Press Freedom in Africa (1989-2003)

Free (1-30)

Partly Free (31-60)

Not Free (61-100)

Edition	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Year covered	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Angola	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	74	68	69	74	74	74	80	80	79	72
Benin	NF	NF	PF	F	PF	34	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	28
Botswana	PF	F	F	F	F	19	28	30	30	30	30	28	27	30	30
Burkina Faso	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	40	37	37	37	39	39	40	39	39	39
Burundi	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	88	88	85	85	85	83	83	80	77	76
Cameroon	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	79	78	72	72	77	77	77	71	68	65
Cape Verde	NF	NF	NF	PF	F	34	32	32	32	32	33	32	32	30	30
Central African Republic	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	80	65	65	65	60	60	60	61	69	67
Chad	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	87	72	72	72	70	75	72	72	74	67
Comoros						44	46	35	38	38	38	40	38	41	43
Congo-Brazzaville	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	59	53	52	45	72	75	77	71	53	55
Congo-Kinshasa	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	88	85	84	84	84	90	90	83	86	82
Côte d'Ivoire	NF	NF	NF	PF	NF	61	63	74	74	74	74	74	77	66	68
Djibouti						71	58	52	52	62	62	63	63	67	65
Equatorial Guinea	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	76	74	78	78	78	89	78	79	80	81
Eritrea						80	68	68	68	69	68	68	68	79	83
Ethiopia	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	73	59	57	62	62	64	62	64	61	64
Gabon	NF	NF	PF	PF	PF	58	52	49	50	50	52	55	55	52	58
Gambia, The	PF	F	F	F	F	24	63	62	65	65	70	70	70	65	65
Ghana	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	63	62	62	59	60	61	61	55	27	30
Guinea	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	63	66	61	63	69	71	71	71	74	74
Guinea-Bissau	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	48	50	49	57	57	57	56	56	56	60
Kenya	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	60	52	62	59	63	70	70	70	67	68
Lesotho	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	47	52	55	58	58	59	56	52	46	42
Liberia	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	80	71	70	70	70	70	67	68	77	79
Madagascar	NF	NF	PF	PF	PF	45	44	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	38
Malawi	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	41	43	36	38	40	42	52	52	54	57
Mali	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	43	52	24	24	30	27	26	22	23	24
Mauritania	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	68	77	71	71	71	71	67	67	61	61
Mauritius	F	F	F	F	F	30	30	25	25	20	20	17	17	17	24
Mozambique	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	61	54	36	50	48	48	48	48	48	47
Namibia				F	F	23	23	30	30	30	38	43	34	34	37
Niger	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	61	61	54	63	63	68	62	62	49	53
Nigeria	F	PF	PF	PF	PF	57	69	92	93	93	55	53	55	57	53
Rwanda				NF	NF	63		74	74	71	72	72	72	87	80
São Tomé & Príncipe	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	52	34	48	48	30	30	27	25	19	19
Senegal	PF	PF	PF	PF	PF	56	48	31	37	33	33	33	34	39	38
Seychelles	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	44	57	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	50
Sierra Leone	NF	NF	PF	PF	NF	81	72	75	75	80	80	85	75	62	61
Somalia	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF			79	86	86	88	88	86	88	80
South Africa	NF	PF	PF	PF	PF	38	30	30	27	28	28	25	23	23	25
Swaziland	NF	NF	NF	PF	PF	72	73	69	69	75	75	77	77	77	74
Sudan	PF	NF	NF	NF	NF	88	76	80	85	85	85	85	85	87	84
Tanzania	NF	NF	NF	NF	PF	60	49	49	49	48	51	49	49	49	47
Togo	NF	NF	NF	PF	NF	85	67	70	70	73	73	74	72	68	74
Uganda	NF	NF	NF	NF	NF	84	38	38	38	40	40	40	40	42	45
Zambia	NF	NF	NF	PF	F	50	61	60	61	60	62	62	62	65	63
Zimbabwe	NF	NF	PF	PF	PF	48	59	56	57	61	64	67	69	83	88

Press Freedom in Africa

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