All over the world, democratic freedom is offered to the citizens and their right to speak is protected. Every nation offers to its citizens the freedom of expression as one of the fundamental rights, considered good for the health of a democracy. This is also supposed to be a powerful tool to strengthen the democracy. Since, press or media is known to be the forth pillar of a democracy, its freedom has to maintain at any cost. This right, of course is subject to legislative framework of the nation of the citizen. However, the degree of press freedom keeps on varying based on the social, political, administrative and other factors. Literacy, economic development and legislative situations can decide how much freedom the citizens can avail. Globally we find different degrees of this right in different countries at different times. Current study is an effort in finding out the degree of press freedom available in various countries internationally.

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Keywords: Freedom, Index, Press.