Venezuela: press freedom index 2023

In 2023, the press freedom index of Venezuela stood at 36.99, down from 52.4 two years earlier. Due to the decline, the South American nation had one of the worst press freedom index scores in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023. 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 Venezuela from 2015 to 2023

Characteristic	Index score
2023	36.99
2022	37.78
2021	52.4
2020	54.34
2019	50.9
2018	53.97
2017	57.06
2016	55.23
2015	59.39

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May 2023

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Region

Venezuela

Survey time period

2015 to 2023

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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