Press freedom index in China 2014-2023
In 2023, China's press freedom index was at 22.97 points, a considerable decrease from 25.17 in the previous year. The press freedom index was used as an indicator to measure the level of freedom to journalists in the country with with 100 being the best possible score for the highest possible level of press freedom and zero the worst. China is at the tail end of the index, ranking the second-last place before North Korea among 180 surveyed countries.