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Reporters Without Borders - World Press Freedom Index 2009 World Press Freedom Index 2009 - The rankings

  • Gulf News
  • Published: 20:48 January 31, 2010

1 Denmark 62 Botswana
2 Finland 63 Liberia
3 Ireland 64 Malawi
4 Norway 65 Serbia
5 Sweden 66 Tanzania
6 Estonia 67 Togo
7 Netherlands 68 Bulgaria
8 Switzerland 69 South Korea
9 Iceland 70 Bhutan
10 Lithuania 71 Brazil
11 Belgium 72 Benin
12 Malta 73 Seychelles
13 Austria 74 Timor-Leste
14 Latvia 75 Kosovo
15 New Zealand 76 Nicaragua
16 Australia 77 Montenegro
17 Japan 78 Croatia
18 Germany 79 El Salvador
19 Canada 80 Central African Republic
20 Luxembourg 81 Georgia
21 United Kingdom 82 Comoros
22  United States 83 Mozambique
23 Jamaica 84 Ecuador
24 Czech Republic 85 Peru
25 Cyprus 86 Uganda
26 Hungary 87 UAE
27 Ghana 88 Albania
28 Trinidad and Tobago 89 Senegal
29 Uruguay 90 Ukraine
30 Costa Rica 91 Mongolia
31 Mali 92 Guinea-Bissau
32 Portugal 93 Israel (Israeli territory)
33 South Africa 94 Qatar
34 Macedonia 95 Bolivia
35 Greece 96 Kenya
36 Namibia 97 Zambia
37 Poland 98 Dominican Republic
38 Slovenia 99 Lesotho
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 Guinea
40 Chile 101 Indonesia
41 Guyana 102 Mauritania
42 Surinam 103 Burundi
43 France 104 Côte d’Ivoire
44 Cape Verde 105 India
45 Slovakia 106 Guatemala
46 Spain 107 Oman
47 Argentina 108 United States of America (extra-territories)
48 Hong Kong 109 Cameroon
49 Italy 110 Djibouti
50 Romania 111 Armenia
51 Cyprus (North) 112 Jordan
52 Maldives 113 Tajikistan
53 Mauritius 114 Moldova
54 Paraguay 115 Sierra Leone
55 Panama 116 Congo
56 Papua New Guinea 117 Cambodia
57 Burkina Faso 118 Nepal
58 Haiti 119 Angola
59 Taiwan 120 Bahrain
60 Kuwait 121 Bangladesh
61 Lebanon 122 Philippines

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