Sri Lanka has been ranked 139 out of 180 countries in the RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025, ranking among countries where the conditions for practising journalism is “very serious”.
According to the Index, however, Sri Lanka has improved from last year’s ranking of 150.
Norway and Estonia are in the lead while China, North Korea, and Eritrea are the countries that have reported the worst decline in press freedom.
The Index indicates that although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem.
Full index
https://rsf.org/en/rsf-world-press-freedom-index-2025-economic-fragility-leading-threat-press-freedom?mc_cid=d3f6ca49df&mc_eid=def9d7e685
