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Quarterly
and annual rankings of 200 countries and territories, including
all 192 UN members, based on how they are described in major
media. Perceptions of countries in media tend to fluctuate
more in quarterly than annual rankings.
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Year:
2008
| 2010 |

      
    |
 |
Country |
Rank |
Score |
Mentions |
Change |
Rank |
Rank |
Rank |
Rank |
 |
AFGHANISTAN |
194 |
19.612 |
40,721 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ALBANIA |
165 |
46.040 |
1,284 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ALGERIA |
146 |
48.697 |
2,270 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ANDORRA |
118 |
50.465 |
945 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ANGOLA |
101 |
50.830 |
1,751 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
139 |
49.225 |
1,712 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ARGENTINA |
34 |
54.914 |
5,592 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ARMENIA |
141 |
49.050 |
1,194 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
AUSTRALIA |
18 |
60.850 |
70,961 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
AUSTRIA |
168 |
43.583 |
9,594 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
AZERBAIJAN |
96 |
51.009 |
1,024 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
THE BAHAMAS |
142 |
48.985 |
1,411 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BAHRAIN |
47 |
53.607 |
1,876 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BANGLADESH |
187 |
32.179 |
7,114 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BARBADOS |
66 |
51.984 |
958 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BELARUS |
83 |
51.297 |
1,884 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BELGIUM |
152 |
47.939 |
12,922 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BELIZE |
87 |
51.209 |
106 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BENIN |
55 |
52.584 |
293 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BERMUDA |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
|
|
|
 |
BHUTAN |
42 |
53.987 |
1,732 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BOLIVIA |
36 |
54.642 |
3,180 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
169 |
43.191 |
2,176 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BOTSWANA |
92 |
51.104 |
670 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BRAZIL |
16 |
62.631 |
20,251 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
|
|
|
 |
BRUNEI |
38 |
54.346 |
575 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BULGARIA |
163 |
46.742 |
2,442 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BURKINA FASO |
45 |
53.630 |
510 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
BURUNDI |
132 |
49.796 |
454 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CAMBODIA |
185 |
34.360 |
5,671 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CAMEROON |
68 |
51.838 |
1,225 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CANADA |
13 |
65.428 |
101,389 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CAPE VERDE |
67 |
51.973 |
120 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
|
|
|
 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
136 |
49.562 |
603 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CHAD |
155 |
47.668 |
1,769 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CHILE |
33 |
54.939 |
4,781 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CHINA |
39 |
54.193 |
142,248 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
COLOMBIA |
173 |
40.622 |
3,918 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
COMOROS |
78 |
51.382 |
87 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) |
181 |
38.186 |
3,789 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CONGO (KINSHASA) |
174 |
40.303 |
2,416 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
COSTA RICA |
52 |
52.925 |
668 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CÔTE D'IVOIRE |
119 |
50.376 |
1,219 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CROATIA |
125 |
50.189 |
3,142 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CUBA |
191 |
28.221 |
14,667 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CYPRUS |
134 |
49.676 |
1,409 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
37 |
54.472 |
9,051 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
DENMARK |
29 |
56.514 |
6,518 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
DJIBOUTI |
124 |
50.235 |
536 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
DOMINICA |
85 |
51.293 |
47 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
64 |
52.171 |
1,592 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
EAST TIMOR |
72 |
51.547 |
129 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ECUADOR |
144 |
48.799 |
1,926 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
EGYPT |
26 |
56.722 |
25,403 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
EL SALVADOR |
123 |
50.245 |
1,721 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
135 |
49.623 |
254 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ERITREA |
148 |
48.579 |
576 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ESTONIA |
137 |
49.270 |
1,116 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ETHIOPIA |
160 |
46.992 |
2,639 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
FIJI |
12 |
65.853 |
18,479 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
FINLAND |
22 |
58.180 |
3,431 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
FRANCE |
11 |
67.107 |
89,962 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GABON |
113 |
50.651 |
490 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GAMBIA |
128 |
49.978 |
344 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GEORGIA |
180 |
38.196 |
7,518 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GERMANY |
154 |
47.815 |
58,048 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GHANA |
9 |
69.578 |
7,431 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GREECE |
172 |
41.125 |
9,820 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GREENLAND |
--- |
--- |
--- |
--- |
|
|
|
|
 |
GRENADA |
103 |
50.819 |
279 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GUATEMALA |
110 |
50.734 |
612 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GUINEA |
81 |
51.313 |
1,252 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GUINEA BISSAU |
162 |
46.876 |
765 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
GUYANA |
62 |
52.269 |
2,205 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
HAITI |
106 |
50.777 |
759 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
HONDURAS |
75 |
51.500 |
474 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
HONG KONG |
5 |
74.387 |
25,625 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
HUNGARY |
121 |
50.264 |
4,045 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ICELAND |
175 |
40.230 |
4,530 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
INDIA |
140 |
49.191 |
179,808 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
INDONESIA |
20 |
60.590 |
52,934 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
IRAN |
176 |
39.627 |
37,876 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
IRAQ |
198 |
13.193 |
44,747 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
IRELAND |
4 |
74.628 |
71,842 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ISRAEL |
196 |
16.402 |
118,487 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ITALY |
7 |
71.842 |
51,836 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
JAMAICA |
48 |
53.433 |
2,632 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
JAPAN |
94 |
51.064 |
71,080 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
JORDAN |
32 |
55.082 |
6,912 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
30 |
56.272 |
1,972 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KENYA |
171 |
41.178 |
4,943 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KIRIBATI |
89 |
51.162 |
95 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KOSOVO |
127 |
49.984 |
2,408 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KUWAIT |
23 |
57.757 |
5,807 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
KYRGYZSTAN |
99 |
50.881 |
1,970 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LAOS |
51 |
53.056 |
1,359 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LATVIA |
166 |
44.748 |
2,118 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LEBANON |
182 |
36.360 |
13,123 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LESOTHO |
82 |
51.310 |
177 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LIBERIA |
147 |
48.613 |
748 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LIBYA |
151 |
48.212 |
2,494 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
114 |
50.623 |
771 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LITHUANIA |
153 |
47.818 |
1,736 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
LUXEMBOURG |
73 |
51.530 |
1,005 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MACAU |
129 |
49.973 |
2,384 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) |
61 |
52.288 |
922 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MADAGASCAR |
179 |
39.033 |
3,899 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MALAWI |
59 |
52.331 |
716 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MALAYSIA |
8 |
69.695 |
34,055 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MALDIVES |
54 |
52.672 |
297 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MALI |
131 |
49.845 |
1,431 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MALTA |
107 |
50.771 |
431 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS |
104 |
50.805 |
57 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MAURITANIA |
145 |
48.798 |
584 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MAURITIUS |
31 |
56.213 |
721 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MEXICO |
193 |
23.923 |
19,841 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MICRONESIA |
86 |
51.230 |
31 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MOLDOVA |
97 |
51.003 |
381 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MONACO |
41 |
54.108 |
1,211 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MONGOLIA |
76 |
51.452 |
648 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MONTENEGRO |
40 |
54.145 |
762 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MOROCCO |
74 |
51.510 |
3,180 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
53 |
52.702 |
723 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
MYANMAR (BURMA) |
184 |
34.583 |
11,526 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NAMIBIA |
91 |
51.121 |
426 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NAURU |
79 |
51.337 |
29 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NEPAL |
69 |
51.739 |
4,445 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NETHERLANDS |
35 |
54.796 |
17,390 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NEW ZEALAND |
2 |
86.115 |
66,299 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NICARAGUA |
133 |
49.717 |
490 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NIGER |
161 |
46.943 |
884 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NIGERIA |
177 |
39.530 |
3,880 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NORTH KOREA |
188 |
30.815 |
14,175 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
NORWAY |
19 |
60.767 |
6,271 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
OMAN |
27 |
56.621 |
1,094 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PAKISTAN |
200 |
2.442 |
53,683 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PALAU |
84 |
51.294 |
50 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST
BANK) |
199 |
11.035 |
78,332 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PANAMA |
164 |
46.258 |
1,835 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
90 |
51.131 |
814 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PARAGUAY |
98 |
50.934 |
341 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PERU |
122 |
50.256 |
2,241 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PHILIPPINES |
156 |
47.642 |
18,339 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
POLAND |
116 |
50.594 |
9,674 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PORTUGAL |
21 |
58.184 |
7,343 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
PUERTO RICO |
44 |
53.813 |
1,102 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
QATAR |
15 |
63.924 |
6,051 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ROMANIA |
149 |
48.392 |
2,707 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
RUSSIA |
183 |
35.953 |
64,968 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
RWANDA |
192 |
25.599 |
5,837 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS |
57 |
52.393 |
331 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAINT LUCIA |
58 |
52.375 |
281 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ST VINCENT & THE
GRENADINES |
65 |
52.143 |
350 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAMOA |
63 |
52.254 |
1,093 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAN MARINO |
77 |
51.385 |
103 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE |
109 |
50.751 |
58 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SAUDI ARABIA |
117 |
50.493 |
9,172 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SENEGAL |
56 |
52.424 |
1,834 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SERBIA |
178 |
39.241 |
6,840 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SEYCHELLES |
70 |
51.686 |
133 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SIERRA LEONE |
157 |
47.220 |
1,646 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SINGAPORE |
1 |
87.553 |
28,647 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SLOVAKIA |
126 |
50.004 |
1,930 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SLOVENIA |
50 |
53.144 |
1,226 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
108 |
50.756 |
243 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SOMALIA |
189 |
30.753 |
6,379 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
10 |
67.325 |
26,405 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SOUTH KOREA |
6 |
72.020 |
48,365 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SOUTH OSSETIA |
150 |
48.324 |
730 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SPAIN |
60 |
52.311 |
51,317 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SRI LANKA |
197 |
15.764 |
15,893 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SUDAN |
195 |
17.637 |
15,623 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SURINAME |
88 |
51.200 |
67 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SWAZILAND |
93 |
51.086 |
264 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SWEDEN |
25 |
56.889 |
11,013 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SWITZERLAND |
112 |
50.690 |
23,554 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
SYRIA |
130 |
49.867 |
9,011 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TAIWAN |
28 |
56.621 |
10,631 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TAJIKISTAN |
115 |
50.605 |
630 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TANZANIA |
100 |
50.880 |
1,029 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
THAILAND |
17 |
61.668 |
38,931 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TOGO |
95 |
51.061 |
283 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TONGA |
102 |
50.819 |
797 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
49 |
53.254 |
1,107 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TUNISIA |
120 |
50.342 |
966 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TURKEY |
159 |
47.080 |
13,472 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TURKMENISTAN |
111 |
50.695 |
393 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
TUVALU |
105 |
50.793 |
88 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UGANDA |
158 |
47.095 |
1,745 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UKRAINE |
190 |
30.390 |
12,564 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
3 |
76.834 |
17,326 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
14 |
64.400 |
361,145 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UNITED STATES |
24 |
57.659 |
958,197 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
URUGUAY |
71 |
51.606 |
651 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
UZBEKISTAN |
43 |
53.859 |
1,445 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
VANUATU |
46 |
53.625 |
407 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
VATICAN CITY |
143 |
48.874 |
4,204 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
VENEZUELA |
138 |
49.240 |
5,972 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
VIETNAM |
167 |
43.756 |
6,791 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
YEMEN |
186 |
33.486 |
3,564 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ZAMBIA |
80 |
51.335 |
785 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
 |
ZIMBABWE |
170 |
41.933 |
9,025 |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
RANKED ALPHABETICALLY FOR 2008
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