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.

North America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   CANADA 94.025 109,781 2   UNITED STATES 53.512 1,027,352 3   MEXICO 33.212 17,106 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 55.885 1,106 2   BELIZE 51.894 260 3   NICARAGUA 49.947 396 4   HONDURAS 48.461 977 5   EL SALVADOR 48.196 1,038 6   GUATEMALA 48.103 976 7   PANAMA 46.212 1,656 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   BRAZIL 53.943 21,751 2   GUYANA 53.087 1,841 3   URUGUAY 52.169 696 4   FRENCH GUIANA 51.656 490 5   PARAGUAY 51.208 446 6   SURINAME 50.956 42 7   BOLIVIA 49.224 1,341 8   ECUADOR 48.065 1,365 9   ARGENTINA 47.876 7,718 10   PERU 46.180 2,994 11   COLOMBIA 45.435 3,794 12   VENEZUELA 42.086 4,421 13   CHILE 34.643 13,829 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SOUTH AFRICA 63.881 28,055 2   MAURITIUS 53.837 442 3   SENEGAL 53.801 1,144 4   MOROCCO 53.610 2,566 5   ZIMBABWE 53.015 2,704 6   BOTSWANA 52.937 446 7   CAMEROON 52.092 1,289 8   TUNISIA 52.048 939 9   SIERRA LEONE 51.843 1,985 10   NAMIBIA 51.682 438 11   SWAZILAND 51.582 116 12   LESOTHO 51.421 94 13   BURKINA FASO 51.082 739 14   BENIN 51.009 427 15   GAMBIA 50.978 103 16   GABON 50.939 543 17   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.875 24 18   ZAMBIA 50.848 1,244 19   CAPE VERDE 50.844 109 20   DJIBOUTI 50.815 69 21   WESTERN SAHARA 50.799 61 22   MOZAMBIQUE 50.796 680 23   GUINEA BISSAU 50.691 54 24   MADAGASCAR 50.583 365 25   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.569 97 26   MALAWI 50.509 1,074 27   BURUNDI 50.479 157 28   COMOROS 50.450 49 29   LIBERIA 50.369 510 30   SEYCHELLES 50.099 260 31   GUINEA 50.083 1,415 32   MALI 49.892 1,685 33   MAURITANIA 49.828 261 34   ERITREA 49.801 224 35   CONGO (KINSHASA) 49.777 473 36   TANZANIA 49.364 987 37   CHAD 49.307 1,970 38   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 49.063 614 39   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 47.789 2,150 40   NIGER 47.624 1,447 41   GHANA 47.089 9,179 42   EGYPT 46.940 16,708 43   KENYA 46.507 3,673 44   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 46.252 1,439 45   ETHIOPIA 46.150 2,646 46   LIBYA 45.057 2,856 47   ALGERIA 44.560 3,354 48   UGANDA 44.387 2,797 49   ANGOLA 39.630 5,376 50   RWANDA 39.546 2,261 51   SUDAN 38.536 5,879 52   TOGO 37.969 2,807 53   SOMALIA 31.015 5,693 54   NIGERIA 27.975 10,913 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 103.947 26,510 2   SOUTH KOREA 85.497 41,787 3   MALAYSIA 72.376 36,544 4   HONG KONG 67.916 16,051 5   JAPAN 59.867 79,098 6   LAOS 55.193 1,478 7   BANGLADESH 54.977 9,825 8   NEPAL 54.576 7,811 9   THAILAND 53.806 36,264 10   BHUTAN 53.646 436 11   INDIA 53.366 216,456 12   MACAU 53.057 3,534 13   MALDIVES 52.768 578 14   BRUNEI 52.648 504 15   MONGOLIA 52.372 878 16   EAST TIMOR 50.917 165 17   INDONESIA 50.069 52,336 18   TAIWAN 49.408 12,014 19   CHINA 48.516 185,552 20   CAMBODIA 48.416 3,430 21   PHILIPPINES 48.266 21,075 22   VIETNAM 47.408 7,400 23   SRI LANKA 40.668 7,780 24   NORTH KOREA 39.569 10,469 25   MYANMAR (BURMA) 38.644 10,299 26   AFGHANISTAN 7.174 61,464 27   PAKISTAN 3.227 53,719 Central Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 52.163 1,843 2   TURKMENISTAN 50.768 319 3   KYRGYZSTAN 50.514 374 4   UZBEKISTAN 49.918 1,037 5   TAJIKISTAN 49.809 402

Europe Rank Country Score Mentions 1   NORWAY 76.423 9,487 2   ITALY 71.125 53,710 3   AUSTRIA 64.338 8,440 4   IRELAND 64.224 65,009 5   FRANCE 63.766 91,261 6   CZECH REPUBLIC 61.440 9,858 7   FINLAND 60.862 5,480 8   UNITED KINGDOM 60.425 447,151 9   SWEDEN 57.712 11,782 10   GERMANY 56.396 67,745 11   SPAIN 56.058 52,300 12   SLOVENIA 55.639 925 13   SWITZERLAND 55.538 25,433 14   BELGIUM 55.352 12,224 15   CROATIA 54.441 2,875 16   NETHERLANDS 54.043 19,339 17   MONACO 53.601 1,334 18   LUXEMBOURG 53.339 1,082 19   HUNGARY 52.666 3,918 20   KOSOVO 52.588 806 21   UKRAINE 52.513 9,386 22   MOLDOVA 51.964 259 23   GREENLAND 51.516 524 24   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 51.481 312 25   ESTONIA 51.397 1,159 26   ALBANIA 51.058 531 27   MONTENEGRO 50.949 381 28   CYPRUS 50.936 1,746 29   LIECHTENSTEIN 50.928 356 30   MALTA 50.810 700 31   SAN MARINO 50.778 97 32   SLOVAKIA 50.744 3,716 33   BELARUS 50.552 2,019 34   ANDORRA 50.132 1,343 35   BULGARIA 49.623 1,589 36   LITHUANIA 49.214 1,211 37   LATVIA 48.972 1,526 38   ROMANIA 46.728 2,803 39   ICELAND 44.889 5,640 40   DENMARK 44.461 11,078 41   VATICAN CITY 44.344 3,875 42   BOSNIA 42.242 2,327 43   POLAND 41.687 8,187 44   SERBIA 41.203 4,627 45   RUSSIA 38.363 60,524 46   PORTUGAL 35.128 9,870 47   GREECE 29.164 41,371 Middle East and North Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KUWAIT 72.056 5,688 2   BAHRAIN 62.494 2,383 3   QATAR 62.397 4,985 4   OMAN 54.038 1,281 5   MOROCCO 53.610 2,566 6   TUNISIA 52.048 939 7   SAUDI ARABIA 47.774 11,572 8   SYRIA 46.976 6,288 9   EGYPT 46.940 16,708 10   JORDAN 46.093 9,397 11   LIBYA 45.057 2,856 12   ALGERIA 44.560 3,354 13   TURKEY 43.488 15,998 14   LEBANON 39.581 7,041 15   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 38.048 19,073 16   ISRAEL 27.540 81,803 17   PALESTINE 24.730 30,006 18   IRAN 19.003 52,969 19   YEMEN 17.552 16,597 20   IRAQ 16.414 36,843 Oceania Rank Country Score Mentions 1   NEW ZEALAND 70.041 56,758 2   AUSTRALIA 65.202 170,807 3   VANUATU 51.385 340 4   KIRIBATI 51.266 53 5   PALAU 51.208 144 6   FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA 51.070 128 7   COOK ISLANDS 51.049 238 8   NIUE 50.928 29 9   TOKELAU 50.907 9 10   TUVALU 50.883 44 11   SAMOA 50.698 737 12   NAURU 50.645 93 13   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.519 65 14   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 49.667 741 15   SOLOMON ISLANDS 49.457 305 16   TONGA 48.542 687 17   FIJI 44.859 7,723 Caribbean Rank Country Score Mentions 1   JAMAICA 56.203 2,378 2   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 52.384 436 3   BARBADOS 52.226 405 4   SAINT LUCIA 51.744 135 5   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.307 156 6   DOMINICA 51.249 45 7   GRENADA 51.222 285 8   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 51.107 258 9   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 50.923 532 10   BERMUDA 50.708 350 11   THE BAHAMAS 50.694 759 12   ARUBA 50.532 92 13   CAYMAN ISLANDS 50.217 536 14   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 50.055 3,216 15   HAITI 42.710 51,734 16   CUBA 32.693 8,131 Commonwealth of Independent States Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UKRAINE 52.513 9,386 2   KAZAKHSTAN 52.163 1,843 3   MOLDOVA 51.964 259 4   AZERBAIJAN 51.052 631 5   TURKMENISTAN 50.768 319 6   BELARUS 50.552 2,019 7   KYRGYZSTAN 50.514 374 8   UZBEKISTAN 49.918 1,037 9   TAJIKISTAN 49.809 402 10   ARMENIA 45.190 2,251 11   GEORGIA 41.705 6,263 12   RUSSIA 38.363 60,524

RANKED BY REGION FOR 2011, 2009, 2008