Independent Media & Journalist Safety — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

press freedom score
journalists killed or imprisoned
media ownership plurality

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4

Advanced 21

Established 22

Transitional 51

Foundational 40

Nascent 36

Inception 23

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.83
9	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇫🇷France	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
21	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
24	🇺🇸United States	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.00
25	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
26	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
28	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
29	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
30	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
31	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
32	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
33	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
34	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
36	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
38	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	12	Established	±0.83
40	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	12	Established	±1.09
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
42	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
43	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
45	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
46	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.71
47	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	11	Transitional	±1.00
49	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.71
51	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
52	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
53	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.71
54	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
55	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.87
56	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
58	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
60	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
61	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
63	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
65	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	10	Transitional	±2.05
71	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
74	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
82	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±1.09
84	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.87
85	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
88	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.71
89	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.83
91	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
92	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.83
93	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
94	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
99	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
104	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
105	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
106	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
107	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
108	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
109	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
112	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
114	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
115	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
116	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
118	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
122	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.83
123	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
124	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
127	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
128	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.87
130	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
134	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.83
135	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
137	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.87
139	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
140	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
141	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
145	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±1.09
148	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
149	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
150	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
151	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
153	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
155	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
156	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
162	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
169	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.71
171	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
172	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
173	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
176	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	2	Inception	±0.50
177	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.83
178	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
179	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
180	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
181	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
182	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
184	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
185	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43
186	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
187	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
191	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
192	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
194	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
195	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
196	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Transparency, Oversight & Accountability

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Right to Information & Open Government	7.7	0–18	Finland, Sweden
Independent Oversight & Supreme Audit	9.1	1–18	Australia, Canada, Denmark