Press Freedom Index 2025 India Rank 2025. India's rank has fallen from 140 in 2014 to 159 amongst 180 countries on the press freedom index 2025. In 2021, switzerland topped the human freedom index at 9.01, followed by new zealand and denmark;
It shows an overall decline in press freedom globally and a steep rise in the political repression of journalists and independent media outlets, noting. The global average score was 7.12.