| FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 2004 | |||
| www.freedomhouse.org | |||
| Table of Global Press Freedom Rankings | |||
| Rank | Country | Rating | Status |
| 1 | Finland | 9 | Free |
| 2 | Iceland | 9 | Free |
| 3 | Sweden | 9 | Free |
| 4 | Denmark | 10 | Free |
| 5 | Norway | 10 | Free |
| 6 | Belgium | 11 | Free |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 11 | Free |
| 8 | Netherlands | 11 | Free |
| 9 | Switzerland | 11 | Free |
| 10 | New Zealand | 12 | Free |
| 11 | Marshall Islands | 13 | Free |
| 12 | Palau | 13 | Free |
| 13 | Andorra | 14 | Free |
| 14 | Bahamas | 14 | Free |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 14 | Free |
| 16 | Monaco | 14 | Free |
| 17 | Portugal | 14 | Free |
| 18 | Ireland | 15 | Free |
| 19 | Jamaica | 15 | Free |
| 20 | Germany | 16 | Free |
| 21 | San Marino | 16 | Free |
| 22 | St Lucia | 16 | Free |
| 23 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 16 | Free |
| 24 | Barbados | 17 | Free |
| 25 | Canada | 17 | Free |
| 26 | Dominica | 17 | Free |
| 27 | Estonia | 17 | Free |
| 28 | Latvia | 17 | Free |
| 29 | United States | 17 | Free |
| 30 | Australia | 18 | Free |
| 31 | Lithuania | 18 | Free |
| 32 | Malta | 18 | Free |
| 33 | Micronesia | 18 | Free |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 18 | Free |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 19 | Free |
| 36 | Slovenia | 19 | Free |
| 37 | Belize | 20 | Free |
| 38 | France | 20 | Free |
| 39 | Grenada | 20 | Free |
| 40 | Japan | 20 | Free |
| 41 | Poland | 20 | Free |
| 42 | Suriname | 20 | Free |
| 43 | Tuvalu | 20 | Free |
| 44 | Austria | 21 | Free |
| 45 | Hungary | 21 | Free |
| 46 | Slovakia | 21 | Free |
| 47 | Taiwan | 21 | Free |
| 48 | Cyprus | 22 | Free |
| 49 | Czech Republic | 22 | Free |
| 50 | Spain | 22 | Free |
| 51 | Guyana | 23 | Free |
| 52 | Mali | 23 | Free |
| 53 | St Kitts & Nevis | 23 | Free |
| 54 | Chile | 24 | Free |
| 55 | Trinidad & Tobago | 24 | Free |
| 56 | Vanuatu | 24 | Free |
| 57 | Samoa | 25 | Free |
| 58 | Ghana | 26 | Free |
| 59 | Kiribati | 26 | Free |
| 60 | South Africa | 26 | Free |
| 61 | Greece | 28 | Free |
| 62 | Hong Kong | 28 | Free |
| 63 | Israel | 28 | Free |
| 64 | Mauritius | 28 | Free |
| 65 | Sao Tome & Principe | 28 | Free |
| 66 | Namibia | 29 | Free |
| 67 | Nauru | 29 | Free |
| 68 | Papua New Guinea | 29 | Free |
| 69 | South Korea | 29 | Free |
| 70 | Uruguay | 29 | Free |
| 71 | Benin | 30 | Free |
| 72 | Botswana | 30 | Free |
| 73 | East Timor | 30 | Free |
| 74 | Fiji | 30 | Free |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 30 | Free |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 32 | Partly Free |
| 77 | Bolivia | 35 | Partly Free |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 35 | Partly Free |
| 79 | Italy | 35 | Partly Free |
| 80 | Mongolia | 35 | Partly Free |
| 81 | Philippines | 35 | Partly Free |
| 82 | Croatia | 37 | Partly Free |
| 83 | Senegal | 37 | Partly Free |
| 84 | Tonga | 37 | Partly Free |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 38 | Partly Free |
| 86 | India | 38 | Partly Free |
| 87 | Antigua & Barbuda | 40 | Partly Free |
| 88 | Brazil | 40 | Partly Free |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 40 | Partly Free |
| 90 | Peru | 40 | Partly Free |
| 91 | Serbia & Montenegro | 40 | Partly Free |
| 92 | Argentina | 41 | Partly Free |
| 93 | Ecuador | 41 | Partly Free |
| 94 | El Salvador | 41 | Partly Free |
| 95 | Lesotho | 42 | Partly Free |
| 96 | Mexico | 42 | Partly Free |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 42 | Partly Free |
| 98 | Thailand | 42 | Partly Free |
| 99 | Comoros | 44 | Partly Free |
| 100 | Panama | 44 | Partly Free |
| 101 | Uganda | 44 | Partly Free |
| 102 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 45 | Partly Free |
| 103 | Mozambique | 45 | Partly Free |
| 104 | Romania | 47 | Partly Free |
| 105 | Turkey | 48 | Partly Free |
| 106 | Madagascar | 50 | Partly Free |
| 107 | Albania | 51 | Partly Free |
| 108 | Congo (Brazzaville) | 51 | Partly Free |
| 109 | Honduras | 51 | Partly Free |
| 110 | Macedonia | 51 | Partly Free |
| 111 | Tanzania | 51 | Partly Free |
| 112 | Nigeria | 52 | Partly Free |
| 113 | Niger | 53 | Partly Free |
| 114 | Malawi | 54 | Partly Free |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 55 | Partly Free |
| 116 | Georgia | 56 | Partly Free |
| 117 | Paraguay | 56 | Partly Free |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 56 | Partly Free |
| 119 | Guatemala | 58 | Partly Free |
| 120 | Indonesia | 58 | Partly Free |
| 121 | Kuwait | 58 | Partly Free |
| 122 | Seychelles | 58 | Partly Free |
| 123 | Sierra Leone | 59 | Partly Free |
| 124 | Ukraine | 59 | Partly Free |
| 125 | Lebanon | 60 | Partly Free |
| 126 | Kenya | 61 | Not Free |
| 127 | Pakistan | 61 | Not Free |
| 128 | Cambodia | 62 | Not Free |
| 129 | Jordan | 62 | Not Free |
| 130 | Qatar | 62 | Not Free |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 63 | Not Free |
| 132 | Colombia | 63 | Not Free |
| 133 | Morocco | 63 | Not Free |
| 134 | Algeria | 64 | Not Free |
| 135 | Armenia | 64 | Not Free |
| 136 | Mauritania | 65 | Not Free |
| 137 | Moldova | 65 | Not Free |
| 138 | Zambia | 65 | Not Free |
| 139 | Angola | 66 | Not Free |
| 140 | Bhutan | 66 | Not Free |
| 141 | Gabon | 66 | Not Free |
| 142 | Haiti | 66 | Not Free |
| 143 | Singapore | 66 | Not Free |
| 144 | Djibouti | 67 | Not Free |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 68 | Not Free |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 68 | Not Free |
| 147 | Cameroon | 68 | Not Free |
| 148 | Egypt | 68 | Not Free |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 68 | Not Free |
| 150 | Maldives | 68 | Not Free |
| 151 | Russia | 68 | Not Free |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 69 | Not Free |
| 153 | Malaysia | 69 | Not Free |
| 154 | Nepal | 69 | Not Free |
| 155 | Iraq | 70 | Not Free |
| 156 | Bahrain | 71 | Not Free |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 71 | Not Free |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 72 | Not Free |
| 159 | Oman | 72 | Not Free |
| 160 | The Gambia | 72 | Not Free |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 72 | Not Free |
| 162 | Venezuela | 72 | Not Free |
| 163 | Chad | 73 | Not Free |
| 164 | Guinea | 73 | Not Free |
| 165 | Liberia | 73 | Not Free |
| 166 | Togo | 73 | Not Free |
| 167 | Burundi | 74 | Not Free |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 74 | Not Free |
| 169 | Brunei | 75 | Not Free |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | 75 | Not Free |
| 171 | Yemen | 76 | Not Free |
| 172 | Swaziland | 79 | Not Free |
| 173 | Iran | 80 | Not Free |
| 174 | Saudi Arabia | 80 | Not Free |
| 175 | Tunisia | 80 | Not Free |
| 176 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 81 | Not Free |
| 177 | China | 82 | Not Free |
| 178 | Vietnam | 82 | Not Free |
| 179 | Laos | 83 | Not Free |
| 180 | Somalia | 83 | Not Free |
| 181 | Syria | 83 | Not Free |
| 182 | Israeli Occupied Territories & PNA | 84 | Not Free |
| 183 | Rwanda | 84 | Not Free |
| 184 | Uzbekistan | 85 | Not Free |
| 185 | Belarus | 86 | Not Free |
| 186 | Sudan | 86 | Not Free |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | 88 | Not Free |
| 188 | Zimbabwe | 89 | Not Free |
| 189 | Eritrea | 91 | Not Free |
| 190 | Libya | 95 | Not Free |
| 191 | Myramar - Burma | 96 | Not Free |
| 192 | Cuba | 96 | Not Free |
| 193 | Turkmenistan | 96 | Not Free |
| 194 | North Korea | 97 | Not Free |
| Country | Rating | Status | |
| 75 | 39 | Free | |
| 50 | 26 | Partly Free | |
| 69 | 35 | Not Free | |
| 194 | 100 | Total | |