How Free Is the Press in the World’s Richest Countries – Page 9

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15. Germany
> GDP per capita: $51,423.24
> Freedom of the press score in 2022: 82.0 – #16 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Freedom of the press score in 2021: 84.8 – #11 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Worst area of press freedom: Security
> Best area of press freedom: Social
> Population: 83,160,871

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14. Austria
> GDP per capita: $51,857.69
> Freedom of the press score in 2022: 76.7 – #31 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Freedom of the press score in 2021: 83.7 – #15 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Worst area of press freedom: Economy
> Best area of press freedom: Security
> Population: 8,916,864

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13. Iceland
> GDP per capita: $52,375.68
> Freedom of the press score in 2022: 82.7 – #15 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Freedom of the press score in 2021: 84.6 – #14 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Worst area of press freedom: Economy
> Best area of press freedom: Security
> Population: 366,463

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12. Netherlands
> GDP per capita: $54,324.38
> Freedom of the press score in 2022: 77.9 – #28 out of 180 (“satisfactory”)
> Freedom of the press score in 2021: 90.3 – #5 out of 180 (“good”)
> Worst area of press freedom: Security
> Best area of press freedom: Legislation
> Population: 17,441,500

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11. Denmark
> GDP per capita: $55,819.91
> Freedom of the press score in 2022: 90.3 – #2 out of 180 (“good”)
> Freedom of the press score in 2021: 91.4 – #4 out of 180 (“good”)
> Worst area of press freedom: Economy
> Best area of press freedom: Politics
> Population: 5,831,404

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