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World Journalism Safety and Rankings Data
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The World Press Freedom Index assesses the state of journalism across 180 countries and territories, highlighting the disastrous effects of news and information chaos. It focuses on the impact of a globalised and unregulated online information space that often encourages fake news and propaganda. This collection quantifies press freedom as a fundamental principle, tracking country rankings, scores, and reported press abuses, including incidents where journalists and media workers have been killed or imprisoned.
Columns
- Country: Name of the country.
- ISO Code: 3-Characters ISO code (e.g., AFG, CYP).
- Region: Geographic region of the country (e.g., Europe, Africa).
- Position 2020: The country's ranking position for the year 2020.
- Position 2019: The country's ranking position for the previous year.
- Global Score: The total calculated score for the country.
- With Abuses: Scoring metric incorporating reported abuses.
- Without Abuses: Scoring metric excluding reported abuses.
- Journalist Killed: Total reported cases of journalists killed.
- Media Workers Killed: Total reported cases of media workers killed.
- Journalist Imprisoned: Total reported cases of journalists imprisoned.
- Media Workers Imprisoned: Total reported cases of media workers imprisoned.
- Situation: Classification of the press freedom environment (e.g., Problematic, Difficult, Satisfactory).
Distribution
The data is distributed in CSV format. It contains 180 records representing unique countries and territories, organised into 13 columns. The file size is approximately 12.44 kB.
Usage
This dataset is ideal for political science research, human rights advocacy, and journalism studies. It serves as a valuable resource for data visualisation projects mapping global trends in media freedom, predictive modelling for geopolitical risk analysis, and comparative studies on the safety of media personnel.
Coverage
The data covers 180 countries and territories globally. The temporal scope spans from 2020 to 2022, providing comparative rankings and abuse statistics. It includes specific data on press abuses such as imprisonment and killings of journalists and media workers.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Data analysts, political scientists, human rights organisations, journalists, and academic researchers investigating global media freedom and censorship.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Global Press Freedom and Abuse Index 2020-2022
- World Journalism Safety and Rankings Data
- International Media Freedom and Journalist Safety Report
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Original Data Source: World Journalism Safety and Rankings Data
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