World press freedom index | Guinea Bissau
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85-100 points - good; 70-85 points - satisfactory; 55-70 points - problematic; 40-55 points - difficult; 0-40 points - very serious
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The World Press Freedom Index in Guinea Bissau in 2025 was 51.36 points. In 2024, the index value was 55.95. It has been falling in this country for already 2 years in a row. The lower the index, the lower the level of media freedom: 0 points indicate the minimum level, while 100 points indicate the maximum level of freedom. Since 2013, over the entire period of RSF data, this indicator has decreased in 1.38 times. The lowest level of freedom in Guinea Bissau was recorded in 2025, with a value of 51.36. The highest index was observed in 2015, when it reached 71.30. Countrie’s score is evaluated using five contextual indicators that reflect the press freedom situation in all of its complexity: political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and safety. A subsidiary score ranging from 0 to 100 is calculated for each indicator. All of the subsidiary scores contribute equally to the global score. And within each indicator, all the questions and subquestions have equal weight.
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The press freedom index reflects the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations and netizens enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom. It is based partly on a questionnaire that is sent to partner organizations (18 freedom of expression NGOs located in all five continents), to network of 150 correspondents, and to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. Some countries are not included because of a lack of reliable, confirmed data. The index reflects the situation during a specific period. It does not look at human rights violations in general, just violations of freedom of information. The index should in no way be taken as an indication of the quality of the media in the countries concerned.
