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CPJ Confirms 474 Journalists Killed* in Past 10 Years
From 1988 through 1997, the most dangerous countries for journalists were: Algeria, Colombia, Russia, Tajikistan, Croatia, India, Bosnia and Herzogovina, Philippines, Turkey, Peru, and Rwanda.
 
120 in the Americas 
Colombia: 43 
Peru: 18 
Mexico:12 
Brazil: 10 
El Salvador: 10 
United States: 7 
Guatemala: 4 
Haiti: 4 
Argentina: 2 
Honduras: 2 
Venezuela: 2 
Canada: 1 
Chile: 1 
Dominican Republic: 1 
Ecuador: 1 
Panama: 1 
Paraguay: 1 

128 in Europe and the
Republics of the Former Soviet Union 
Russia: 29** 
Tajikistan: 29 
Croatia: 26 
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 21 
Soviet Union: 8**  
Georgia: 3 
Ukraine: 3 
Azerbaijan: 2 
Romania: 2 
Slovenia: 2 
Belgium: 1 
Ireland: 1 
Lithuania: 1 
 

 95 in the Middle East 
and North Africa 
Algeria: 60 
Turkey: 20 
Lebanon: 6 
Iraq: 5 
Egypt:2 
Cyprus: 1 
Iran: 1 

78 in ASIA  
India: 24 
Philippines: 20 
Pakistan: 9 
Cambodia: 6 
Afghanistan: 5 
Sri Lanka: 5 
Indonesia: 4 
Bangladesh: 1 
China: 1 
Papua New Guinea: 1 
Thailand: 1 
Vietnam: 1 

53 in AFRICA 
Rwanda: 16 
Somalia: 9 
Angola: 6 
Chad: 4 
South Africa: 4 
Burundi: 3 
Ethiopia: 3 
Liberia: 2 
Zaire: 2 
Sierra Leone: 1 
Sudan: 1 
Uganda: 1 
Zambia: 1
*All figures above reflect the number of journalists killed in the line of duty.
**Between 1988 and 1991, eight journalists were killed in what was then the Soviet Union: three in Azerbaijan, three in Russia, and two in Latvia.