.85 16.5
CUB Cuba 0.10 97.83
CYP Cyprus 0.81 20.83
CZE Czech Republic 0.98 2.5
Democratic Republic
ZAR of Congo 0.65 38.5
DNK Denmark 0.99 1
DJI Djibouti 0.67 35.5
DOM Dominican Republic 0.84 17
ECU Ecuador 0.93 7.67
EGY Egypt 0.69 34.25
SLV El Salvador 0.94 6.83
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.59 44.75
ERI Eritrea 0.16 91.50
EST Estonia 0.98 2.5
ETH Ethiopia 0.66 37.5
FJI Fiji 0.89 11.5
FIN Finland 1.00 0.5
FRA France 0.96 4.17
GAB Gabon 0.71 31.25
GMB Gambia 0.83 18.25
GEO Georgia 0.84 17.33
DEU Germany 0.99 1.33
GHA Ghana 0.92 8.75
GRC Greece 0.94 6
GTM Guatemala 0.72 30.83
GIN Guinea 0.70 33.17
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.68 35.25
HTI Haiti 0.72 31
HND Honduras 0.87 14.17
HKG Hong-Kong 0.90 11
HUN Hungary 0.97 3.33
ISL Iceland 1.00 0.5
IND India 0.64 39
IDN Indonesia 0.69 34.25
IRN Iran 0.18 89.33
IRQ Iraq 0.66 37.5
IRL Ireland 0.97 2.83
Israel (Israeli
ISR territory) 0.93 8
ITA Italy 0.91 9.75
JAM Jamaica 0.97 3.33
JPN Japan 0.93 8
JOR Jordan 0.66 37
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.61 42.5
KEN Kenya 0.83 18.5
KWT Kuwait 0.71 31.33
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.71 32
LAO Laos 0.13 94.83
LVA Latvia 0.98 2.25
LBN Lebanon 0.70 32.5
LSO Lesotho 0.84 17.75
LBR Liberia 0.63 40
LBY Libya 0.45 60.00
LTU Lithuania 0.97 2.83
MKD Macedonia 0.91 9.67
MDG Madagascar 0.93 8.17
MWI Malawi 0.81 21
MYS Malaysia 0.71 32
MDV Maldives 0.56 47.50
MLI Mali 0.90 11
MRT Mauritania 0.66 36.67
MUS Mauritius 0.93 7.25
MEX Mexico 0.84 17.67
MDA Moldova 0.75 27
MNG Mongolia 0.83 18.25
MAR Morocco 0.64 39.67
MOZ Mozambique 0.87 14
NAM Namibia 0.90 11
NPL Nepal 0.53 51.50
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0.5
NZL New Zealand 0.97 2.83
NIC Nicaragua 0.94 6.5
NER Niger 0.86 15.75
NGA Nigeria 0.71 31.5
PRK North Korea 0.09 99.50
NOR Norway 1.00 0.5
OMN Oman 0.47 57.75
PAK Pakistan 0.64 39

WBG Palestinian Authority 0.64 39.25

PAN Panama 0.91 9.75
PRY Paraguay 0.93 7.17
PER Peru 0.91 10.25
PHL Philippines 0.68 35.25
POL Poland 0.94 6.17
PRT Portugal 0.95 5.17
QAT Qatar 0.68 35
ROM Romania 0.89 11.5
RUS Russia 0.55 49.50
RWA Rwanda 0.69 34.25
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.34 71.50
SEN Senegal 0.87 14.5
Serbia and
SRB Montenegro 0.80 21.33
SYC Seychelles 0.75 26.75
SLE Sierra Leone 0.78 23.5
SGP Singapore 0.57 47.33
SVK Slovakia 0.98 2.5
SVN Slovenia 0.97 3
SOM Somalia 0.59 45.00
ZAF South Africa 0.97 3.33
KOR South Korea 0.92 9.17
ESP Spain 0.93 7.67
LKA Sri Lanka 0.77 24.83
SDN Sudan 0.58 45.75
SWZ Swaziland 0.66 37.5
SWE Sweden 0.99 1.5
CHE Switzerland 0.98 2.5
SYR Syria 0.38 67.50
TWN Taïwan 0.89 12
TJK Tajikistan 0.68 34.5
TZA Tanzania 0.85 16.5
THA Thailand 0.82 19.67
TMP Timor-Leste 0.95 5.5
TGO Togo 0.75 27.5

TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0.99 1

TUN Tunisia 0.53 50.83
TUR Turkey 0.68 35
TKM Turkmenistan 0.24 82.83
UGA Uganda 0.76 25.75
UKR Ukraine 0.63 40

ARE United Arab Emirates 0.66 37

GBR United Kingdom 0.96 4.25
United States of
America (American
USA territory) 0.94 6
URY Uruguay 0.96 4
UZB Uzbekistan 0.44 61.50
VEN Venezuela 0.74 27.83
VNM Vietnam 0.18 89.17
YEM Yemen 0.62 41.83
ZMB Zambia 0.79 23.25
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.58 45.50
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
109
0
0
VA

0.631
0.940
0.697
0.743
0.861
0.769
0.915
0.975
0.683
0.677
0.573394
0.522936
0.989
0.952
0.29055
0.911

0.937
0.881
0.846
0.940
0.835
0.123853
0.759
0.821
0.720
0.983
0.924

0.700
0.780
0.937
0.162844
0.548899
0.830
0.872
0.965
0.613
0.849
0.102477
0.809
0.977

0.647
0.991
0.674
0.844
0.930
0.686
0.937
0.589
0.16055
0.977
0.656
0.894
0.995
0.962
0.713
0.833
0.841
0.988
0.920
0.945
0.717
0.696
0.677
0.716
0.870
0.899
0.969
0.995
0.642
0.686
0.180459
0.656
0.974

0.927
0.911
0.969
0.927
 0.661
0.610
0.830
0.713
0.706
0.13
0.979
0.702
0.837
0.633
0.449541
0.974
0.911
0.925
0.807
0.706
0.56422
0.899
0.664
0.933
0.838
0.752
0.833
0.636
0.872
0.899
0.527523
0.995
0.974
0.940
0.856
0.711
0.087156
0.995
0.470183
0.642

0.640
0.911
0.934
0.906
0.677
0.943
0.953
0.679
0.894
0.545872
0.686
0.344037
0.867

0.804
0.755
0.784
0.56578
0.977
0.972
0.587156
0.969
0.916
0.930
0.772
0.580275
0.656
0.986
0.977
0.380734
0.890
0.683
0.849
0.820
0.950
0.748

0.991
0.53367
0.679
0.240092
0.764
0.633

0.661
0.961

0.945
0.963
0.43578
0.745
0.181927
0.616
0.787
0.582569
 Averaged Rescaled Data Original Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
Max 100
Min 0
Orientation 0
Assigned to VA
CODE COUNTRY RSF02VA
AFG Afghanistan 0.65 35.5
DZA Algeria 0.69 31
AGO Angola 0.70 30.17
ARG Argentina 0.88 12
AUS Australia 0.97 3.5
AUT Austria 0.93 7.5
AZE Azerbaijan 0.66 34.5
BHR Bahrain 0.77 23
BGD Bangladesh 0.56 43.75
BLR Belarus 0.48 52.17
BEL Belgium 0.97 3.5
BEN Benin 0.94 6
BTN Bhutan 0.09 90.75
BOL Bolivia 0.86 14.5
Bosnia and
BIH Herzegovina 0.88 12.5
BRA Brazil 0.81 18.75
BRN Brunei 0.62 38
BGR Bulgaria 0.90 9.75
BFA Burkina Faso 0.72 27.75
MMR Burma 0.03 96.83
BDI Burundi 0.76 24.5
KHM Cambodia 0.76 24.25
CMR Cameroon 0.71 28.83
CAN Canada 0.99 0.75
CPV Cape Verde 0.86 13.75
Central African
CAF Republic 0.79 21.5
TCD Chad 0.71 28.75
CHL Chile 0.94 6.5
CHN China 0.03 97
COL Colombia 0.59 40.83
COM Comoros 0.80 20.5
COG Congo 0.77 23.17
CRI Costa Rica 0.96 4.25
HRV Croatia 0.91 8.75
CUB Cuba 0.10 90.25
CZE Czech Republic 0.89 11.25
Democratic Republic
ZAR of the Congo 0.59 40.75
DNK Denmark 0.97 3
DJI Djibouti 0.69 31.25
ECU Ecuador 0.95 5.5
EGY Egypt 0.66 34.5
SLV El Salvador 0.91 8.75
GNQ Equatorial Guinea 0.57 42.75
ERI Eritrea 0.16 83.67
ETH Ethiopia 0.63 37.5
FIN Finland 1.00 0.5
FRA France 0.97 3.25
GAB Gabon 0.80 20.5
GMB Gambia 0.78 22.5
DEU Germany 0.99 1.5
GHA Ghana 0.77 23
GRC Greece 0.95 5
GTM Guatemala 0.73 27.25
GIN Guinea 0.74 26
GNB Guinea-Bissau 0.70 30.25
HTI Haiti 0.64 36.5
HKG Hong Kong 0.95 4.83
HUN Hungary 0.94 6.5
ISL Iceland 1.00 0.5
IND India 0.74 26.5
IDN Indonesia 0.80 20
IRN Iran 0.52 48.25
IRQ Iraq 0.21 79
IRL Ireland 0.99 1
ISR Israel 0.70 30
ITA Italy 0.89 11
CIV Ivory Coast 0.81 19
JPN Japan 0.93 7.5
JOR Jordan 0.67 33.5
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.58 42
KEN Kenya 0.75 24.75
KWT Kuwait 0.75 25.5
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.68 31.75
LAO Laos 0.11 89
LBN Lebanon 0.80 19.67
LBR Liberia 0.62 37.75
LBY Libya 0.28 72.5
MDG Madagascar 0.77 22.75
MWI Malawi 0.72 27.67
MYS Malaysia 0.62 37.83
MLI Mali 0.88 12.5
MRT Mauritania 0.59 41.33
MUS Mauritius 0.91 9.5
MEX Mexico 0.75 24.75
MNG Mongolia 0.76 24.5
MAR Morocco 0.71 29
MOZ Mozambique 0.77 23.5
NAM Namibia 0.92 8
NPL Nepal 0.37 63
NLD Netherlands 1.00 0.5
NER Niger 0.82 18.5
NGA Nigeria 0.85 15.5
PRK North Korea 0.03 97.5
NOR Norway 1.00 0.5
PAK Pakistan 0.55 44.67
Palestinian National
WBG Authority 0.73 27
PAN Panama 0.85 15.5
PRY Paraguay 0.92 8.5
PER Peru 0.91 9.5
PHL Philippines 0.71 29
POL Poland 0.92 7.75
PRT Portugal 0.99 1.5
ROM Romania 0.87 13.25
RUS Russia 0.52 48
RWA Rwanda 0.63 37.5
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.38 62.5
SEN Senegal 0.86 14
SYC Seychelles 0.79 20.75
SLE Sierra Leone 0.76 24.5
SVN Slovenia 0.96 4
ZAF South Africa 0.93 7.5
KOR South Korea 0.90 10.5
ESP Spain 0.92 7.75
LKA Sri Lanka 0.84 15.75
SDN Sudan 0.64 36
SWZ Swaziland 0.71 29
SWE Sweden 0.99 1.5
CHE Switzerland 0.96 4.25
SYR Syria 0.37 62.83
TWN Taiwan 0.91 9
TJK Tajikistan 0.72 28.25
TZA Tanzania 0.79 21.25
THA Thailand 0.77 22.75
TGO Togo 0.69 31.5
TUN Tunisia 0.32 67.75
TUR Turkey 0.67 33.5
TKM Turkmenistan 0.08 91.5
UGA Uganda 0.83 17
UKR Ukraine 0.60 40
GBR United Kingdom 0.94 6
USA United States 0.95 4.75
URY Uruguay 0.94 6
UZB Uzbekistan 0.55 45
VEN Venezuela 0.75 25
VNM Vietnam 0.19 81.25
YEM Yemen 0.65 34.75
SRB Yugoslavia 0.79 20.75
ZMB Zambia 0.73 26.75
ZWE Zimbabwe 0.52 48.25
Rescaled Data

Reporters
Without
Borders
Press
Freedom
Index
100
0
0
VA

0.645
0.690
0.698
0.880
0.965
0.925
0.655
0.770
0.563
0.478
0.965
0.940
0.093
0.855

0.875
0.813
0.620
0.903
0.722
0.032
0.755
0.758
0.712
0.993
0.863

0.785
0.713
0.935
0.030
0.592
0.795
0.768
0.958
0.913
0.098
0.888

0.593
0.970
0.688
0.945
0.655
0.913
0.573
0.163
0.625
0.995
0.968
0.795
0.775
0.985
0.770
0.950
0.728
0.740
0.698
0.635
0.952
0.935
0.995
0.735
0.800
0.518
0.210
0.990
0.700
0.890
0.810
0.925
0.665
0.580
0.753
0.745
0.683
0.110
0.803
0.623
0.275
0.773
0.723
0.622
0.875
0.587
0.905
0.753
0.755
0.710
0.765
0.920
0.370
0.995
0.815
0.845
0.025
0.995
0.553

0.730
0.845
0.915
0.905
0.710
0.923
0.985
0.867
0.520
0.625
0.375
0.860
0.793
0.755
0.960
0.925
0.895
0.923
0.843
0.640
0.710
0.985
0.958
0.372
0.910
0.718
0.788
0.773
0.685
0.323
0.665
0.085
0.830
0.600
0.940
0.953
0.940
0.550
0.750
0.188
0.653
0.793
0.732
0.518