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.

Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 91.3769 32155 2   HONG KONG 85.4501 34153 3   MALAYSIA 80.5076 28852 4   TAIWAN 75.1620 16514 5   AUSTRALIA 71.4297 138451 6   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 68.7670 9015 7   QATAR 65.9995 5282 8   MONACO 65.8097 2787 9   CANADA 65.5934 41969 10   UNITED KINGDOM 65.4672 322246 11   ITALY 64.8122 51555 12   FRANCE 64.4972 111396 13   SPAIN 63.9493 47946 14   GUYANA 63.3295 2485 15   SWEDEN 63.2968 9607 16   PORTUGAL 62.8448 12021 17   BRAZIL 62.3809 23141 18   FINLAND 61.9873 4184 19   MONTENEGRO 61.9838 1568 20   GERMANY 61.8229 60706 21   NORWAY 61.8033 5332 22   SWITZERLAND 61.4505 22534 23   MACAU 61.3284 2938 24   CZECH REPUBLIC 60.8438 8716 25   JAPAN 60.3847 70873 26   GREECE 60.3313 15639 27   NEW ZEALAND 60.1146 16985 28   SOUTH KOREA 59.7768 22339 29   IRELAND 58.8059 23929 30   GHANA 58.7141 3189 31   POLAND 58.5391 13116 32   LUXEMBOURG 58.4321 1407 33   VATICAN CITY 58.3344 3708 34   UNITED STATES 57.3582 1528367 35   NETHERLANDS 57.3494 21119 36   SLOVAKIA 56.7698 2349 37   UKRAINE 56.7288 7692 38   OMAN 56.6902 1106 39   JAMAICA 56.4473 3161 40   KAZAKHSTAN 56.2190 2398 41   NAMIBIA 56.0192 606 42   GUINEA 55.7004 1928 43   SAUDI ARABIA 55.6417 13808 44   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 55.5742 1910 45   SLOVENIA 55.3702 2944 46   MONGOLIA 55.3419 1232 47   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 55.2273 1490 48   GRENADA 55.0365 635 49   PARAGUAY 54.9313 1155 50   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 54.9309 1133 51   SEYCHELLES 54.8220 383 52   BHUTAN 54.6855 512 53   COSTA RICA 54.4132 807 54   CYPRUS 54.3447 2156 55   KOSOVO 54.2277 3394 56   TURKMENISTAN 53.7849 665 57   HUNGARY 53.5799 3191 58   ROMANIA 53.2651 5459 59   MAURITIUS 53.0897 372 60   AZERBAIJAN 53.0321 869 61   RUSSIA 52.9702 68047 62   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 52.7833 600 63   BOLIVIA 52.7704 3157 64   BELGIUM 52.6796 13621 65   SAMOA 52.6681 374 66   BARBADOS 52.5126 842 67   PERU 52.4991 2484 68   LITHUANIA 52.4181 2048 69   LESOTHO 52.3796 297 70   BOTSWANA 51.9653 667 71   URUGUAY 51.8155 623 72   MALDIVES 51.8144 224 73   GREENLAND 51.8130 427 74   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.8058 101 75   BAHRAIN 51.6753 1944 76   JORDAN 51.6601 9994 77   TURKEY 51.6188 12434 78   BERMUDA 51.5427 400 79   BENIN 51.5059 360 80   ALBANIA 51.5016 1151 81   BRUNEI 51.4855 563 82   MALTA 51.3903 842 83   ICELAND 51.3393 1959 84   MOLDOVA 51.0316 329 85   UZBEKISTAN 50.8923 1283 86   CROATIA 50.8676 6609 87   CAPE VERDE 50.8461 382 88   MADAGASCAR 50.8175 528 89   BELIZE 50.7469 371 90   VANUATU 50.7363 419 91   LAOS 50.6989 1523 92   SENEGAL 50.6660 1512 93   EAST TIMOR 50.5140 897 94   KYRGYZSTAN 50.5106 245 95   BURKINA FASO 50.4802 635 96   PALAU 50.4407 45 97   SAINT LUCIA 50.4190 32 98   SAN MARINO 50.3975 103 99   SURINAME 50.3430 209 100   ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 50.2474 24

Rank Country Score Mentions 101   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.1925 36 102   TONGA 50.1706 64 103   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.1044 15 104   GABON 49.9262 562 105   SOLOMON ISLANDS 49.8964 61 106   TUVALU 49.8797 22 107   THE BAHAMAS 49.8286 1310 108   KUWAIT 49.7302 3384 109   LIECHTENSTEIN 49.7163 294 110   NAURU 49.7033 69 111   PAUA NEW GUINEA 49.6724 878 112   INDIA 49.6560 74714 113   ARGENTINA 49.4462 6297 114   ANDORRA 49.4405 141 115   CAYMAN ISLANDS 49.3243 305 116   ANGOLA 49.2136 1572 117   KIRIBATI 49.1958 77 118   DENMARK 49.1027 7227 119   SWAZILAND 49.0740 462 120   MALI 49.0513 1160 121   GUATEMALA 49.0332 964 122   THAILAND 48.9366 18306 123   TANZANIA 48.9173 1710 124   MALAWI 48.8483 1098 125   TAJIKISTAN 48.8231 207 126   TOGO 48.8168 387 127   COMOROS 48.8072 201 128   TUNISIA 48.6458 1245 129   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.6350 1247 130   NORTH KOREA 48.4229 18090 131   CAMEROON 48.4062 1153 132   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 48.3851 240 133   NICARAGUA 48.3458 571 134   GUINEA BISSAU 48.3136 137 135   GAMBIA 48.1620 304 136   CHILE 48.1594 3811 137   ESTONIA 48.0982 1464 138   CHINA 47.8344 266482 139   LATVIA 47.6560 1536 140   FIJI 47.4165 1519 141   BELARUS 47.3331 1375 142   DJIBOUTI 47.2992 1179 143   EL SALVADOR 47.1700 1052 144   SIERRA LEONE 47.1175 840 145   MOZAMBIQUE 46.9419 1282 146   AUSTRIA 46.7924 15489 147   SERBIA 46.6987 11567 148   EGYPT 46.5477 22380 149   BULGARIA 46.4876 2273 150   LIBERIA 46.3680 1094 151   ARMENIA 45.8372 1140 152   VENEZUELA 45.7084 4616 153   SYRIA 45.6297 12088 154   HONDURAS 45.1727 594 155   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 45.1025 2010 156   LIBYA 45.0384 3074 157   ZAMBIA 44.8937 1575 158   UGANDA 44.5038 2076 159   PANAMA 44.4116 1806 160   BURUNDI 44.3126 823 161   VIETNAM 44.2459 13022 162   MAURITANIA 43.0143 718 163   NIGER 42.4540 1312 164   CONGO (KINSHASA) 42.3020 1188 165   MOROCCO 42.2740 3184 166   ECUADOR 41.3990 1853 167   ALGERIA 41.2669 2616 168   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 41.2434 941 169   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 41.1214 2150 170   ERITREA 40.9070 1079 171   NEPAL 40.3968 6796 172   ETHIOPIA 40.2688 3203 173   RWANDA 39.5802 1655 174   SOUTH AFRICA 38.7625 20170 175   GEORGIA 38.6885 15808 176   KENYA 38.5130 6559 177   CAMBODIA 38.4821 3721 178   HAITI 37.0304 2329 179   INDONESIA 36.9626 17908 180   COLOMBIA 36.5950 9155 181   MEXICO 36.4419 19582 182   ISRAEL 35.9662 55066 183   PHILIPPINES 32.1120 11165 184   MYANMAR (BURMA) 34.6650 29658 185   CUBA 34.4846 11699 186   CHAD 33.8648 5113 187   BANGLADESH 31.4191 5236 188   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 30.6523 3727 189   YEMEN 29.7627 2478 190   LEBANON 28.6314 15951 191   NIGERIA 28.3024 6683 192   IRAN 26.6571 40584 193   PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK) 26.5767 26826 194   SRI LANKA 25.9382 4722 195   ZIMBABWE 24.5659 30064 196   PAKISTAN 24.3736 23635 197   SOMALIA 22.5564 6331 198   SUDAN 22.5549 8912 199   IRAQ 19.5310 91741 200   AFGHANISTAN 17.2569 31647

*Dominica and the Federated States of Micronesia are not featured in this index.

RANKED BY SCORE FOR 2009