Press freedom in Iceland improves

Iceland has moved up five places on the World Press Freedom Index, a list compiled by the organisation Reporters Without Borders, ranking the countries of the world with the greatest press freedom.

The global situation has, however, worsened, and the average score of countries has never been lower since the organisation began assessing press freedom in 2021.

The organisation’s report assesses press freedom in 180 countries. For the first time since measurements began, the situation is assessed as difficult or very serious in more than half of all countries. The average country score has never been lower than this year.

The situation is best in Norway, followed by the Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Finland and Israel are in seventh place. These are the only countries that fall into the highest category, where press freedom is greatest.

This is the tenth year in a row that Norway is on top of the list.