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General Information
Surface area 300  km2 Capital Male UN Status UN member since 21 September 1965 Currency Rufiyaa Currency code MVR Internet top-level domain (TLD) MV National Statistical Office National Statistical Office of Maldives
Freedom of the press in Maldives
Freedom of the press
50 PARTLY FREE
Source: freedomhouse.org
The Freedom of the press category contains numerical rating between 1 and 100. 1 representing the most free status of press in a country or territory. Countries scoring 0 to 30 are regarded as having “Free” media; 31 to 60, “Partly Free” media; and 61 to 100, “Not Free” media.
See also: Freedom of the press in Asia Freedom of the press in the world