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World Press Freedom Index

The freedom of journalists in 180 countries, as a score and five context scores.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · The publisher's page · All methods

What it looks at

Experts score countries — What the law says · What happens

Coverage: 180 countries (2026 file).

What it is made of

  • Political context
  • Economic context
  • Legal context
  • Social context
  • Safety

May its data be shown here?

May not be shown

The terms forbid extracting or reusing the database.

The publisher's terms, quotedToute extraction et toute réutilisation… de la totalité ou d'une partie du contenu d'une base de données… sont strictement interdites.

Questions to ask of it

  • Who are the experts, how many score each country, and how far do they disagree? A score from a handful of people is an opinion with a number on it.
  • Does it mix what the law says with what happens? Solon keeps those apart, so a gap between them shows instead of averaging away.
  • Its figures cannot be shown here. Read them at the publisher's, and weigh them with the questions above.

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The facts, in plain words

  1. F1World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), says it measures: The freedom of journalists in 180 countries, as a score and five context scores.
  2. F2How it is made: expert scoring. What it looks at: de jure, de facto.
  3. F3Its parts, as the publisher names them: Political context; Economic context; Legal context; Social context; Safety.
  4. F4Coverage: 180 countries (2026 file).
  5. F5Licence: not loadable. The terms say: "Toute extraction et toute réutilisation… de la totalité ou d'une partie du contenu d'une base de données… sont strictement interdites." The terms forbid extracting or reusing the database.
  6. F6A question to ask of it: Who are the experts, how many score each country, and how far do they disagree?
  7. F7A question to ask of it: Does it mix what the law says with what happens?
  8. F8A question to ask of it: Its figures cannot be shown on Solon.
  9. F9Source read on 2026-11-09: RSF: conditions générales d'utilisation.

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