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.

North America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   CANADA 54.303 22,910 2   UNITED STATES 47.653 820,784 3   MEXICO 31.184 14,032 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 54.356 416 2   BELIZE 51.979 159 3   GUATEMALA 51.656 735 4   HONDURAS 51.417 445 5   NICARAGUA 50.909 495 6   PANAMA 47.843 1,194 7   EL SALVADOR 47.838 1,174 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   BRAZIL 67.752 17,337 2   ARGENTINA 58.533 5,009 3   CHILE 56.680 2,717 4   URUGUAY 54.438 522 5   GUYANA 53.560 1,666 6   PERU 52.624 1,748 7   PARAGUAY 52.303 603 8   SURINAME 51.815 152 9   ECUADOR 51.368 1,226 10   FRENCH GUIANA 51.268 127 11   VENEZUELA 50.468 6,319 12   BOLIVIA 44.739 2,687 13   COLOMBIA 43.117 7,199 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GHANA 60.507 3,644 2   ANGOLA 52.996 2,436 3   BURKINA FASO 52.860 432 4   NAMIBIA 52.786 675 5   TOGO 52.736 533 6   MAURITIUS 52.594 337 7   DJIBOUTI 52.517 411 8   GUINEA 52.390 1,038 9   MALAWI 52.388 379 10   SEYCHELLES 52.359 147 11   CAMEROON 52.240 1,046 12   LESOTHO 52.180 185 13   TUNISIA 52.062 1,418 14   WESTERN SAHARA 51.746 130 15   BENIN 51.745 313 16   MADAGASCAR 51.713 335 17   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 51.589 90 18   GUINEA BISSAU 51.536 25 19   CAPE VERDE 51.426 253 20   ZAMBIA 51.388 1,591 21   MOZAMBIQUE 51.190 460 22   LIBERIA 51.169 1,128 23   SOUTH AFRICA 51.156 18,603 24   MALI 51.146 855 25   BOTSWANA 51.054 967 26   GAMBIA 51.053 184 27   SWAZILAND 51.036 512 28   TANZANIA 51.000 1,043 29   GABON 50.837 288 30   COMOROS 50.466 236 31   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.453 273 32   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 49.882 509 33   ERITREA 49.786 632 34   BURUNDI 49.229 354 35   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.942 1,134 36   SIERRA LEONE 48.792 1,010 37   ETHIOPIA 48.527 3,255 38   SENEGAL 48.253 1,111 39   KENYA 48.030 6,170 40   MOROCCO 47.803 2,819 41   CHAD 47.123 2,128 42   NIGER 46.781 959 43   MAURITANIA 46.678 1,328 44   UGANDA 45.728 2,279 45   LIBYA 43.437 4,079 46   RWANDA 42.005 2,559 47   NIGERIA 39.217 5,348 48   ALGERIA 38.750 3,423 49   EGYPT 38.055 15,770 50   ZIMBABWE 34.756 15,538 51   SOMALIA 24.527 6,213 52   SUDAN 21.873 18,183 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 86.251 31,321 2   HONG KONG 79.426 28,636 3   MALAYSIA 72.359 35,806 4   CHINA 66.940 208,058 5   TAIWAN 60.764 13,757 6   SOUTH KOREA 60.186 29,131 7   BRUNEI 55.851 608 8   BHUTAN 54.748 1,451 9   JAPAN 53.652 61,237 10   LAOS 53.499 858 11   MALDIVES 53.308 494 12   MACAU 52.689 313