Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years, Romania ranked 49th out of 180 Press freedom has reached its lowest level in the past quarter-century, according to the  announcement made by Reporters Without Borders on Thursday, April 30, as it launched its World Press Freedom Index. Romania is in 49th place in the ranking, up from 55th in 2025 . According to RSF, in 2002, 20% of the global population lived in a country where the state of press freedom was categorised as “good.” In 2026, less than 1% of the world’s population lives in a country that falls under this category.