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 56.223 79,350 2   UNITED STATES 44.343 879,735 3   MEXICO 28.078 16,981 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 57.076 1,069 2   HONDURAS 52.131 471 3   BELIZE 51.578 204 4   EL SALVADOR 51.376 821 5   NICARAGUA 51.312 843 6   PANAMA 50.345 1,440 7   GUATEMALA 44.538 1,699 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   PERU 64.333 7,785 2   BRAZIL 60.469 22,377 3   URUGUAY 58.534 2,964 4   VENEZUELA 55.273 8,245 5   CHILE 54.188 3,606 6   SURINAME 53.271 293 7   FRENCH GUIANA 52.882 270 8   PARAGUAY 52.513 603 9   GUYANA 51.847 1,135 10   BOLIVIA 47.488 2,052 11   ECUADOR 47.289 2,056 12   ARGENTINA 42.956 10,440 13   COLOMBIA 37.568 6,066 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   ALGERIA 64.864 5,373 2   GHANA 59.131 7,276 3   TUNISIA 58.591 2,266 4   GUINEA 57.179 2,729 5   SOUTH AFRICA 56.216 34,502 6   CAPE VERDE 55.473 582 7   ZAMBIA 54.148 1,410 8   LIBYA 53.687 5,596 9   MALI 53.645 991 10   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 53.413 990 11   MAURITIUS 53.338 540 12   MOZAMBIQUE 53.133 466 13   NAMIBIA 53.012 728 14   BENIN 52.734 291 15   WESTERN SAHARA 52.475 81 16   SEYCHELLES 52.472 150 17   BOTSWANA 52.445 948 18   DJIBOUTI 52.340 845 19   MALAWI 52.331 533 20   TANZANIA 52.292 955 21   MADAGASCAR 52.231 574 22   LESOTHO 52.225 225 23   CHAD 52.165 1,730 24   MORROCO 51.956 3,524 25   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 51.877 57 26   GAMBIA 51.835 394 27   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 51.808 194 28   GABON 51.760 402 29   COMOROS 51.692 46 30   SWAZILAND 51.282 305 31   TOGO 51.179 551 32   SIERRA LEONE 50.816 1,211 33   ERITREA 50.752 582 34   SENEGAL 50.650 1,617 35   CAMEROON 50.441 1,181 36   BURUNDI 50.427 424 37   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 50.263 1,108 38   ANGOLA 50.037 1,593 39   UGANDA 49.778 1,998 40   MAURITANIA 49.567 2,537 41   KENYA 49.521 8,102 42   BURKINA FASO 49.346 574 43   LIBERIA 49.181 1,156 44   NIGER 48.751 1,264 45   GUINEA BISSAU 47.083 1,295 46   ETHIOPIA 43.817 5,031 47   EGYPT 42.828 32,527 48   SUDAN 42.555 8,438 49   NIGERIA 39.805 7,537 50   ZIMBABWE 25.283 19,107 50   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 30.529 11,745 50   CONGO (KINSHASA) 30.101 5,469 51   RWANDA 14.301 11,437 52   SOMALIA 4.330 24,610 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 80.624 24,478 2   HONG KONG 61.571 27,318 3   MALAYSIA 60.141 35,487 4   SOUTH KOREA 56.137 41,841 5   CHINA 55.161 142,395 6   MACAU 54.724 2,623 7   INDONESIA 53.988 56,380 8   BHUTAN 53.728 1,907 9   MALDIVES 53.462 877 10   NEPAL 53.354 3,850 11   LAOS 52.947 1,308 12   BRUNEI 52.866 398 13   MONGOLIA 52.095 481 14   PHILIPPINES 52.095 13,147 15   EAST TIMOR 51.901 177 16   TAIWAN 51.363 12,934 17   VIETNAM 46.826 7,826 18   MYANMAR (BURMA) 42.153 6,708 19   BANGLADESH 40.908 10,363 20   JAPAN 40.710 68,021 21   NORTH KOREA 40.117 14,442 22   CAMBODIA 39.592 5,580 23   SRI LANKA 34.444 11,216 24   INDIA 23.603 239,213 25   THAILAND 21.627 61,623 26   AFGHANISTAN 9.006 46,061 27   PAKISTAN 6.970 73,866 Central Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UZBEKISTAN 57.040 1,374 2   KAZAKHSTAN 55.596 1,958 3   TAJIKISTAN 51.021 402 4   TURKMENISTAN 50.503 466 5   KYRGYZSTAN 50.496 544

Europe Rank Country Score Mentions 1   DENMARK 66.740 11,339 2   IRELAND 65.999 57,168 3   FINLAND 64.978 4,976 4   POLAND 64.149 11,533 5   PORTUGAL 63.134 8,581 6   NORWAY 60.674 7,272 7   ITALY 59.859 43,818 8   SWEDEN 58.546 9,801 9   AUSTRIA 57.937 7,651 10   NETHERLANDS 57.274 14,404 11   SWITZERLAND 56.661 15,252 12   UNITED KINGDOM 56.218 324,333 13   UKRAINE 55.938 11,326 14   CZECH REPUBLIC 55.877 5,868 15   HUNGARY 55.768 4,222 16   ROMANIA 54.740 4,136 17   MONACO 54.181 963 18   FRANCE 54.126 99,679 19   KOSOVO 53.661 2,493 20   CYPRUS 53.564 3,042 21   VATICAN CITY 53.285 2,030 22   GREENLAND 53.134 4,238 23   MONTENEGRO 52.457 552 24   LIECHTENSTEIN 52.380 267 25   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 52.311 706 26   MOLDOVA 52.272 392 27   SAN MARINO 51.900 118 28   ANDORRA 51.669 849 29   LATVIA 51.616 1,517 30   ESTONIA 51.567 1,349 31   SLOVENIA 51.086 1,071 32   ALBANIA 50.635 1,205 33   SLOVAKIA 50.309 1,602 34   BULGARIA 50.216 2,313 35   MALTA 50.061 717 36   LUXEMBOURG 49.737 1,975 37   CROATIA 49.618 4,082 38   SERBIA 49.135 6,104 39   SPAIN 48.665 56,704 40   BELGIUM 45.904 13,771 41   BELARUS 44.272 2,660 42   LITHUANIA 43.674 2,701 43   GERMANY 42.623 60,144 44   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 42.452 2,933 45   ICELAND 40.080 11,557 46   GREECE 33.996 13.201 47   RUSSIA 29.966 88,429 Middle East and North Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   QATAR 76.295 13,420 2   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 73.163 26,441 3   ALGERIA 64.864 5,373 4   KUWAIT 63.310 7,334 5   JORDAN 59.033 7,989 6   TUNISIA 58.591 2,266 7   LEBANON 55.786 67,533 8   LYBIA 53.687 5,596 9   OMAN 53.097 1,909 10   MOROCCO 51.956 3,524 11   TURKEY 51.366 16,239 12   BAHRAIN 49.834 2,283 13   EGYPT 42.828 32.527 14   SYRIA 40.285 29,664 15   SAUDI ARABIA 37.958 21,353 16   ISRAEL 34.920 101,709 17   IRAQ 33.525 73,410 18   IRAN 23.556 41,383 19   PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK) 22.341 70,701 20   YEMEN 14.671 13,007 Oceania Rank Country Score Mentions 1   NEW ZEALAND 63.638 37,141 2   AUSTRALIA 63.612 63,951 3   FIJI 62.083 16,494 4   TUVALU 52.410 196 5   SOLOMON ISLANDS 52.237 154 6   COOK ISLANDS 52.190 114 7   KIRIBATI 52.151 88 8   NIUE 52.094 31 9   NAURU 52.010 22 10   PALAU 51.977 62 11   MARSHALL ISLANDS 51.976 57 12   MICRONESIA 51.968 31 13   SAMOA 51.942 1,782 14   PAPUA NE GUINEA 51.578 595 15   VANUATU 51.343 333 16   TONGA 51.234 1,445 Caribbean Rank Country Score Mentions 1   JAMAICA 53.877 1,927 2   BARBADOS 52.911 289 3   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 52.755 459 4   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 52.629 645 5   BERMUDA 52.510 240 6   SAINT LUCIA 52.468 95 7   GRENADA 52.246 239 8   DOMINICA 52.234 43 9   ARUBA 52.062 68 10   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.990 105 11   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 51.979 69 12   CAYMAN ISLANDS 51.891 596 13   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 51.268 539 14   HAITI 50.539 951 15   THE BAHAMAS 50.160 793 16   CUBA 25.711 14,992 Commonwealth of Independent States Rank Country Score Mentions 1   ARMENIA 60.401 2,399 2   UZBEKISTAN 57.040 1,374 3   UKRAINE 55.938 11,326 4   KAZAKHSTAN 55.596 1,958 5   AZERBAIJAN 54.050 1,685 6   TAJIKISTAN 51.021 402 7   TURKMENISTAN 50.503 466 8   KYRGYZSTAN 50.496 544 9   BELARUS 44.272 2,660 10   RUSSIA 29.966 88,429 11   GEORGIA 28.890 22,683

RANKED BY REGION FOR 2011, 2010, 2009