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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) listed Maldives at the 79th rank of the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, with a global score of 29.93.
According to RSF, Maldives shows a position difference of 19 in the index, leaping up from the 2019 ranking of 98, becoming the second country in the world to show the most progress within the year. Malaysia made the greatest improvement, climbing 22 positions from rank 123 to 101.
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