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 65.5934 41,969 2   UNITED STATES 57.3582 1,528,367 3   MEXICO 36.4419 19,582 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GUYANA 63.3295 2,485 2   BRAZIL 62.3809 23,141 3   PARAGUAY 54.9313 1,115 4   BOLIVIA 52.7704 3,157 5   PERU 52.4991 2.484 6   URUGUAY 51.8155 623 7   SURINAME 50.3430 209 8   ARGENTINA 49.4462 6,297 9   CHILE 48.1594 3,811 10   VENEZUELA 45.7084 4,616 11   ECUADOR 41.3990 1,184 12   COLOMBIA 36.5950 9,155 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 54.4132 807 2   BELIZE 50.7469 371 3   GUATEMALA 49.0332 964 4   NICARAGUA 48.3458 571 5   EL SALVADOR 47.1700 1,052 6   HONDURAS 45.1727 594 7   PANAMA 44.4116 1,806 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GHANA 58.7141 3,189 2   NAMIBIA 56.0192 606 3   GUINEA 55.7004 1,928 4   SEYCHELLES 54.8220 383 5   MAURITIUS 53.0897 372 6   LESOTHO 52.3796 297 7   BOTSWANA 51.9653 667 8   BENIN 51.5059 360 9   CAPE VERDE 50.8461 382 10   MADAGASCAR 50.8175 528 11   SENEGAL 50.6660 1,512 12   BURKINA FASO 50.4802 635 13   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.1925 36 14   WESTERN SAHARA 50.0150 107 15   GABON 49.9262 562 16   ANGOLA 49.2136 1,572 17   SWAZILAND 49.0740 462 18   MALI 49.0513 1,160 19   TANZANIA 48.9173 1,710 20   MALAWI 48.8483 1,098 21   TOGO 48.8168 387 22   COMOROS 48.8072 201 23   TUNISIA 48.6458 1,245 24   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.6350 1,247 25   CAMEROON 48.4062 1,153 26   CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 48.3851 240 27   GUINEA BISSAU 48.3136 137 28   GAMBIA 48.1620 304 29   DJIBOUTI 47.2992 1,179 30   SIERRA LEONE 47.1175 840 31   MOZAMBIQUE 46.9419 1,282 32   EGYPT 46.5477 22,380 33   LIBERIA 46.3680 1,094 34   LYBIA 45.0384 3,074 35   ZAMBIA 44.8937 1,575 36   UGANDA 44.5038 2,076 37   BURUNDI 44.3126 823 38   MAURITANIA 43.0143 718 39   NIGER 42.4540 1,312 40   CONGO (KINSHASA) 42.3020 1,188 41   MOROCCO 42.2740 3,184 42   ALGERIA 41.2669 2,616 43   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 41.2434 941 44   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 41.1214 2,150 45   ERITREA 40.9070 1,079 46   ETHIOPIA 40.2688 3,203 47   RWANDA 39.5802 1,655 48   SOUTH AFRICA 38.7625 20,170 49   KENYA 38.5130 6,559 50   CHAD 33.8648 5,113 51   NIGERIA 28.3024 6,683 52   ZIMBABWE 24.5659 30,064 53   SOMALIA 22.5564 6,331 54   SUDAN 22.5549 8,912 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 91.3769 32,155 2   HONG KONG 85.4501 34,153 3   MALAYSIA 80.5076 28,852 4   TAIWAN 75.1620 16,514 5   MACAU 61.3284 2,938 6   JAPAN 60.3847 70,873 7   SOUTH KOREA 59.7768 22,339 8   MONGOLIA 55.3419 1,232 9   BHUTAN 54.6855 512 10   MALDIVES 51.8144 224 11   BRUNEI 51.4855 563 12