Values reflect ratio of total paid daily newspaper circulation to 2007 adult population (copies per 1000 people). Source: World Association of Newspapers, World Press Trends 2008.

Newspaper circulation scores

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Newspaper circulation

To ensure comparability, observed values are transformed into SGI scores on a scale from 1 to 10. The lowest value translates into score 1, the best value into score 10. Remaining values are transformed according to the original data distribution.

Value

Score

1	Japan	624.15	10.00
2	Norway	580.31	9.31
3	Finland	503.20	8.10
4	Sweden	448.95	7.25
5	Switzerland	354.58	5.77
6	Austria	344.80	5.61
7	South Korea	331.45	5.40
8	UK	307.98	5.03
9	Luxembourg	304.81	4.98
10	Germany	290.52	4.76
11	Denmark	279.82	4.59
12	Netherlands	267.92	4.40
13	Ireland	236.15	3.90
14	Greece	218.80	3.63
15	New Zealand	215.85	3.59
16	USA	212.63	3.54
17	Czech Rep.	189.85	3.18
18	Canada	173.29	2.92
19	Australia	165.91	2.80
20	Iceland	161.94	2.74
21	Belgium	161.28	2.73
22	France	153.86	2.61
23	Hungary	135.17	2.32
24	Poland	123.32	2.13
25	Slovakia	118.10	2.05
26	Italy	112.41	1.96
27	Spain	109.47	1.91
28	Turkey	96.69	1.71
29	Portugal	65.46	1.22
30	Mexico	55.93	1.07
31	Chile	51.26	1.00

Key concepts

Investigative reporting and political analysis provided by media organizations can serve as a crucial ingredient in a healthy system of democratic checks and balances. By the same token, a media sector focused on entertainment or infotainment can distract readers and viewers from critical issues.

This criterion focuses on the print and broadcast media, examining whether they collectively provide high-quality information on government decisions and policy proposals, or focus instead on political personalities and more entertaining fare.

Newspaper circulation rates and the number of high-quality newspapers in a country are also viewed as indicators of the extent to which high-quality political information is likely to be disseminated.

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