Last Updated 20 Dec 2023

India now at 161 of 180 Countries in Press Freedom Index^[1]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released the 21st edition of its World Press Freedom Index on 3rd May 2023

¶ How it is calculated^[1:1]

Scores are computed against each indicator and then countries ranked

• The 5 sub-indicators:
  1. Security indicator
  2. Political indicator
  3. Economic indicator
  4. Legislative indicator
  5. Social indicator

Security Indicator sub-category

India is in the position 172, which is the most worrying collapse
-- Only China, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and Myanmar behind India

References:

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1. https://thewire.in/media/rsf-press-freedom-index-india ↩︎ ↩︎