Brazil: press freedom index 2024

Between 2018 and 2022, the press freedom index of Brazil plummeted, going from 68.79 to 55.36. However, since 2023, Brazil is maintaing the level of 58 points, with slight decrease in 2024. As a result, Brazil is just below the top 10 countries with the best press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean. The indicator presents an overview of the plurality and independence of the media and how safe and free it is for journalists to do their job, with lower scores indicating a worse situation for the press and higher scores a better one.

Press freedom index in Brazil from 2015 to 2024

Characteristic	Index score
2024	58.59
2023	58.67
2022	55.36
2021	63.75
2020	65.95
2019	67.21
2018	68.79
2017	66.42
2016	67.38
2015	68.07

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May 2024

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Brazil

Survey time period

2015 to 2024

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the Index ranks 180 countries and regions according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country and region. It does not rank public policies even if governments obviously have a major impact on their country’s ranking. Nor is it an indicator of the quality of journalism in each country or region.
The countries surveyed were scored between 0 and 100, with 0 being the worst possible result and 100 the best.

The date of release is the date of access.
Data prior to 2021 was retrieved from earlier releases.

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