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 2011/2012 yang dikeluarkan oleh Reporters Without Borders. Indonesia berada diperingkat 146 poin, turun sekitar 40 poin dari tahun 2010
| Peringkat | Negara | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | -10,00 |
| 0 | Norway | -10,00 |
| 3 | Estonia | -9,00 |
| 0 | Netherlands | -9,00 |
| 5 | Austria | -8,00 |
| 6 | Iceland | -7,00 |
| 0 | Luxembourg | -7,00 |
| 8 | Switzerland | -6,20 |
| 9 | Cape Verde | -6,00 |
| 10 | Canada | -5,67 |
| 0 | Denmark | -5,67 |
| 12 | Sweden | -5,50 |
| 13 | New Zealand | -5,33 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | -5,00 |
| 15 | Ireland | -4,00 |
| 16 | Cyprus | -3,00 |
| 0 | Jamaica | -3,00 |
| 0 | Germany | -3,00 |
| 19 | Costa Rica | -2,25 |
| 20 | Belgium | -2,00 |
| 0 | Namibia | -2,00 |
| 22 | Japan | -1,00 |
| 0 | Surinam | -1,00 |
| 24 | Poland | -0,67 |
| 25 | Mali | 0,00 |
| 0 | OECS | 0,00 |
| 0 | Slovakia | 0,00 |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 2,00 |
| 29 | Niger | 2,50 |
| 30 | Australia | 4,00 |
| 0 | Lithuania | 4,00 |
| 32 | Uruguay | 4,25 |
| 33 | Portugal | 5,33 |
| 34 | Tanzania | 6,00 |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 9,00 |
| 36 | Slovenia | 9,14 |
| 37 | El Salvador | 9,30 |
| 38 | France | 9,50 |
| 39 | Spain | 9,75 |
| 40 | Hungary | 10,00 |
| 41 | Ghana | 11,00 |
| 42 | South Africa | 12,00 |
| 0 | Botswana | 12,00 |
| 44 | South Korea | 12,67 |
| 45 | Comoros | 13,00 |
| 0 | Taiwan | 13,00 |
| 47 | United States of America | 14,00 |
| 0 | Argentina | 14,00 |
| 0 | Romania | 14,00 |
| 50 | Latvia | 15,00 |
| 0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,00 |
| 52 | Haiti | 15,67 |
| 53 | Moldova | 16,00 |
| 54 | Hong-Kong | 17,00 |
| 0 | Mauritius | 17,00 |
| 0 | Samoa | 17,00 |
| 57 | United States of America (extra-territorial) | 19,00 |
| 58 | Malta | 19,50 |
| 0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,50 |
| 0 | Guyana | 19,50 |
| 61 | Italy | 19,67 |
| 62 | Central African Republic | 20,00 |
| 63 | Lesotho | 21,00 |
| 0 | Sierra Leone | 21,00 |
| 0 | Tonga | 21,00 |
| 66 | Mozambique | 21,50 |
| 67 | Mauritania | 22,20 |
| 68 | Croatia | 23,33 |
| 0 | Burkina Faso | 23,33 |
| 70 | Bhutan | 24,00 |
| 0 | Greece | 24,00 |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 24,33 |
| 73 | Maldives | 25,00 |
| 0 | Seychelles | 25,00 |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,00 |
| 0 | Senegal | 26,00 |
| 77 | Armenia | 27,00 |
| 78 | Kuwait | 28,00 |
| 79 | Togo | 28,50 |
| 80 | Serbia | 29,00 |
| 0 | Bulgaria | 29,00 |
| 0 | Chile | 29,00 |
| 0 | Paraguay | 29,00 |
| 84 | Kenya | 29,50 |
| 0 | Madagascar | 29,50 |
| 86 | Guinea | 30,00 |
| 0 | Kosovo | 30,00 |
| 0 | Timor-Leste | 30,00 |
| 0 | Zambia | 30,00 |
| 90 | Congo | 30,38 |
| 91 | Benin | 31,00 |
| 92 | Israel (Israeli territory) | 31,25 |
| 93 | Lebanon | 31,50 |
| 94 | Macedonia | 31,67 |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 33,25 |
| 96 | Albania | 34,44 |
| 97 | Cameroon | 35,00 |
| 0 | Guatemala | 35,00 |
| 99 | Brazil | 35,33 |
| 100 | Mongolia | 35,75 |
| 101 | Gabon | 36,50 |
| 102 | Cyprus (North) | 37,00 |
| 103 | Chad | 37,67 |
| 104 | Ecuador | 38,00 |
| 0 | Georgia | 38,00 |
| 106 | Nepal | 38,75 |
| 107 | Montenegro | 39,00 |
| 108 | Bolivia | 40,00 |
| 0 | Kyrgyzstan | 40,00 |
| 110 | Liberia | 40,50 |
| 111 | South Sudan | 41,25 |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 45,00 |
| 113 | Panama | 45,67 |
| 114 | Qatar | 46,00 |
| 115 | Peru | 51,25 |
| 116 | Ukraine | 54,00 |
| 117 | Cambodia | 55,00 |
| 0 | Fiji | 55,00 |
| 0 | Oman | 55,00 |
| 0 | Venezuela | 55,00 |
| 0 | Zimbabwe | 55,00 |
| 122 | Algeria | 56,00 |
| 0 | Tajikistan | 56,00 |
| 0 | Malaysia | 56,00 |
| 125 | Brunei | 56,20 |
| 126 | Nigeria | 56,40 |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 56,60 |
| 128 | Jordan | 56,80 |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 57,00 |
| 130 | Burundi | 57,75 |
| 131 | India | 58,00 |
| 132 | Angola | 58,43 |
| 133 | Israel (extra-territorial) | 59,00 |
| 134 | Tunisia | 60,25 |
| 135 | Singapore | 61,00 |
| 0 | Honduras | 61,00 |
| 137 | Thailand | 61,50 |
| 138 | Morocco | 63,29 |
| 139 | Uganda | 64,00 |
| 140 | Philippines | 64,50 |
| 141 | Gambia | 65,50 |
| 142 | Russia | 66,00 |
| 143 | Colombia | 66,50 |
| 144 | Swaziland | 67,00 |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 67,67 |
| 146 | Indonesia | 68,00 |
| 0 | Malawi | 68,00 |
| 148 | Turkey | 70,00 |
| 149 | Mexico | 72,67 |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 74,00 |
| 151 | Pakistan | 75,00 |
| 152 | Iraq | 75,36 |
| 153 | Palestinian Territories | 76,00 |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 77,50 |
| 0 | Libya | 77,50 |
| 156 | Rwanda | 81,00 |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 83,00 |
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 83,25 |
| 159 | Côte d’Ivoire | 83,50 |
| 0 | Djibouti | 83,50 |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 86,00 |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 87,25 |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 87,50 |
| 164 | Somalia | 88,33 |
| 165 | Laos | 89,00 |
| 166 | Egypt | 97,50 |
| 167 | Cuba | 98,83 |
| 168 | Belarus | 99,00 |
| 169 | Burma | 100,00 |
| 170 | Sudan | 100,75 |
| 171 | Yemen | 101,00 |
| 172 | Vietnam | 114,00 |
| 173 | Bahrain | 125,00 |
| 174 | China | 136,00 |
| 175 | Iran | 136,60 |
| 176 | Syria | 138,00 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 140,67 |
| 178 | North Korea | 141,00 |
| 179 | Eritrea | 142,00 |
