Salah satu indikator keberhasilan sebuah negara dalam demokrasi adalah terjaminya kebebasan pers sebagai salah satu pilar demokrasi. Di bawah ini adalah laporan mengenai index kebebasan pers 2009 yang dikeluarkan oleh Reporters Without Borders. Indonesia berada diperingkat 100 di bawah Timor Leste namun masih lebih baik dari negara ASEAN lainnya.
| Rank | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0,00 |
| -0 | Finland | 0,00 |
| -0 | Irland | 0,00 |
| -0 | Norway | 0,00 |
| -0 | Sweden | 0,00 |
| 6 | Estonia | 0,50 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1,00 |
| -0 | Switzerland | 1,00 |
| 9 | Iceland | 2,00 |
| 10 | Lituania | 2,25 |
| 11 | Belgium | 2,50 |
| -0 | Malta | 2,50 |
| 13 | Austria | 3,00 |
| -0 | Latvia | 3,00 |
| -0 | New Zealand | 3,00 |
| 16 | Australia | 3,13 |
| 17 | Japan | 3,25 |
| 18 | Germany | 3,50 |
| 19 | Canada | 3,70 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 4,00 |
| -0 | United Kingdom | 4,00 |
| -0 | United States of America | 4,00 |
| 23 | Jamaica | 4,75 |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 5,00 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 5,50 |
| -0 | Hungary | 5,50 |
| 27 | Ghana | 6,00 |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,00 |
| 29 | Uruguay | 7,63 |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 8,00 |
| -0 | Mali | 8,00 |
| -0 | Portugal | 8,00 |
| 33 | South Africa | 8,50 |
| 34 | Macedonia | 8,75 |
| 35 | Greece | 9,00 |
| -0 | Namibia | 9,00 |
| 37 | Poland | 9,50 |
| -0 | Slovenia | 9,50 |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,50 |
| -0 | Chile | 10,50 |
| -0 | Guyana | 10,50 |
| 42 | Surinam | 10,60 |
| 43 | France | 10,67 |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 11,00 |
| -0 | Slovakia | 11,00 |
| -0 | Spain | 11,00 |
| 47 | Argentina | 11,33 |
| 48 | Hong-Kong | 11,75 |
| 49 | Italy | 12,14 |
| 50 | Romania | 12,50 |
| 51 | Cyprus (North) | 14,00 |
| -0 | Maldives | 14,00 |
| -0 | Mauritius | 14,00 |
| 54 | Paraguay | 14,33 |
| 55 | Panama | 14,50 |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 14,70 |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 15,00 |
| -0 | Haiti | 15,00 |
| 59 | Taiwan | 15,08 |
| 60 | Kuwait | 15,25 |
| 61 | Lebanon | 15,42 |
| 62 | Botswana | 15,50 |
| -0 | Liberia | 15,50 |
| -0 | Malawi | 15,50 |
| -0 | Serbia | 15,50 |
| -0 | Tanzania | 15,50 |
| -0 | Togo | 15,50 |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 15,61 |
| 69 | South Korea | 15,67 |
| 70 | Bhutan | 15,75 |
| 71 | Brazil | 15,88 |
| 72 | Benin | 16,00 |
| -0 | Seychelles | 16,00 |
| -0 | Timor-Leste | 16,00 |
| 75 | Kosovo | 16,58 |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 16,75 |
| 77 | Montenegro | 17,00 |
| 78 | Croatia | 17,17 |
| 79 | El Salvador | 17,25 |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 17,75 |
| 81 | Georgia | 18,83 |
| 82 | Comoros | 19,00 |
| -0 | Mozambique | 19,00 |
| 84 | Ecuador | 20,00 |
| 85 | Peru | 20,88 |
| 86 | Uganda | 21,50 |
| -0 | United Arab Emirates | 21,50 |
| 88 | Albania | 21,75 |
| 89 | Senegal | 22,00 |
| -0 | Ukraine | 22,00 |
| 91 | Mongolia | 23,33 |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 23,50 |
| 93 | Israel (Israeli territory) | 23,75 |
| 94 | Qatar | 24,00 |
| 95 | Bolivia | 24,17 |
| 96 | Kenya | 25,00 |
| 97 | Zambia | 26,75 |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 26,83 |
| 99 | Lesotho | 27,50 |
| 100 | Guinea | 28,50 |
| -0 | Indonesia | 28,50 |
| -0 | Mauritania | 28,50 |
| 103 | Burundi | 29,00 |
| -0 | Côte d’Ivoire | 29,00 |
| 105 | India | 29,33 |
| 106 | Guatemala | 29,50 |
| -0 | Oman | 29,50 |
| 108 | United States of America (extra-territorial) | 30,00 |
| 109 | Cameroon | 30,50 |
| 110 | Djibouti | 31,00 |
| 111 | Armenia | 31,13 |
| 112 | Jordan | 31,88 |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 32,00 |
| 114 | Moldova | 33,75 |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 34,00 |
| 116 | Congo | 34,25 |
| 117 | Cambodia | 35,17 |
| 118 | Nepal | 35,63 |
| 119 | Angola | 36,50 |
| -0 | Bahrein | 36,50 |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 37,33 |
| 122 | Philippines | 38,25 |
| -0 | Turkey | 38,25 |
| 124 | Venezuela | 39,50 |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 40,00 |
| 126 | Colombia | 40,13 |
| 127 | Morocco | 41,00 |
| 128 | Honduras | 42,00 |
| 129 | Gabon | 43,50 |
| 130 | Thailand | 44,00 |
| 131 | Malaysia | 44,25 |
| 132 | Chad | 44,50 |
| 133 | Singapore | 45,00 |
| 134 | Madagascar | 45,83 |
| 135 | Nigeria | 46,00 |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 46,50 |
| 137 | Gambia | 48,25 |
| -0 | Mexico | 48,25 |
| 139 | Niger | 48,50 |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 49,00 |
| 141 | Algeria | 49,56 |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 49,67 |
| 143 | Egypt | 51,38 |
| 144 | Swaziland | 52,50 |
| 145 | Iraq | 53,30 |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 53,50 |
| -0 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 53,50 |
| 148 | Sudan | 54,00 |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 54,25 |
| 150 | Israel (extra-territorial) | 55,50 |
| 151 | Belarus | 59,50 |
| 152 | Fiji | 60,00 |
| 153 | Russia | 60,88 |
| 154 | Tunisia | 61,50 |
| 155 | Brunei | 63,50 |
| 156 | Libya | 64,50 |
| 157 | Rwanda | 64,67 |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 65,50 |
| 159 | Pakistan | 65,67 |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 67,67 |
| 161 | Palestinian Territories | 69,83 |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 75,00 |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 76,50 |
| 164 | Somalia | 77,50 |
| 165 | Syria | 78,00 |
| 166 | Vietnam | 81,67 |
| 167 | Yemen | 83,38 |
| 168 | China | 84,50 |
| 169 | Laos | 92,00 |
| 170 | Cuba | 94,00 |
| 171 | Burma | 102,67 |
| 172 | Iran | 104,14 |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 107,00 |
| 174 | North Korea | 112,50 |
| 175 | Eritrea | 115,50 |
