World Press Freedom Index (ranking): 1Denmark0,50 -Finland0,50 -Iceland0,50 -Ireland0,50 -Netherlands0,50 -Norway0,50 -Switzerland0,50 8Slovakia0,75 9Czech Republic1,00 -Slovenia1,00 11Estonia1,50 12Hungary2,00 -New Zealand2,00 -Sweden2,00 -Trinidad and Tobago2,00 16Austria2,50 -Latvia2,50 18Belgium4,00 -Germany4,00 -Greece4,00 21Canada4,50 -Lithuania4,50 23Portugal4,83 24United Kingdom5,17 25Benin5,50 -Cyprus5,50 -Namibia5,50 28El Salvador5,75 29Cape Verde6,00 30France6,25 31Australia6,50 -South Africa6,50 33Bosnia and Herzegovina7,00 34Jamaica7,50 -Mauritius7,50 -South Korea7,50 37Japan8,00 -Mali8,00 39Hong-Kong8,25 40Spain8,33 41Costa Rica8,50 42Italy8,67 43Macedonia8,75 44United States of America (American territory)9,50 (Lebanon is 108)