CIS: press freedom index by country 2023

Moldova had the highest press freedom index score in the CIS region in 2023, measured at 77.62 points. To compare, Russia's press freedom index score reached 34.77 points. Turkmenistan ranked the lowest in the region, with an index score recorded at 25.82 points. According to the index methodology, that corresponded to a very serious media freedom situation. Turkmenistan was placed 176th out of 180 countries investigated by the survey. Scores in the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders ranged from 0 to 100 points, where 100 was the best possible result.

Press freedom index in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2023, by country

Characteristic	Index score (0-100)
Moldova	77.62
Armenia	70.61
Georgia	61.69
Ukraine	61.19
Kyrgyzstan	49.91
Kazakhstan	45.87
Uzbekistan	45.73
Azerbaijan	39.93
Tajikistan	39.06
Belarus	37.17
Russia	34.77
Turkmenistan	25.82

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Asia, Europe

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

According to the source, "the new methodology defines press freedom as “the effective possibility for journalists, as individuals and as groups, to select, produce and disseminate news and information in the public interest, independently from political, economic, legal and social interference, and without threats to their physical and mental safety.” In order to reflect press freedom’s complexity, five new indicators are now used to compile the Index: the political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context, and security. The Index’s rankings are based on a score ranging from 0 to 100 that is assigned to each country or territory, with 100 being the best possible score (the highest possible level of press freedom) and 0 the worst."

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