List of sovereign states in Europe by Press Freedom Index

This is a list and map of European countries by the Press Freedom Index for the year 2021.^[1]

Map

30.59

23.32

16.34

58.77

50.82

11.69

28.34

37.29

27.95

19.85

23.38

8.57

15.25

6.99

22.60

15.24

28.64

29.01

31.76

15.37

11.91

23.39

50.28

30.32

19.26

19.49

20.15

17.56

31.67

30.46

31.61

n/d

34.33

9.67

6.72

28.84

10.11

24.91

48.71

n/d

32.03

23.02

23.10

20.44

7.24

10.55

49.79

32.96

21.59

Faroe
Islands
(Dk.)

n/d

28.83

Adriatic
Sea

Arctic Ocean

Barents Sea

Bay of
Biscay

Black
Sea

Azov
Sea

Caspian
Sea

Celtic
Sea

Greenland Sea

Baffin Bay

Gulf of
Cadiz

Ligurian
Sea

Mediterranean Sea

North
Atlantic
Ocean

North
Sea

Norwegian
Sea

Strait of Gibraltar

Legend

Good situation (0 - 15)

Satisfactory situation (15.01 - 25)

Problematic situation (25.01 - 35)

Difficult situation (35.01 - 55)

Very serious situation (55.01 - 100)[2]

Table

Rank	Country	Index
1	Norway	6.72
2	Finland	6.99
3	Sweden	7.24
4	Denmark	8.57
5	Netherlands	9.67
6	Portugal	10.11
7	Switzerland	10.55
8	Belgium	11.69
9	Ireland	11.91
10	Germany	15.24
11	Estonia	15.25
12	Iceland	15.37
13	Austria	16.34
14	Luxembourg	17.56
15	Latvia	19.26
16	Liechtenstein	19.49
17	Cyprus	19.85
18	Lithuania	20.15
19	Spain	20.44
20	United Kingdom	21.59
21	France	22.60
22	Slovakia	23.02
23	Slovenia	23.10
24	Andorra	23.32
25	Czech Republic	23.38
26	Italy	23.39
27	Romania	24.91
28	Croatia	27.95
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.34
30	Georgia	28.64
31	Armenia	28.83
32	Poland	28.84
33	Greece	29.01
34	Kosovo	30.32
35	Malta	30.46
36	Albania	30.59
37	Moldova	31.61
38	North Macedonia	31.67
39	Hungary	31.76
40	Serbia	32.03
41	Ukraine	32.96
42	Montenegro	34.33
43	Bulgaria	37.29
44	Russia	48.71
45	Turkey	49.79
46	Kazakhstan	50.28
47	Belarus	50.82
48	Azerbaijan	58.77

See also

• International organisations in Europe
• List of European countries by budget revenues
• List of European countries by budget revenues per capita
• List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita