Top 10 countries with highest press freedom
Bad news is good news for media companies - it sells way more than positive stuff.
Writing about negative things can have a positive impact - it makes it more difficult for these things to happen in the future. If a newspaper exposes wide spread corruption it is almost certain that the officials involved will lose their positions.
Giving journalists the freedom to write about whatever they want ensures that in the long run the country they live in will have a better business environment which is good for sustained economic growth.
Reporters Without Borders is a world wide organization that stands for press freedom across the world. They also manage the Worldwide Press Freedom Index that lists the countries of the world by their press freedom.
Top 10 countries with free press in the world
1 - Iceland
2 - Norway
3 - Estonia
4 - Slovakia
5 - Belgium
6 - Finland
7 - Sweden
8 - Denmark
9 - Ireland
10 - Portugal
Other notable countries
Canada - 18th place
Germany - 20th place
United Kingdom - 24th place
USA - 48th place
Russia - 144th place
Map of press freedom
On the freedom of press map below green indicates the countries with highest press freedom and red lowest press freedom
FinancialJesus.com is a true believer of press freedom, so we are very delighted to see Estonia (this is where we run our business) ranking in the 3rd position.
Do you know where I can find the original list? I would like to see where Brazil ranks.
The link to the original list is in this post (click on Worldwide Press Freedom Index ). Brazil is #84.
Thanks Maria for helping our readers out!
wooops lol, thank you!
I wonder what kind of criteria they used and how they evaluated everything. I’m sure it was a complex process, I just find the results a bit eye-opening.
You can read a bit more at
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24025
It doesn’t describe the criteria exactly, but it gives a good overview.
They have offices across a lot of countries that gather the necessary information!
Thanks, I will have to check that out
I think you’ve forgotten Africa in this issue. My country GH has a press freedom and they causing chaos sometimes. I’ll say making money outta us, sometimes producing false infos.