Reports and Indices
23rd Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report 2024-25.
▪ The report, titled ‘Frontline Democracy: Media and Political Churn’
▪ Norway led the list in 2025, as it did last year, followed by Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland.
▪ India’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index, released by Reporters Without Borders, is 151st,
▪ The report reviews the state of press freedom in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.
Human development index
▪ In the 2025 Human Development Report, ‘A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI’
▪ India ranks 130 out of 193 countries, from 133 in 2022.
▪ It registered an HDI value increase to 0.685 in 2023 from 0.676 in 2022.
▪ India’s life expectancy, at 72 years in 2023, is the highest level it has reached since the inception of the index in 1990 (58.6 years).
