Quarterly and annual rankings of 200 countries and territories, including all 193 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.

Country Rank Score Mentions Change Rank Rank Rank Rank AFGHANISTAN 199 7.174 61,464 -1         ALBANIA 80 51.058 531 +32         ALGERIA 166 44.560 3,354 +1         ANDORRA 116 50.132 1,343 +9         ANGOLA 178 39.630 5,376 -39         ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 77 51.107 258 -12         ARGENTINA 146 47.876 7,718 -95         ARMENIA 162 45.190 2,251 -14         AUSTRALIA 10 65.202 170,807 -1         AUSTRIA 11 64.338 8,440 +10         AZERBAIJAN 81 51.052 631 +18         THE BAHAMAS 104 50.694 759 -33         BAHRAIN 15 62.494 2,383 +23         BANGLADESH 30 54.977 9,825 +142         BARBADOS 55 52.226 405 +5         BELARUS 109 50.552 2,019 -52         BELGIUM 28 55.352 12,224 -6         BELIZE 61 51.894 260 +36         BENIN 82 51.009 427 +9         BERMUDA --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- BHUTAN 39 53.646 436 +50         BOLIVIA 134 49.224 1,341 -98         BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 172 42.242 2,327 +16         BOTSWANA 48 52.937 446 +2         BRAZIL 35 53.943 21,751 -28         BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- BRUNEI 51 52.648 504 +57         BULGARIA 129 49.623 1,589 -20         BURKINA FASO 78 51.082 739 -6         BURUNDI 113 50.479 157 -27         CAMBODIA 141 48.416 3,430 +40         CAMEROON 58 52.092 1,289 +15         CANADA 2 94.025 109,781 +11         CAPE VERDE 96 50.844 109 +15         CAYMAN ISLANDS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 136 49.063 614 -18         CHAD 133 49.307 1,970 -58         CHILE 188 34.643 13,829 -157         CHINA 139 48.516 185,552 -134         COLOMBIA 161 45.435 3,794 +5         COMOROS 114 50.450 49 +3         CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 156 46.252 1,439 +9         CONGO (KINSHASA) 127 49.777 473 +32         COSTA RICA 25 55.885 1,106 +23         CÔTE D'IVOIRE 147 47.789 2,150 -25         CROATIA 32 54.441 2,875 +114         CUBA 190 32.693 8,131 0         CYPRUS 87 50.936 1,746 +13         CZECH REPUBLIC 17 61.440 9,858 +12         DENMARK 167 44.461 11,078 -153         DJIBOUTI 97 50.815 69 +8         DOMINICA 73 51.249 45 +22         DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 120 50.055 3,216 -57         EAST TIMOR 90 50.917 165 +23         ECUADOR 145 48.065 1,365 -7         EGYPT 153 46.940 16,708 +20         EL SALVADOR 143 48.196 1,038 +8         EQUATORIAL GUINEA 108 50.569 97 +29         ERITREA 126 49.801 224 +17         ESTONIA 69 51.397 1,159 +51         ETHIOPIA 159 46.150 2,646 -79         FIJI 165 44.859 7,723 -97         FINLAND 18 60.862 5,480 +7         FRANCE 14 63.766 91,261 -3         GABON 86 50.939 543 +12         GAMBIA 83 50.978 103 +31         GEORGIA 174 41.705 6,263 +4         GERMANY 22 56.396 67,745 +14         GHANA 151 47.089 9,179 -133         GREECE 192 29.164 41,371 -30         GREENLAND 66 51.516 524 +57         GRENADA 74 51.222 285 +33         GUATEMALA 144 48.103 976 -17         GUINEA 118 50.083 1,415 +67         GUINEA BISSAU 105 50.691 54 +10         GUYANA 45 53.087 1,841 +13         HAITI 171 42.710 51,734 -70         HONDURAS 140 48.461 977 +23         HONG KONG 9 67.916 16,051 -6         HUNGARY 50 52.666 3,918 +92         ICELAND 164 44.889 5,640 -10         INDIA 43 53.366 216,456 -20         INDONESIA 119 50.069 52,336 -36         IRAN 196 19.003 52,969 0         IRAQ 198 16.414 36,843 +1         IRELAND 12 64.224 65,009 -6         ISRAEL 194 27.540 81,803 +1         ITALY 7 71.125 53,710 +17         JAMAICA 23 56.203 2,378 +16         JAPAN 20 59.867 79,098 -12         JORDAN 160 46.093 9,397 -83         KAZAKHSTAN 57 52.163 1,843 -24         KENYA 155 46.507 3,673 -16         KIRIBATI 72 51.266 53 +49         KOSOVO 52 52.588 806 +1         KUWAIT 6 72.056 5,688 +34         KYRGYZSTAN 111 50.514 374 +8         LAOS 29 55.193 1,478 +5         LATVIA 137 48.972 1,526 +16         LEBANON 179 39.581 7,041 -136         LESOTHO 68 51.421 94 +28         LIBERIA 115 50.369 510 +34         LIBYA 163 45.057 2,856 +1         LIECHTENSTEIN 88 50.928 356 -29         LITHUANIA 135 49.214 1,211 +12         LUXEMBOURG 44 53.339 1,082 -2         MACAU 46 53.042 1,159 -14         MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 67 51.481 312 -1         MADAGASCAR 107 50.583 365 +34         MALAWI 112 50.509 1,074 -43         MALAYSIA 5 72.376 36,544 +14         MALDIVES 49 52.768 578 +86         MALI 123 49.892 1,685 -53         MALTA 98 50.810 700 -14         MARSHALL ISLANDS 110 50.519 65 +16         MAURITANIA 124 49.828 261 +7         MAURITIUS 36 53.837 442 +9         MEXICO 189 33.212 17,106 0         MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES) 79 51.070 128 +24         MOLDOVA 60 51.964 259 +84         MONACO 41 53.601 1,334 -6         MONGOLIA 54 52.372 878 +13         MONTENEGRO 85 50.949 381 +3         MOROCCO 40 53.610 2,566 +16         MOZAMBIQUE 99 50.796 680 -45         MYANMAR (BURMA) 182 38.644 10,299 -8         NAMIBIA 64 51.682 438 -3         NAURU 106 50.645 93 -13         NEPAL 31 54.576 7,811 +85         NETHERLANDS 33 54.043 19,339 -6         NEW ZEALAND 8 70.041 56,758 -4         NICARAGUA 121 49.947 396 +19         NIGER 149 47.624 1,447 -17         NIGERIA 193 27.975 10,913 -16         NORTH KOREA 180 39.569 10,469 -25         NORWAY 4 76.423 9,487 +11         OMAN 34 54.038 1,281 +10         PAKISTAN 200 3.227 53,719 0         PALAU 75 51.208 144 -11         PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK) 195 24.730 30,006 +2         PANAMA 157 46.212 1,656 +13         PAPUA NEW GUINEA 128 49.667 741 -38         PARAGUAY 76 51.208 446 +5         PERU 158 46.180 2,994 -96         PHILIPPINES 142 48.266 21,075 +49         POLAND 175 41.687 8,187 +11         PORTUGAL 187 35.128 9,870 -161         PUERTO RICO 94 50.872 502 -2         QATAR 16 62.397 4,985 +4         ROMANIA 154 46.728 2,803 +4         RUSSIA 184 38.363 60,524 -5         RWANDA 181 39.456 2,261 -1         SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 71 51.307 156 +23         SAINT LUCIA 63 51.744 135 +23         ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 92 50.883 527 -16         SAMOA 103 50.698 737 +81         SAN MARINO 100 50.778 97 +4         SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 93 50.875 24 +13         SAUDI ARABIA 148 47.774 11,572 +35         SENEGAL 38 53.801 1,144 +49         SERBIA 176 41.203 4,627 +6         SEYCHELLES 117 50.099 260 +35         SIERRA LEONE 62 51.843 1,985 +71         SINGAPORE 1 103.947 26,510 0         SLOVAKIA 102 50.744 3,716 -53         SLOVENIA 26 55.639 925 +21         SOLOMON ISLANDS 130 49.457 305 -6         SOMALIA 191 31.015 5,693 +2         SOUTH AFRICA 13 63.881 28,055 +4         SOUTH KOREA 3 85.497 41,787 -1         SOUTH OSSETIA   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- SPAIN 24 56.058 52,300 +4         SRI LANKA 177 40.668 7,780 -1         SUDAN 183 38.536 5,879 +5         SURINAME 84 50.956 42 +18         SWAZILAND 65 51.582 116 +45         SWEDEN 21 57.712 11,782 -11         SWITZERLAND 27 55.538 25,433 +14         SYRIA 152 46.976 6,288 -23         TAIWAN 131 49.408 12,014 -101         TAJIKISTAN 125 49.809 402 +11         TANZANIA 132 49.364 987 +13         THAILAND 37 53.806 36,264 -25         TOGO 186 37.969 2,807 -104         TONGA 138 48.542 687 +19         TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 89 50.923 532 -34         TUNISIA 59 52.048 939 -13         TURKEY 170 43.488 15,998 -118         TURKMENISTAN 101 50.768 319 +27         TUVALU 91 50.883 44 +43         UGANDA 168 44.387 2,797 -7         UKRAINE 53 52.513 9,386 +103         UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 185 38.048 19,073 +9         UNITED KINGDOM 19 60.425 447,151 -3         UNITED STATES 42 53.512 1,027,352 -5         URUGUAY 56 52.169 696 +22         UZBEKISTAN 122 49.918 1,037 +28         VANUATU 70 51.385 340 +90         VATICAN CITY 169 44.344 3,875 -95         VENEZUELA 173 42.086 4,421 -4         VIETNAM 150 47.408 7,400 +25         YEMEN 197 17.552 16,597 -5         ZAMBIA 95 50.848 1,244 -16         ZIMBABWE 47 53.015 2,704 +121

RANKED ALPHABETICALLY FOR 2011, 2009, 2008