180 countries and territories scored on a scale from 0 to 100.
Supplementary notes
*Reporters Without Borders assigned a combined score for the years 2011 and 2012.
Note: The methodology employed by the source to evaluate press freedom across the world changed in 2013, and then again in 2022. As of 2022, the scores were categorized as follows:
[85 - 100 points] good,
[70 - 85 points] satisfactory,
[55 - 70 points] problematic,
[40 - 55 points] difficult,
[0 - 40 points] very serious.
In 2025, India's score on the World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders dropped to . This placed South Asian democracy among countries where the freedom of the press was threatened and was a matter of concern. The Press Freedom Index score in 2025 was evaluated based on the political, economic, and sociocultural contexts as well as the legal framework and level of safety in a country.
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