Five key takeaways from the 2026 RSF World Press Freedom Index:
- The average score for all countries and territories worldwide has never been so low. For the first time in the Index’s 25-year history, more than half the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom.
- Out of the five indicators used to assess press freedom worldwide — which determine the economic, legal, security, political and social environments for journalism — the legal indicator has seen the sharpest decline this year.
- The United States has fallen seven places and other countries in the Americas, such as Ecuador and Peru, have plummeted in the ranking.
- Norway holds the top spot for the tenth consecutive year, while Eritrea comes in last for the third year in a row.
- Post-Assad Syria has seen the biggest improvement in press freedom of all the countries and territories in the 2026 Index, climbing 36 places in the ranking.
Lietuva - penkioliktoje vietoje, smunka toliau (praeitais metais buvo 14-oje). O pamenu, kai dar buvo berods net 10-oje. Estija trečioje (praeitais metais buvo antroje). Ukraina 55-oje ir tai yra aukščiau už JAV, kurios dabar tik 64-oje. Taip pat aukščiau už Italiją, Japoniją, Maltą, Bulgariją, Kiprą, Graikiją (tik 86!), Serbiją (104), Izraelį (116!), Gruziją (135For the first time in a quarter of a century:
- The overall average score of all the countries assessed has never been so low.
- In over half of the world’s countries and territories (52.2%), the state of press freedom is categorised as “difficult” or “very serious.” This category was a small minority (13.7%) in 2002.
- In 2002, 20% of the global population lived in a country where the state of press freedom was categorised as “good.” Twenty-five years later, less than 1% of the world’s population lives in a country that falls under this category.
rusų šliūchos valdžioje), Indiją (157 lol).Rusija - 172 vietoje, ir tai yra aukščiau (!) už, tokia eilės tvarka, Turkmėnistaną, Vietnamą, Afganistaną, Saudo Arabiją, Iraną, Kiniją, Šiaurės Korėją ir Eritrėją, kuri stabiliai paskutinė jau n metų.