Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press Freedom Index now stands at an unprecedented, critical low as its decline continued in 2025. As a result, the global state of press freedom is now classified as a “difficult situation” for the first time in the history of the Index.
How the hell is America 2 points ahead? I guess there has been even more countries shifting downwards
I think they measured the freedom index for 2024, Trump became president 2025.
I thought for sure you must have misread it, but yeah it’s two points UP.
The metrics here are presumably so narrow and incomplete for 2025 as to be absolute misinformation. Relevant quote:
And zero recorded for 2025 so far, according to that page.
it’s 2 ranks behind (1 point less score) - it went up from 55 to 57 because it was the 55th best and now it is 57th best