Colombia: press freedom index 2024

In 2024, the press freedom index of Colombia stood at 49.63, down more than 11 points from its 60.92-score recorded in 2015. The index 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. Despite the improvement, Colombia was among the 10 countries with the worst press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024.

Press freedom index in Colombia from 2015 to 2024

Characteristic	Index score
2024	49.63
2023	45.23
2022	42.43
2021	56.26
2020	57.34
2019	57.18
2018	58.97
2017	58.53
2016	55.89
2015	60.92

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May 2024

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Colombia

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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