I have just read a local blog post, comparing press freedom in Hong Kong with that in Singapore: "Today, Hong Kong ranks 58th in the 2013 press freedom index. Singapore, where all local media is heavily regulated by the government, ranks 149th, just ahead of Iraq and Burma."
The post makes reference to the index, but I have also copied in the ranking, see below.
Interesting things, beyond the lack of press freedom in Singapore, are the place of the Netherlands: 2nd!, and the change in Hungary's position: -16 (from 40 to 56), with the corresponding comment in the text ("Democracies that stall or go into reverse - Hungary (56th, -16) is still paying the price of its repressive legislative reforms, which had a major impact on the way journalists work.").
Sad. (Not so much for the Dutch, of course!)
Rank | Country | Note | Differential |
1 | Finland | 6,38 | 0 (1) |
2 | Netherlands | 6,48 | +1 (3) |
3 | Norway | 6,52 | -2 (1) |
4 | Luxembourg | 6,68 | +2 (6) |
5 | Andorra | 6,82 | - |
6 | Denmark | 7,08 | +4 (10) |
7 | Liechtenstein | 7,35 | - |
8 | New Zealand | 8,38 | +5 (13) |
9 | Iceland | 8,49 | -3 (6) |
10 | Sweden | 9,23 | +2 (12) |
11 | Estonia | 9,26 | -8 (3) |
12 | Austria | 9,40 | -7 (5) |
13 | Jamaica | 9,88 | +3 (16) |
14 | Switzerland | 9,94 | -6 (8) |
15 | Ireland | 10,06 | 0 (15) |
16 | Czech Republic | 10,17 | -2 (14) |
17 | Germany | 10,24 | -1 (16) |
18 | Costa Rica | 12,08 | +1 (19) |
19 | Namibia | 12,50 | +1 (20) |
20 | Canada | 12,69 | -10 (10) |
21 | Belgium | 12,94 | -1 (20) |
22 | Poland | 13,11 | +2 (24) |
23 | Slovakia | 13,25 | +2 (25) |
24 | Cyprus | 13,83 | -8 (16) |
25 | Cape Verde | 14,33 | -16 (9) |
26 | Australia | 15,24 | +4 (30) |
27 | Uruguay | 15,92 | +5 (32) |
28 | Portugal | 16,75 | +5 (33) |
29 | United Kingdom | 16,89 | -1 (28) |
30 | Ghana | 17,27 | +11 (41) |
31 | Suriname | 18,19 | -9 (22) |
32 | United States | 18,22 | +15 (47) |
33 | Lithuania | 18,24 | -3 (30) |
34 | OECS | 19,72 | -9 (25) |
35 | Slovenia | 20,49 | +1 (36) |
36 | Spain | 20,50 | +3 (39) |
37 | France | 21,60 | +1 (38) |
38 | El Salvador | 22,86 | -1 (37) |
39 | Latvia | 22,89 | +11 (50) |
40 | Botswana | 22,91 | +2 (42) |
41 | Papua New Guinea | 22,97 | -6 (35) |
42 | Romania | 23,05 | +5 (47) |
43 | Niger | 23,08 | -14 (29) |
44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23,12 | +6 (50) |
45 | Malta | 23,30 | +13 (58) |
46 | Burkina Faso | 23,70 | +22 (68) |
47 | Taiwan | 23,82 | -2 (45) |
48 | Samoa | 23,84 | +6 (54) |
49 | Haiti | 24,09 | +3 (52) |
50 | South Korea | 24,48 | -6 (44) |
51 | Comoros | 24,52 | -6 (45) |
52 | South Africa | 24,56 | -10 (42) |
53 | Japan | 25,17 | -31 (22) |
54 | Argentina | 25,67 | -7 (47) |
55 | Moldova | 26,01 | -2 (53) |
56 | Hungary | 26,09 | -16 (40) |
57 | Italy | 26,11 | +4 (61) |
58 | Hong Kong | 26,16 | -4 (54) |
59 | Senegal | 26,19 | +16 (75) |
60 | Chile | 26,24 | +20 (80) |
61 | Sierra Leone | 26,35 | +2 (63) |
62 | Mauritius | 26,47 | -8 (54) |
63 | Serbia | 26,59 | +17 (80) |
64 | Croatia | 26,61 | +4 (68) |
65 | Central African Republic | 26,61 | -3 (62) |
66 | Tonga | 26,70 | -3 (63) |
67 | Mauritania | 26,76 | 0 (67) |
68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26,86 | -10 (58) |
69 | Guyana | 27,08 | -11 (58) |
70 | Tanzania | 27,34 | -36 (34) |
71 | Kenya | 27,80 | +13 (84) |
72 | Zambia | 27,93 | +14 (86) |
73 | Mozambique | 28,01 | -7 (66) |
74 | Armenia | 28,04 | +3 (77) |
75 | Malawi | 28,18 | +71 (146) |
76 | Republic of the Congo | 28,20 | +14 (90) |
77 | Kuwait | 28,28 | +1 (78) |
78 | Nicaragua | 28,31 | -6 (72) |
79 | Benin | 28,33 | +12 (91) |
80 | Dominican Republic | 28,34 | +15 (95) |
81 | Lesotho | 28,36 | -18 (63) |
82 | Bhutan | 28,42 | -12 (70) |
83 | Togo | 28,45 | -4 (79) |
84 | Greece | 28,46 | -14 (70) |
85 | Kosovo | 28,47 | +1 (86) |
86 | Guinea | 28,49 | 0 (86) |
87 | Bulgaria | 28,58 | -7 (80) |
88 | Madagascar | 28,62 | -4 (84) |
89 | Gabon | 28,69 | +12 (101) |
90 | East Timor | 28,72 | -4 (86) |
91 | Paraguay | 28,78 | -11 (80) |
92 | Guinea-Bissau | 28,94 | -17 (75) |
93 | Seychelles | 29,19 | -20 (73) |
94 | Northern Cyprus | 29,34 | +8 (102) |
95 | Guatemala | 29,39 | +2 (97) |
96 | Ivory Coast | 29,77 | +63 (159) |
97 | Liberia | 29,89 | +13 (110) |
98 | Mongolia | 29,93 | +2 (100) |
99 | Mali | 30,03 | -74 (25) |
100 | Georgia | 30,09 | +4 (104) |
101 | Lebanon | 30,15 | -8 (93) |
102 | Albania | 30,88 | -6 (96) |
103 | Maldives | 31,10 | -30 (73) |
104 | Uganda | 31,69 | +35 (139) |
105 | Peru | 31,87 | +10 (115) |
106 | Kyrgyzstan | 32,20 | +2 (108) |
107 | Fiji | 32,69 | +10 (117) |
108 | Brazil | 32,75 | -9 (99) |
109 | Bolivia | 32,80 | -1 (108) |
110 | Qatar | 32,86 | +4 (114) |
111 | Panama | 32,95 | +2 (113) |
112 | Israel | 32,97 | -20 (92) |
113 | Montenegro | 32,97 | -6 (107) |
114 | United Arab Emirates | 33,49 | -2 (112) |
115 | Nigeria | 34,11 | +11 (126) |
116 | Republic of Macedonia | 34,27 | -22 (94) |
117 | Venezuela | 34,44 | 0 (117) |
118 | Nepal | 34,61 | -12 (106) |
119 | Ecuador | 34,69 | -15 (104) |
120 | Cameroon | 34,78 | -23 (97) |
121 | Chad | 34,87 | -18 (103) |
122 | Brunei | 35,45 | +3 (125) |
123 | Tajikistan | 35,71 | -1 (122) |
124 | South Sudan | 36,20 | -13 (111) |
125 | Algeria | 36,54 | -3 (122) |
126 | Ukraine | 36,79 | -10 (116) |
127 | Honduras | 36,92 | +8 (135) |
128 | Afghanistan | 37,36 | +22 (150) |
129 | Colombia | 37,48 | +14 (143) |
130 | Angola | 37,80 | +2 (132) |
131 | Libya | 37,86 | +23 (154) |
132 | Burundi | 38,02 | -2 (130) |
133 | Zimbabwe | 38,12 | -16 (117) |
134 | Jordan | 38,47 | -6 (128) |
135 | Thailand | 38,60 | +2 (137) |
136 | Morocco | 39,04 | +2 (138) |
137 | Ethiopia | 39,57 | -10 (127) |
138 | Tunisia | 39,93 | -4 (134) |
139 | Indonesia | 41,05 | +7 (146) |
140 | India | 41,22 | -9 (131) |
141 | Oman | 41,51 | -24 (117) |
142 | DR Congo | 41,66 | +3 (145) |
143 | Cambodia | 41,81 | -26 (117) |
144 | Bangladesh | 42,01 | -15 (129) |
145 | Malaysia | 42,73 | -23 (122) |
146 | Palestine | 43,09 | +7 (153) |
147 | Philippines | 43,11 | -7 (140) |
148 | Russia | 43,42 | -6 (142) |
149 | Singapore | 43,43 | -14 (135) |
150 | Iraq | 44,67 | +2 (152) |
151 | Burma | 44,71 | +18 (169) |
152 | Gambia | 45,09 | -11 (141) |
153 | Mexico | 45,30 | -4 (149) |
154 | Turkey | 46,56 | -6 (148) |
155 | Swaziland | 46,76 | -11 (144) |
156 | Azerbaijan | 47,73 | +6 (162) |
157 | Belarus | 48,35 | +11 (168) |
158 | Egypt | 48,66 | +8 (166) |
159 | Pakistan | 51,31 | -8 (151) |
160 | Kazakhstan | 55,08 | -6 (154) |
161 | Rwanda | 55,46 | -5 (156) |
162 | Sri Lanka | 56,59 | +1 (163) |
163 | Saudi Arabia | 56,88 | -5 (158) |
164 | Uzbekistan | 60,39 | -7 (157) |
165 | Bahrain | 62,75 | +8 (173) |
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 67,20 | -5 (161) |
167 | Djibouti | 67,40 | -8 (159) |
168 | Laos | 67,99 | -3 (165) |
169 | Yemen | 69,22 | +2 (171) |
170 | Sudan | 70,06 | 0 (170) |
171 | Cuba | 71,64 | -4 (167) |
172 | Vietnam | 71,78 | 0 (172) |
173 | China | 73,07 | +1 (174) |
174 | Iran | 73,40 | +1 (175) |
175 | Somalia | 73,59 | -11 (164) |
176 | Syria | 78,53 | 0 (176) |
177 | Turkmenistan | 79,14 | 0 (177) |
178 | North Korea | 83,90 | 0 (178) |
179 | Eritrea | 84,83 | 0 (179) |