Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to freedom of the press. The name connects to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).

RWB is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a virtual network of non-governmental organisations that monitors free expression violations worldwide and campaigns to defend journalists, writers and human rights activists.

Worldwide press freedom index

The RWB has been making a list of most of the world countries based on their press freedom. The 2004 list was published on October 26, 2004. The list is generated based on responses to surveys sent to a number of people from around the world: over a hundred journalists that are members of partner organisations of the RWB, as well as related specialists such as researchers, jurists and human rights activists.

The survey asks questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media as well as other indirect sources of pressure against the free press. RWB is careful to note that the index only deals with press freedom, and does not measure the quality of journalism. The ranking also takes into account pressure on journalists by non-governmental groups, for example the Basque paramilitary group ETA in Spain.

Pos Country Score 1 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 = 0.50 9 0.67 10 1.00 11 2.00 = 2.00 = 2.00 = 2.00 15 2.25 16 3.00 17 3.25 18 3.33 19 3.50 = 3.50 21 3.67 22 4.00 = (American territory) 4.00 24 4.17 25 4.50 26 5.00 27 5.50 28 6.00 = 6.00 = 6.00 31 6.75 32 6.83 33 7.00 34 7.50 35 7.63 36 8.00 = (Israeli territory) 8.00 38 8.75 39 9.00 = 9.00 41 9.50 42 10.00 = 10.00 = 10.00 = 10.00 46 10.50 = 10.50 48 11.13 49 11.25 50 11.50 = 11.50 52 11.67 53 11.75 54 11.83 55 12.00 56 12.83 57 13.50 = 13.50 59 14.00 60 14.25 61 14.50 = 14.50 63 16.00 64 16.25 = 16.25 66 16.50 = 16.50 = 16.50 69 17.50 70 17.83 71 18.33 72 18.50 73 19.00 = 19.00 75 19.50 76 20.00 77 20.33 78 20.50 79 21.33 80 21.50 81 22.00 82 22.25 83 23.50 = 23.50

Pos Country Score = 23.50 86 24.00 87 24.38 88 24.50 = 24.50 90 24.63 91 26.50 = 26.50 93 27.00 94 27.50 95 27.75 96 27.83 97 28.25 98 29.50 = 29.50 100 29.75 101 31.00 = 31.00 103 31.67 104 32.50 = 32.50 106 33.25 107 35.25 108 United States (in Iraq) 36.00 109 36.50 = 36.50 111 36.63 112 37.00 113 37.25 = 37.25 115 37.50 = Israel (occupied territories) 37.50 117 37.75 = 37.75 119 38.17 120 38.50 121 39.13 122 39.83 123 40.00 = 40.00 125 42.13 126 43.00 127 43.17 128 43.50 = 43.50 = 43.50 131 44.17 132 44.25 133 46.25 134 47.83 135 48.00 136 49.67 137 50.25 138 51.00 = 51.00 140 51.38 141 51.50 142 52.13 143 52.50 144 54.10 145 55.00 146 55.83 147 57.00 148 58.50 149 60.38 150 61.75 151 62.50 152 62.67 153 64.33 154 65.00 155 67.50 = 67.50 157 69.17 158 78.30 159 79.17 160 84.00 161 86.88 162 92.33 163 93.25 164 99.83 165 103.63 166 106.83 167 107.50

See also

• List of Indices of Freedom

External links

• Reporters Without Borders web page
• First worldwide press freedom index (October 2002)
• Second worldwide press freedom index (October 2003)
• Third worldwide press freedom index (October 2004)