Number of journalists killed worldwide by profession 2022

In 2022, 53 professional journalists were killed worldwide, along with four media workers. The number of people working in the industry killed increased year over year, and hundreds were held hostage, detained, or reported missing.

Number of journalists killed worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by profession

Characteristic	Professional journalists	Citizen journalists	Media workers
2014	66	19	11
2015	67	27	7
2016	74	9	8
2017	50	7	8
2018	63	13	4
2019	36	10	3
2020	45	1	4
2021*	38	4	4
2022	53	0	4

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Release date

December 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2014 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*Data for 2021 gathered on December 1, 2021 and does include figures recorded after that point.
Figures for journalists kidnapped or arrested were not included in the 2020 or 2021 reports but were included for years 2014 to 2019, and can be viewed in the Excel download.

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