Brazil and South Africa improved on press freedom while India fell

2014→2026 RSF rank: Brazil 111→52 (improved), South Africa 42→21 (improved). Turkey 154→163 (worsened). Hungary 64→74 (worsened). India 140→157 (worsened).

What follows. Press-freedom ranks can recover within a decade. Brazil rose 59 places between 2014 and 2026.

The data behind this reading

One of 37 readings of the dataset, rebuilt whenever the data are refreshed. Data vintage 2026-10-10. Cite as Raman, V.S., Some Perspective: India's Political Economy, 2004-2026, someperspective.info, CC BY 4.0.

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