2014→2026 RSF rank: South Africa 42→38 (improved), Brazil 99→80 (improved). Turkey 154→159 (worsened slightly). Hungary 64→70 (worsened slightly). India 140→157 (worsened sharply). The recovery cases share institutional reform processes that the decline cases lack.
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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.