Key Points:

• On the World Press Freedom Day (3rd May), the 20th edition of the World Press Freedom Index was published by Reporters Without Borders.
• Theme for 2022:: Journalism under digital siege
• It has been published every year since 2002 by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or Reporters Without Borders.
• The Index’s rankings are based on a score ranging from 0 to 100 that is assigned to each country or territory, with 100 being the best possible score (the highest possible level of press freedom) and 0 the worst.
• Top and Worst Performers:
  1. Top positions.: Norway (1st) Denmark (2nd), Sweden (3rd) Estonia (4th) and Finland (5th) grabbed the top positions.
  2. Worst Performer: North Korea remained at the bottom of the list of the 180 countries.
• India’s Ranking:
• India ranked 150th among the 180 countries.
• India has fallen eight places from 142nd to 150th in the 2022 among the 180 countries.

Ranking of Countries

1. Nepal has climbed up by 30 points in the global ranking at 76th position.
2. The index placed Pakistan at 157th position, Sri Lanka 146th, Bangladesh 162nd and Myanmar at 176th position.
3. China was ranked at 175th position.