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.

Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UNITED STATES 57.3582 1,528,367 2   UNITED KINGDOM 65.4672 322,246 3   CHINA 47.8344 266,482 4   AUSTRALIA 71.4297 138,451 5   FRANCE 64.4972 111,396 6   IRAQ 19.5310 91,741 7   INDIA 49.6560 74,714 8   JAPAN 60.3847 70,873 9   RUSSIA 52.9702 68,047 10   GERMANY 61.8229 60,706 11   ISRAEL 35.9662 55,066 12   ITALY 64.8122 51,555 13   SPAIN 63.9493 47946 14   CANADA 65.5934 41,969 15   IRAN 26.6571 40,584 16   HONG KONG 85.4501 34,153 17   SINGAPORE 91.3769 32,155 18   AFGHANISTAN 17.2569 31,647 19   ZIMBABWE 24.5659 30,064 20   MYANMAR (BURMA) 34.6650 29,658 21   MALAYSIA 80.5076 28,852 22   PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK) 26.5767 26,826 23   IRELAND 58.8059 23,929 24   PAKISTAN 24.3736 23,635 25   BRAZIL 62.3809 23,141 26   SWITZERLAND 61.4505 22,534 27   EGYPT 46.5477 22,380 28   SOUTH KOREA 59.7768 22339 29   NETHERLANDS 57.3494 21,119 30   SOUTH AFRICA 38.7625 20,170 31   MEXICO 36.4419 19,582 32   THAILAND 48.9366 18,306 33   NORTH KOREA 48.4229 18,090 34   INDONESIA 36.9626 17,908 35   NEW ZEALAND 60.1146 16,985 36   TAIWAN 75.1620 16,514 37   LEBANON 28.6314 15,951 38   GEORGIA 38.6885 15,808 39   GREECE 60.3313 15,639 40   AUSTRIA 46.7924 15,489 41   SAUDI ARABIA 55.6417 13,808 42   BELGIUM 52.6796 13,621 43   POLAND 58.5391 13,116 44   VIETNAM 44.2459 13,022 45   TURKEY 51.6188 12,434 46   SYRIA 45.6297 12,088 47   PORTUGAL 62.8448 12,021 48   CUBA 34.4846 11,699 49   SERBIA 46.6987 11,567 50   PHILLIPINES 35.1120 11,165 51   JORDAN 51.6601 9,994 52   SWEDEN 63.2968 9,607 53   COLOMBIA 36.5950 9,155 54   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 68.7670 9,015 55   SUDAN 22.5549 8,912 56   CZECH REPUBLIC 60.8438 8,716 57   UKRAINE 56.7288 7,692 58   DENMARK 49.1027 7,227 59   NEPAL 40.3968 6,796 60   NIGERIA 28.3024 6,683 61   CROATIA 50.8676 6,609 62   KENYA 38.5130 6,559 63   SOMALIA 22.5564 6,331 64   ARGENTINA 49.4462 6,297 65   ROMANIA 53.2651 5,459 66   NORWAY 61.8033 5,332 67   QATAR 65.9995 5,282 68   BANGLADESH 31.4191 5,236 69   CHAD 33.8648 5,113 70   SRI LANKA 25.9382 4,722 71   VENEZUELA 45.7084 4,616 72   FINLAND 61.9873 4,184 73   CHILE 48.1594 3,811 74   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 30.6523 3,727 75   CAMBODIA 38.4821 3,721 76   VATICAN CITY 58.3344 3,708 77   KOSOVO 54.2277 3,394 78   KUWAIT 49.7302 3,384 79   ETHIOPIA 40.2688 3,203 80   HUNGARY 53.5799 3,191 81   GHANA 58.7141 3,189 82   MOROCCO 42.2740 3,184 83   JAMAICA 56.4473 3,161 84   BOLIVIA 52.7704 3,157 85   LIBYA 45.0384 3,074 86   SLOVENIA 55.3702 2,944 87   MACAU 61.3284 2,938 88   MONACO 65.8097 2,787 89   ALGERIA 41.2669 2,616 90   GUYANA 63.3295 2,485 91   PERU 52.4991 2,484 92   YEMEN 29.7627 2,478 93   KAZAKHSTAN 56.2190 2,398 94   SLOVAKIA 56.7698 2,349 95   HAITI 37.0304 2,329 96   BULGARIA 46.4876 2,273 97   CYPRUS 54.3447 2,156 98   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 41.1214 2,150 99   UGANDA 44.5038 2,076 100   LITHUANIA 52.4181 2,048

Rank Country Score Mentions 101   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 45.1025 2,010 102   ICELAND 51.3393 1,959 103   BAHRAIN 51.6753 1,944 104   GUINEA 55.7004 1,928 105   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 55.5742 1,910 106   ECUADOR 41.3990 1,853 107   PANAMA 44.4116 1,806 108   TANZANIA 48.9173 1,710 109   RWANDA 39.5802 1,655 110   ZAMBIA 44.8937 1,575 111   ANGOLA 49.2136 1,572 112   MONTENEGRO 61.9838 1,568 113   LATVIA 47.6560 1,536 114   LAOS 50.6989 1,523 115   FIJI 47.4165 1,519 116   SENEGAL 50.6660 1,512 117   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 55.2273 1,490 118   ESTONIA 48.0982 1,464 119   LUXEMBOURG 58.4321 1,407 120   BELARUS 47.3331 1,375 121   NIGER 42.4540 1,312 122   THE BAHAMAS 49.8286 1,310 123   UZBEKISTAN 50.8923 1,283 124   MOZAMBIQUE 46.9419 1,282 125   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.6350 1,247 126   TUNISIA 48.6458 1,245 127   MONGOLIA 55.3419 1,232 128   CONGO (KINSHASA) 42.3020 1,188 129   DJIBOUTI 47.2992 1,179 130   MALI 49.0513 1,160 131   PARAGUAY 54.9313 1,155 132   CAMEROON 48.4062 1,153 133   ALBANIA 51.5016 1,151 134   ARMENIA 45.8372 1,140 135   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 54.9309 1,133 136   OMAN 56.6902 1,106 137   MALAWI 48.8483 1,098 138   LIBERIA 46.3680 1,094 139   ERITREA 40.9070 1,079 140   EL SALVADOR 47.1700 1,052 141   GUATEMALA 49.0332 964 142   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 41.2434 941 143   EAST TIMOR 50.5140 897 144   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 49.6724 878 145   AZERBAIJAN 53.0321 869 146   BARBADOS 52.5126 842 147   MALTA 51.3903 842 148   SIERRA LEONE 47.1175 840 149   BURUNDI 44.3126 823 150   COSTA RICA 54.4132 807 151   MAURITANIA 43.0143 718 152   BOTSWANA 51.9653 667 153   TURKMENISTAN 53.7849 665 154   GRENADA 55.0365 635 155   BURKINA FASO 50.4802 635 156   URUGUAY 51.8155 623 157   NAMIBIA 56.0192 606 158   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 52.7833 600 159   HONDURAS 45.1727 594 160   NICARAGUA 48.3458 571 161   BRUNEI 51.4855 563 162   GABON 49.9262 562 163   MADAGASCAR 50.8175 528 164   BHUTAN 54.6855 512 165   SWAZILAND 49.0740 462 166   GREENLAND 51.8130 427 167   VANUATU 50.7363 419 168   BERMUDA 51.5427 400 169   TOGO 48.8168 387 170   SEYCHELLES 54.8220 383 171   CAPE VERDE 50.8461 382 172   SAMOA 52.6681 374 173   MAURITIUS 53.0897 372 174   BELIZE 50.7469 371 175   BENIN 51.5059 360 176   MOLDOVA 51.0316 329 177   CAYMAN ISLANDS 49.3243 305 178   GAMBIA 48.1620 304 179   LESOTHO 52.3796 297 180   LIECHTENSTEIN 49.7163 294 181   KYRGYZSTAN 50.5106 245 182   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 48.3851 240 183   MALDIVES 51.8144 224 184   SURINAME 50.3430 209 185   TAJIKISTAN 48.8231 207 186   COMOROS 48.8072 201 187   ANDORRA 49.4405 141 188   GUINEA BISSAU 48.3136 137 189   SAN MARINO 50.3975 103 190   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.8058 101 191   KIRIBATI 49.1958 77 192   NAURU 49.7033 69 193   TONGA 50.1706 64 194   SOLOMON ISLANDS 49.8964 61 195   PALAU 50.4407 45 196   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.1925 36 197   SAINT LUCIA 50.4190 32 198   ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 50.2474 24 199   TUVALU 49.8797 22 200   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.1044 15

*Dominica and the Federated States of Micronesia are not featured in this index.

RANKED BY VOLUME FOR 2011, 2010, 2009