World Press Independence Day 2025: World Press Independence Day is celebrated worldwide on 3 May every year. A report has been released on the limits of the freedom of the press in countries around the world before the day organized on Saturday. India ranks 151th out of 180 countries in the Vend Press Feedam Index 2025. The report has been released by reporters without Borders. Last year, India was ranked 159th in this list.
India ranked 151st in Press Freedom Index 2025 list
The Eritrea ranks at the lowest position in the 2025 press independence index by the Paris -based International Organization Reporters Windout Borders, while Norway ranks first in place. Bhutan, Pakistan, Türkiye, Palestine, China, Russia, Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea are below India.
India was ranked 142 in this list in 2021, later the number rose and reached 161th in 2023. Although it has improved slightly since then it was 159 last year and is now at 151. There is a slight improvement, but it is still there. India’s situation is far behind other countries as compared to the previous year.
The dominance of tech companies has increased.
The report states that the Economic Indicators are at the lowest level in the history of the World Press Freedom Index. The world is struggling with cutting media funding.
The dominance of social media -related technology companies including Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft has increased on other information sources. Due to this, technical platforms are now getting a large part of the advertisements that were found earlier.
The position of the press in the US has deteriorated since Donald Trump took over.
The report claimed that political leaders in many countries control the media. This report said that the press position in the US has deteriorated since Donald Trump took over. America is ranked 57th in this list. Whereas last year its ranking was 55.
The report said that more than 200 journalists have been killed since the war started in 2023 after the Israeli attacks in Gaza. This report provides data for India, according to which 1,40,000 publications are published in 20 languages in India. Which includes more than 20,000 daily newspapers. The joint spread number is 390 million or about 39 million copies.
