Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2008
Only peace protects freedoms in post-9/11 world
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It is not economic prosperity but peace that guarantees press freedom. That is the main lesson to be drawn from the world press freedom index that Reporters Without Borders compiles every year and from the 2008 edition, released today ... The economic disparities among the top 20 are immense. Iceland’s per capita GDP is 10 times Jamaica’s. What they have in common is a parliamentary democratic system, and not being involved in any war.
| Rank | Country | Note |
| 1 | Iceland | 1,50 |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1,50 |
| 1 | Norway | 1,50 |
| 4 | Estonia | 2,00 |
| 4 | Finland | 2,00 |
| 4 | Ireland | 2,00 |
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| 13 | Canada | 3,33 |
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| 23 | United Kingdom | 5,50 |
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| 28 | Australia | 6,25 |
| 29 | Japan | 6,50 |
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| 35 | France | 7,67 |
| 36 | United States of America | 8,00 |
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