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 2010 yang dikeluarkan oleh Reporters Without Borders. Indonesia berada diperingkat 102 di bawah Timor Leste namun masih lebih baik dari negara ASEAN lainnya.
| Rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 0,00 |
| -0 | Iceland | 0,00 |
| -0 | Norway | 0,00 |
| -0 | Netherlands | 0,00 |
| -0 | Sweden | 0,00 |
| -0 | Switzerland | 0,00 |
| 7 | Austria | 0,50 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 1,50 |
| 9 | Estonia | 2,00 |
| -0 | Ireland | 2,00 |
| 11 | Denmark | 2,50 |
| -0 | Japan | 2,50 |
| -0 | Lithuania | 2,50 |
| 14 | Belgium | 4,00 |
| -0 | Luxembourg | 4,00 |
| -0 | Malta | 4,00 |
| 17 | Germany | 4,25 |
| 18 | Australia | 5,38 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 6,00 |
| 20 | United States of America | 6,75 |
| 21 | Canada | 7,00 |
| -0 | Namibia | 7,00 |
| 23 | Hungary | 7,50 |
| -0 | Czech Republic | 7,50 |
| 25 | Jamaica | 7,67 |
| 26 | Cape Verde | 8,00 |
| -0 | Ghana | 8,00 |
| -0 | Mali | 8,00 |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 8,08 |
| 30 | Latvia | 8,50 |
| -0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,50 |
| 32 | Poland | 8,88 |
| 33 | Chile | 10,50 |
| 34 | Hong-Kong | 10,75 |
| 35 | Slovakia | 11,50 |
| -0 | Surinam | 11,50 |
| 37 | Uruguay | 11,75 |
| 38 | South Africa | 12,00 |
| 39 | Spain | 12,25 |
| 40 | Portugal | 12,36 |
| 41 | Tanzania | 13,00 |
| 42 | South Korea | 13,33 |
| -0 | Papua New Guinea | 13,33 |
| 44 | France | 13,38 |
| 45 | Cyprus | 13,40 |
| 46 | Slovenia | 13,44 |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,50 |
| 48 | Taiwan | 14,50 |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 15,00 |
| -0 | Italy | 15,00 |
| 51 | El Salvador | 15,83 |
| 52 | Maldives | 16,00 |
| -0 | Romania | 16,00 |
| 54 | Paraguay | 16,25 |
| 55 | Argentina | 16,35 |
| 56 | Haiti | 16,38 |
| 57 | Organization of Eastern Caribbean States | 16,50 |
| 58 | Brazil | 16,60 |
| 59 | Guyana | 16,63 |
| 60 | Togo | 17,00 |
| 61 | Cyprus (North) | 17,25 |
| 62 | Botswana | 17,50 |
| -0 | Croatia | 17,50 |
| 64 | Bhutan | 17,75 |
| 65 | Mauritius | 18,00 |
| -0 | Seychelles | 18,00 |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 18,25 |
| 68 | Macedonia | 18,40 |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 18,50 |
| 70 | Benin | 19,00 |
| -0 | Bulgaria | 19,00 |
| -0 | Comoros | 19,00 |
| -0 | Greece | 19,00 |
| -0 | Kenya | 19,00 |
| 75 | Moldova | 19,13 |
| 76 | Mongolia | 19,42 |
| 77 | Guatemala | 20,25 |
| 78 | Lebanon | 20,50 |
| 79 | Malawi | 21,00 |
| 80 | Albania | 21,50 |
| 81 | Panama | 21,83 |
| 82 | Zambia | 22,00 |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 22,33 |
| 84 | Liberia | 22,50 |
| 85 | Serbia | 23,00 |
| 86 | Israel (Israeli territory) | 23,25 |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 23,75 |
| -0 | Kuwait | 23,75 |
| -0 | Tonga | 23,75 |
| 90 | Lesotho | 24,00 |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 24,25 |
| 92 | Kosovo | 24,83 |
| 93 | Senegal | 25,00 |
| -0 | Timor-Leste | 25,00 |
| 95 | Mauritania | 25,38 |
| 96 | Uganda | 25,50 |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 26,13 |
| 98 | Mozambique | 26,50 |
| 99 | United States of America (extra-territorial) | 27,00 |
| -0 | Georgia | 27,00 |
| 101 | Armenia | 27,50 |
| -0 | Ecuador | 27,50 |
| 103 | Bolivia | 28,13 |
| 104 | Angola | 28,50 |
| -0 | Montenegro | 28,50 |
| -0 | Niger | 28,50 |
| 107 | Gabon | 28,75 |
| 108 | Burundi | 28,88 |
| 109 | Peru | 30,00 |
| 110 | Djibouti | 30,50 |
| 111 | Samoa | 33,00 |
| 112 | Chad | 33,17 |
| 113 | Guinea | 33,50 |
| 114 | Congo | 33,60 |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 34,50 |
| 116 | Madagascar | 34,88 |
| 117 | Indonesia | 35,83 |
| 118 | Côte d’Ivoire | 36,00 |
| 119 | Nepal | 36,38 |
| 120 | Jordan | 37,00 |
| 121 | Qatar | 38,00 |
| 122 | India | 38,75 |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 39,50 |
| 124 | Oman | 40,25 |
| 125 | Gambia | 40,50 |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 42,50 |
| 127 | Egypt | 43,33 |
| 128 | Cambodia | 43,83 |
| 129 | Cameroon | 44,30 |
| 130 | Iraq | 45,58 |
| 131 | Ukraine | 46,83 |
| 132 | Israel (extra-territorial) | 47,00 |
| 133 | Algeria | 47,33 |
| -0 | Venezuela | 47,33 |
| 135 | Morocco | 47,40 |
| 136 | Mexico | 47,50 |
| -0 | Singapore | 47,50 |
| 138 | Turkey | 49,25 |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 49,38 |
| 140 | Russia | 49,90 |
| 141 | Malaysia | 50,75 |
| 142 | Brunei | 51,00 |
| 143 | Honduras | 51,13 |
| 144 | Bahrein | 51,38 |
| 145 | Colombia | 51,50 |
| -0 | Nigeria | 51,50 |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 51,67 |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51,83 |
| 149 | Fiji | 52,75 |
| 150 | Palestinian Territories | 56,13 |
| 151 | Pakistan | 56,17 |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | 56,38 |
| 153 | Thailand | 56,83 |
| 154 | Belarus | 57,00 |
| 155 | Swaziland | 57,50 |
| 156 | Philippines | 60,00 |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 61,50 |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 62,50 |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 63,00 |
| 160 | Libya | 63,50 |
| 161 | Somalia | 66,00 |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 68,50 |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 71,50 |
| 164 | Tunisia | 72,50 |
| 165 | Vietnam | 75,75 |
| 166 | Cuba | 78,00 |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 79,00 |
| 168 | Laos | 80,50 |
| 169 | Rwanda | 81,00 |
| 170 | Yemen | 82,13 |
| 171 | China | 84,67 |
| 172 | Sudan | 85,33 |
| 173 | Syria | 91,50 |
| 174 | Burma | 94,50 |
| 175 | Iran | 94,56 |
| 176 | Turkmenistan | 95,33 |
| 177 | North Korea | 104,75 |
| 178 | Eritrea | 105,00 |
