Media freedom rankings

Sydney Morning Herald
October 28 2004

Australia has ranked dismally in a global index on media freedom released by Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Here are the rankings.

1 Denmark

- Finland

- Iceland

- Ireland

- Netherlands

- Norway

- Slovakia

- Switzerland

9 New Zealand

10 Latvia

11 Estonia

- Germany

- Sweden

- Trinidad and Tobago

15 Slovenia

16 Lithuania

17 Austria

18 Canada

19 Czech Republic

- France

21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,67

22 Belgium

- United States of America (American territory)

24 Jamaica

25 Portugal

26 South Africa

27 Benin

28 El Salvador

- Hungary

- United Kingdom

31 Dominican Republic

32 Poland

33 Greece

34 Hong Kong

35 Costa Rica

36 Bulgaria

- Israel (Israeli territory)

38 Cape Verde

39 Italy

- Spain

41 Australia

42 Chile

- Japan

- Namibia

- Uruguay

46 Mauritius

- Paraguay

48 South Korea

49 Macedonia

50 Albania

- Botswana

52 Nicaragua

53 Honduras

54 Croatia

55 Grenade

56 Mali

57 Ghana

- Timor-Leste

59 Thailand

60 Taiwan

61 Panama

- Tanzania

63 Fiji

64 Burkina Faso

- Mozambique

66 Brazil

- Ecuador

- Guatemala

69 Congo

70 Romania

71 Niger

72 Madagascar

73 Burundi

- Mongolia

75 Togo

76 Bolivia

77 Serbia and Montenegro

78 Moldova

79 Argentina

80 Senegal

81 Cyprus (North)

82 Kenya

83 Armenia

- Guinea-Bissau

- Seychelles

86 Uganda

87 Lebanon

88 Guinea

- Sierra Leone

90 Venezuela

91 Angola

- Comoros

93 Cameroon

94 Georgia

95 Tajikistan

96 Mexico

97 Afghanistan

98 Gambia

- Lesotho

100 Zambia

101 Malawi

- Swaziland

103 Kuwait

104 Central African Republic

- Qatar

106 Chad

107 Kyrgyzstan

108 United States of America (in Iraq)

109 Cambodia

- Sri Lanka

111 Philippines

112 Ethiopia

113 Rwanda

- Turkey

115 Gabon

- Israel (Occupied Territories)

117 Indonesia

- Nigeria

119 Tonga

120 India

121 Jordan

122 Malaysia

123 Liberia

- Peru

125 Haiti

126 Morocco

127 Palestinian Authority

128 Algeria

- Egypt

- Somalia

131 Kazakhstan

132 Sudan

133 Equatorial Guinea

134 Colombia

135 Yemen

136 Azerbaijan

137 United Arab Emirates

138 Mauritania

- Ukraine

140 Russia

141 Democratic Republic of Congo

142 Uzbekistan

143 Bahrein

144 Belarus

145 Djibouti

146 Bhutan

147 Singapore

148 Iraq

149 Cote d'Ivoire

150 Pakistan

151 Bangladesh

152 Tunisia

153 Laos

154 Libya

155 Syria

- Zimbabwe

157 Maldives

158 Iran

159 Saudi Arabia

160 Nepal

161 Vietnam

162 China

163 Eritrea

164 Turkmenistan

165 Burma

166 Cuba

167 North Korea

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