Press freedom index in Ecuador 2015-2024
best press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024. 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.
In 2024, the press freedom index of Ecuador stood at 51.3 from 60.51 in the prior year. As a result of the decrease, Ecuador is out of the list of the top 10 countries with the