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 63.916 353,871 2   UNITED STATES 54.480 3,472,147 3   MEXICO 18.761 84,233 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 52.802 5,039 2   BELIZE 50.981 607 3   GUATEMALA 49.980 2,676 4   EL SALVADOR 49.235 4,925 5   NICARAGUA 48.800 3,875 6   PANAMA 45.832 6,818 7   HONDURAS 42.990 18,507 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   BRAZIL 58.629 88,212 2   CHILE 52.444 16,655 3   GUYANA 52.418 5,065 4   ARGENTINA 51.631 23,170 5   FRENCH GUIANA 51.351 1,356 6   URUGUAY 51.320 3,983 7   PARAGUAY 51.249 2,213 8   SURINAME 50.893 278 9   BOLIVIA 49.059 9,340 10   ECUADOR 48.444 7,333 11   VENEZUELA 47.306 19,595 12   PERU 47.221 10,755 13   COLOMBIA 42.260 15,676 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GHANA 66.660 28,712 2   SOUTH AFRICA 65.810 106,668 3   MAURITIUS 54.436 2,418 4   MOZAMBIQUE 52.640 3,282 5   BURKINA FASO 52.271 1,469 6   BOTSWANA 52.201 2,647 7   MALAWI 52.029 3,333 8   EGYPT 51.998 70,926 9   NAMIBIA 51.985 2,591 10   TUNISIA 51.730 3,533 11   ANGOLA 51.705 5,516 12   MOROCCO 51.626 11,534 13   BENIN 51.615 1,092 14   CAMEROON 51.259 3,361 15   CAPE VERDE 51.019 908 16   TOGO 51.016 1,410 17   ZAMBIA 50.943 2,803 18   LESOTHO 50.901 1,582 19   SENEGAL 50.824 4,933 20   WESTERN SAHARA 50.788 527 21   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.769 192 22   SWAZILAND 50.748 766 23   DJIBOUTI 50.672 1,001 24   MALI 50.243 4,251 25   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.099 745 26   GAMBIA 50.062 892 27   GABON 49.857 4,559 28   SEYCHELLES 49.707 1,139 29   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 49.676 3,728 30   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 49.628 2,270 31   TANZANIA 49.557 3,419 32   BURUNDI 49.493 1,538 33   ZIMBABWE 49.292 20,822 34   GUINEA BISSAU 49.094 1,584 35   SIERRA LEONE 48.984 6,254 36   ETHIOPIA 48.958 8,316 37   ERITREA 48.889 1,839 38   MAURITANIA 48.812 2,343 39   COMOROS 48.593 2,197 40   LIBERIA 48.549 3,245 41   GUINEA 48.350 7,069 42   UGANDA 47.635 6,509 43   MADAGASCAR 47.091 6,296 44   ALGERIA 46.935 9,350 45   NIGER 46.514 5,280 46   CONGO (KINSHASA) 46.082 4,397 47   LIBYA 45.991 17,927 48   CHAD 45.175 9,406 49   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 44.305 8,616 50   KENYA 42.303 19,828 51   NIGERIA 38.192 21,307 52   RWANDA 37.135 11,789 53   SUDAN 28.789 35,198 54   SOMALIA 24.287 29,755 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 95.465 133,782 2   SOUTH KOREA 78.077 180,754 3   HONG KONG 71.619 89,487 4   MALAYSIA 64.833 101,757 5   JAPAN 60.431 245,412 6   THAILAND 57.462 136,794 7   TAIWAN 57.097 42,445 8   INDIA 56.947 777,994 9   CHINA 56.893 570,410 10   MACAU 54.105 8,372 11   BHUTAN 53.426 5,202 12   MONGOLIA 53.057 3,534 13   BRUNEI 52.753 1,997 14   INDONESIA 52.410 216,298 15   LAOS 52.341 7,431 16   MALDIVES 51.228 1,595 17   EAST TIMOR 51.062 843 18   NEPAL 50.591 16,736 19   VIETNAM 44.058 30,510 20   BANGLADESH 42.055 21,393 21   PHILIPPINES 40.933 82,040 22   MYANMAR (BURMA) 38.546 47,136 23   CAMBODIA 36.633 19,160 24   SRI LANKA 34.629 45,550 25   NORTH KOREA 33.263 73,322 26   AFGHANISTAN 11.824 192,553 27   PAKISTAN 4.783 190,730 Central Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 56.149 10,024 2   KYRGYZSTAN 50.886 4,786 3   TURKMENISTAN 49.668 2,857 4   UZBEKISTAN 49.655 5,185 5   TAJIKISTAN 49.403 2,837

Europe Rank Country Score Mentions 1   IRELAND 74.312 264,030 2   UNITED KINGDOM 64.820 1,297,577 3   ITALY 63.648 181,634 4   DENMARK 61.682 42,331 5   FRANCE 60.558 416,462 6   SWEDEN 60.003 40,301 7   NORWAY 58.680 23,503 8   PORTUGAL 58.505 29,380 9   FINLAND 57.722 13,876 10   SPAIN 56.712 190,735 11   NETHERLANDS 55.903 58,248 12   MONACO 55.182 5,434 13   BELGIUM 54.995 44,230 14   CZECH REPUBLIC 54.131 32,549 15   AUSTRIA 53.567 29,965 16   SLOVENIA 52.707 4,537 17   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 52.285 3,535 18   MONTENEGRO 52.261 1,957 19   LUXEMBOURG 52.228 4,511 20   VATICAN CITY 52.166 10,612 21   GERMANY 51.959 237,356 22   SWITZERLAND 51.949 83,356 23   LIECHTENSTEIN 51.593 1,821 24   KOSOVO 51.368 6,318 25   BELARUS 51.217 7,038 26   GREENLAND 51.024 1,804 27   SLOVAKIA 51.003 6,557 28   SAN MARINO 50.877 655 29   ANDORRA 50.688 4,630 30   MALTA 50.502 2,773 31   CYPRUS 50.084 7,240 32   ESTONIA 49.178 4,029 33   CROATIA 48.984 12,758 34   BULGARIA 48.944 8,205 35   LITHUANIA 48.840 6,040 36   MOLDOVA 48.468 4,536 37   HUNGARY 48.422 15,722 38   POLAND 48.219 39,556 39   ALBANIA 48.081 4,788 40   ROMANIA 47.876 12,140 41   ICELAND 46.964 12,243 42   LATVIA 46.607 7,237 43   GREECE 44.774 40,571 44   UKRAINE 42.659 31,221 45   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 40.820 9,741 46   SERBIA 40.759 22,785 47   RUSSIA 36.190 243,227 Middle East and North Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   QATAR 61.395 15,213 2   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 56.061 52.933 3   JORDAN 55.880 25,507 4   BAHRAIN 54.557 6,043 5   KUWAIT 54.419 16,902 6   OMAN 53.556 3,134 7   EGYPT 51.998 70,926 8   TUNISIA 51.730 3,533 9   MOROCCO 51.626 11,534 10   SYRIA 48.951 29,095 11   TURKEY 48.935 59,096 12   SAUDI ARABIA 48.058 33,795 13   ALGERIA 46.935 9,350 14   LIBYA 45.991 17,927 15   LEBANON 43.517 53,431 16   YEMEN 30.415 17,276 17   ISRAEL 30.411 337,460 18   IRAN 24.601 215,428 19   PALESTINE 22.087 159,585 20   IRAQ 5.607 154,576 Oceania Rank Country Score Mentions 1   NEW ZEALAND 79.151 197,893 2   FIJI 61.864 45,014 3   AUSTRALIA 59.820 233,811 4   PALAU 51.968 1,354 5   COOK ISLANDS 51.675 547 6   VANUATU 51.093 1,650 7   FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA 50.970 133 8   NIUE 50.966 265 9   NAURU 50.918 186 10   TOKELAU 50.858 39 11   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.654 280 12   SOLOMON ISLANDS 50.583 724 13   KIRIBATI 50.555 326 14   TUVALU 50.381 522 15   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 50.252 2,288 16   TONGA 49.823 3,218 17   SAMOA 48.421 6,013 Caribbean Rank Country Score Mentions 1   JAMAICA 54.886 10,777 2   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 52.655 4,694 3   BARBADOS 51.735 1,839 4   BERMUDA 51.687 2,330 5   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 51.632 3,623 6   SAINT LUCIA 51.615 818 7   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.580 677 8   ARUBA 51.273 350 9   DOMINICA 51.095 259 10   HAITI 51.082 3,425 11   CAYMAN ISLANDS 50.946 1,470 12   THE BAHAMAS 50.910 4,015 13   BRITISH ISLANDS 50.849 734 14   GRENADA 50.828 1,204 15   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 50.550 2,704 16   CUBA 32.028 45,739 Commonwealth of Independent States Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 56.149 10,024 2   BELARUS 51.217 7,038 3   KYRGYZSTAN 50.886 4,786 4   AZERBAIJAN 50.870 4,960 5   TURKMENISTAN 49.668 2,857 6   UZBEKISTAN 49.655 5,185 7   TAJIKISTAN 49.403 2,837 8   MOLDOVA 48.468 4,434 9   ARMENIA 48.361 9,829 10   UKRAINE 42.659 31,221 11   GEORGIA 36.209 36,512 12   RUSSIA 36.190 243,227

RANKED BY REGION FOR 2011, 2010, 2008