In 2024, the press freedom index of Panama stood at 58.55, down from 63.67 a year earlier. The index 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. Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago had the highest press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024.
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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Reporters Without Borders. (May 1, 2024). Press freedom index in Panama from 2015 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/955764/press-freedom-index-panama/
Reporters Without Borders. "Press freedom index in Panama from 2015 to 2024." Chart. May 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/955764/press-freedom-index-panama/
Reporters Without Borders. (2024). Press freedom index in Panama from 2015 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/955764/press-freedom-index-panama/
Reporters Without Borders. "Press Freedom Index in Panama from 2015 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2024, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/955764/press-freedom-index-panama/
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Press freedom index in Panama from 2015 to 2024 [Graph], Reporters Without Borders, May 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/955764/press-freedom-index-panama/
