AAP NEWSFEED
October 27, 2004, Wednesday
Media Freedom Rankings
Australia has ranked dismally in a global index on media freedom
released today by Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
on its website, 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