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 Rank Score Mentions Change Rank Rank Rank AFGHANISTAN   200 17.2569 31,647 N/A 200     ALBANIA   80 51.5016 1,151 N/A 57     ALGERIA   167 41.2669 2,616 N/A 173     ANDORRA   114 49.4405 141 N/A 82     ANGOLA   116 49.2136 1,572 N/A 64     ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA   62 52.7833 600 N/A 132     ARGENTINA   113 49.4462 6,297 N/A 21     ARMENIA   151 45.8372 1,140 N/A 135     AUSTRALIA   5 71.4297 138.451 N/A 4     AUSTRIA   146 46.7924 15,489 N/A 26     AZERBAIJAN   60 53.0321 869 N/A 40     THE BAHAMAS   107 49.8286 1,310 N/A 147     BAHRAIN   75 51.6753 1,944 N/A 42     BANGLADESH   187 31.4191 5,236 N/A 176     BARBADOS   66 52.5126 842 N/A 75     BELARUS   141 47.3331 1,375 N/A 115     BELGIUM   64 52.6796 13,621 N/A 45     BELIZE   89 50.7469 371 N/A 93     BENIN   79 51.5059 360 N/A 100     BERMUDA   78 51.5427 400 N/A ---     BHUTAN   52 54.6855 512 N/A 41     BOLIVIA   63 52.7704 3,157 N/A 162     BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   188 30.6523 3,727 N/A 194     BOTSWANA   70 51.9653 667 N/A 124     BRAZIL   17 62.3809 23,141 N/A 6     BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   50 54.9309 1,133 N/A ---     BRUNEI   81 51.4855 563 N/A 35     BULGARIA   149 46.4876 2,273 N/A 154     BURKINA FASO   95 50.4802 635 N/A 68     BURUNDI   160 44.3126 823 N/A 140     CAMBODIA   177 38.4821 3,721 N/A 178     CAMEROON   131 48.4062 1,153 N/A 84     CANADA   9 65.8097 41,969 N/A 51     CAPE VERDE   87 50.8461 382 N/A 111     CAYMAN ISLANDS   115 49.3243 305 N/A ---     CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC   132 48.3851 240 N/A 136     CHAD   186 33.8648 5,113 N/A 157     CHILE   136 48.1594 3,811 N/A 29     CHINA   138 47.8344 266,482 N/A 7     COLOMBIA   180 36.5950 9,155 N/A 166     COMOROS   127 48.8072 201 N/A 131     CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)   169 41.1214 2,150 N/A 158     CONGO (KINSHASA)   164 42.3020 1,188 N/A 144     COSTA RICA   53 54.4132 807 N/A 50     CÔTE D'IVOIRE   129 48.6350 1,247 N/A 142     CROATIA   86 50.8676 6,609 N/A 145     CUBA   185 34.4846 11,699 N/A 182     CYPRUS   54 54.3447 2,156 N/A 30     CZECH REPUBLIC   24 60.8438 8,716 N/A 27     DENMARK   118 49.1027 7,227 N/A 28     DJIBOUTI   142 47.2992 1,179 N/A 76     DOMINICA   --- --- --- --- 101     DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   47 55.2273 1,490 N/A 156     EAST TIMOR   93 50.5140 897 N/A 134     ECUADOR   166 41.3990 1,853 N/A 114     EGYPT   148 46.5477 22,380 N/A 174     EL SALVADOR   143 47.1700 1,052 N/A 151     EQUATORIAL GUINEA   168 41.2434 941 N/A 133     ERITREA   170 40.9070 1,079 N/A 138     ESTONIA   137 48.0982 1,464 N/A 141     ETHIOPIA   172 40.2688 3,203 N/A 146     FIJI   140 47.4165 1,519 N/A 52     FINLAND   18 61.9873 4,184 N/A 153     FRANCE   12 64.4972 111,396 N/A 12     GABON   104 49.9262 562 N/A 129     GAMBIA   135 48.1620 304 N/A 125     GEORGIA   175 38.6885 15,808 N/A 198     GERMANY   20 61.8229 60,706 N/A 31     GHANA   30 58.7141 3,189 N/A 15     GREECE   26 60.3313 15,639 N/A 3     GREENLAND   73 51.8130 427 N/A ---     GRENADA   48 55.0365 635 N/A 53     GUATEMALA   121 49.0332 964 N/A 103     GUINEA   42 55.7004 1,928 N/A 77     GUINEA BISSAU   134 48.3136 137 N/A 108     GUYANA   14 63.3295 9,607 N/A 158     HAITI   178 37.0304 2,329 N/A 170     HONDURAS   154 45.1727 594 N/A 112     HONG KONG   2 85.4501 34,153 N/A 2     HUNGARY   57 53.5799 3,191 N/A 36     ICELAND   83 51.3393 1,959 N/A 39     INDIA   112 49.6560 74,714 N/A 183     INDONESIA   179 36.9626 17,908 N/A 175     IRAN   192 26.6571 40,584 N/A 190     IRAQ   199 19.5310 91,741 N/A 197     IRELAND   29 58.8059 23,929 N/A 62     ISRAEL   182 35.9662 55,066 N/A 185     ITALY   11 64.8122 51,555 N/A 9     JAMAICA   39 56.4473 3,161 N/A 8     JAPAN   25 60.3847 70,873 N/A 56     JORDAN   76 51.6601 9,994 N/A 37     KAZAKHSTAN   40 56.2190 2,398 N/A 22     KENYA   176 38.5130 6,559 N/A 149     KIRIBATI   117 49.1958 77 N/A 123     KOSOVO   55 54.2277 3,394 N/A 13     KUWAIT   108 49.7302 3,384 N/A 65     KYRGYZSTAN   94 50.5106 245 N/A 137     LAOS   91 50.6989 1,536 N/A 59     LATVIA   139 47.6560 1,536 N/A 117     LEBANON   190 28.6314 15,951 N/A 188     LESOTHO   69 52.3796 297 N/A 86     LIBERIA   150 46.3680 1,094 N/A 119     LIBYA   156 45.0384 3,074 N/A 164     LIECHTENSTEIN   109 49.7163 294 N/A 122     LITHUANIA   68 42.4181 2,048 N/A 54     LUXEMBOURG   32 58.4321 1,407 N/A 55     MACAU   23 61.3284 2,938 N/A 72     MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.)   155 45.1025 2,010 N/A 63     MADAGASCAR   88 50.8175 528 N/A 102     MALAWI   124 48.8483 1,098 N/A 78     MALAYSIA   3 80.5076 28,852 N/A 5     MALDIVES   72 51.8144 224 N/A 61     MALI   120 49.0513 1,160 N/A 121     MALTA   82 51.3903 842 N/A 90     MARSHALL ISLANDS   103 50.1044 15 N/A 107     MAURITANIA   162 43.0143 718 N/A 160     MAURITIUS   59 53.0897 372 N/A 74     MEXICO   181 36.4419 19,582 N/A 107     MICRONESIA   --- --- --- --- 96     MOLDOVA   84 51.0316 329 N/A 85     MONACO   8 68.8097 2,787 N/A 25     MONGOLIA   46 55.3419 1,232 N/A 163     MONTENEGRO   19 61.9838 1,568 N/A 44     MOROCCO   165 42.2740 3,184 N/A 152     MOZAMBIQUE   145 46.9419 1,282 N/A 118     MYANMAR (BURMA)   184 34.6650 29,658 N/A 165     NAMIBIA   41 56.0192 606 N/A 69     NAURU   110 49.7033 69 N/A 116     NEPAL   171 40.3968 6,796 N/A 169     NETHERLANDS   35 57.3494 21,119 N/A 11     NEW ZEALAND   27 60.1146 16,985 N/A 23     NICARAGUA   133 48.3458 571 N/A 128     NIGER   163 42.4540 1,312 N/A 159     NIGERIA   191 28.3024 6,683 N/A 171     NORTH KOREA   130 48.4229 18,090 N/A 168     NORWAY   21 61.8033 5,332 N/A 32     OMAN   38 56.6902 1,106 N/A 46     PAKISTAN   196 24.3736 23,635 N/A 199     PALAU   96 50.4407 45 N/A 92     PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK)   193 26.5767 26,826 N/A 189     PANAMA   159 44.4116 1,806 N/A 150     PAPUA NEW GUINEA   111 49.6724 878 N/A 105     PARAGUAY   49 54.9313 1,155 N/A 81     PERU   67 52.4991 2,484 N/A 73     PHILIPPINES   183 35.1120 11,165 N/A 184     POLAND   31 58.5391 13,116 N/A 18     PORTUGAL   16 62.8448 12,021 N/A 34     PUERTO RICO   --- --- --- --- 110     QATAR   7 65.995 5,282 N/A 20     ROMANIA   58 53.2651 5,459 N/A 33     RUSSIA   61 52.9702 68,047 N/A 191     RWANDA   173 39.5802 1,655 N/A 167     SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   74 51.8058 101 N/A 89     SAINT LUCIA   97 50.4190 32 N/A 88     ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES   100 50.2474 24 N/A 95     SAMOA   65 52.6681 374 N/A 70     SAN MARINO   98 50.3975 103 N/A 80     SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE   101 50.1925 36 N/A 106     SAUDI ARABIA   43 55.6417 13,808 N/A 43     SENEGAL   92 50.6660 1,512 N/A 148     SERBIA   147 46.6987 11,567 N/A 186     SEYCHELLES   51 54.8220 383 N/A 79     SIERRA LEONE   144 47.1175 840 N/A 143     SINGAPORE   1 91.3769 32,155 N/A 1     SLOVAKIA   36 56.7698 2,349 N/A 83     SLOVENIA   45 55.3702 2,944 N/A 60     SOLOMON ISLANDS   105 49.8964 61 N/A 67     SOMALIA   197 22.5564 6,331 N/A 193     SOUTH AFRICA   174 38.7625 20,170 N/A 120     SOUTH KOREA   28 59.7768 22,339 N/A 17     SOUTH OSSETIA   --- --- --- --- 195     SPAIN   13 63.9493 47,946 N/A 19     SRI LANKA   194 25.9382 4,722 N/A 179     SUDAN   198 22.5549 8,912 N/A 196     SURINAME   99 50.3430 209 N/A 97     SWAZILAND   119 49.0740 462 N/A 126     SWEDEN   15 63.2968 9,607 N/A 24     SWITZERLAND   22 61,4505 22,534 N/A 87     SYRIA   153 45.6297 12,088 N/A 109     TAIWAN   4 75.1620 16,514 N/A 14     TAJIKISTAN   125 48.8231 207 N/A 38     TANZANIA   123 48.9173 1,710 N/A 127     THAILAND   122 48.9366 18,306 N/A 192     TOGO   126 48.8168 387 N/A 71     TONGA   102 50.1706 64 N/A 48     TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   44 55.5742 1,910 N/A 98     TUNISIA   128 48.6458 1,245 N/A 91     TURKEY   77 51.6188 12,434 N/A 180     TURKMENISTAN   56 53.7849 665 N/A 47     TUVALU   106 49.8797 22 N/A 104     UGANDA   158 44.5038 2,076 N/A 161     UKRAINE   37 56.7288 7,692 N/A 139     UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   6 68.7670 9,015 N/A 16     UNITED KINGDOM   10 65.4672 322,246 N/A 10     UNITED STATES   34 57.3582 1,528,367 N/A 155     URUGUAY   71 51.8155 623 N/A 49     UZBEKISTAN   85 50.8923 1,283 N/A 99     VANUATU   90 50.7363 419 N/A 94     VATICAN CITY   33 58.3344 3,708 N/A 66     VENEZUELA   152 45.7084 4,616 N/A 130     VIETNAM   161 44.2459 13,022 N/A 172     YEMEN   189 29.7627 2,478 N/A 177     ZAMBIA   157 44.8937 1,575 N/A 113     ZIMBABWE   195 24.5659 30,064 N/A 181

RANKED ALPHABETICALLY FOR 2011, 2010, 2009