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Trends in Freedom of the Press


Year Under Review
Free
Partly Free
Not Free
Total Countries
#
%
#
%
#
%
1984
35
22%
71
44%
54
34%
160*
1994
67
37%
64
35%
52
28%
183*
1999
69
38%
51
27%
66
35%
186
2000
72
39%
53
28%
62
33%
187
2001
75
40%
50
27%
61
33%
186
2002
78
41%
47
24%
68
35%
193
2003
73
38%
49
25%
71
37%
193
2004
75
39%
50
26%
69
35%
194

*Number of countries scored.

In 1984, the Partly Free category includes countries with different scores for print versus broadcast.

Source: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=56&year=2005




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