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 86.251 31,321 2   HONG KONG 79.426 28,636 3   GREECE 78.912 16,453 4   AUSTRALIA 72.766 117,018 5   MALAYSIA 72.359 35,806 6   BRAZIL 67.752 17,337 7   CHINA 66.940 208,058 8   JAMAICA 64.048 4,087 9   ITALY 63.918 33,634 10   UNITED KINGDOM 63.587 250,251 11   NETHERLANDS 63.188 12,819 12   FRANCE 62.124 79,370 13   KOSOVO 61.766 4,108 14   TAIWAN 60.764 13,757 15   GHANA 60.507 3,644 16   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 60.404 5,318 17   SOUTH KOREA 60.186 29,131 18   POLAND 59.869 12,788 19   SPAIN 58.775 33,579 20   QATAR 58.730 3,950 21   ARGENTINA 58.533 5,009 22   KAZAKHSTAN 58.130 3,919 23   NEW ZEALAND 57.428 17,882 24   SWEDEN 57.284 6,576 25   MONACO 57.270 1,148 26   AUSTRIA 57.168 7,635 27   CZECH REPUBLIC 57.124 8,937 28   DENMARK 57.098 5,424 29   CHILE 56.680 2,717 30   CYPRUS 56.528 3,195 31   GERMANY 56.381 46,181 32   NORWAY 56.363 4,411 33   ROMANIA 55.965 3,614 34   PORTUGAL 55.948 5,591 35   BRUNEI 55.851 608 36   HUNGARY 55.400 3,674 37   JORDAN 55.111 5,831 38   TAJIKISTAN 55.058 2,552 39   ICELAND 54.862 1,406 40   AZERBAIJAN 54.785 3,556 41   BHUTAN 54.748 1,451 42   BAHRAIN 54.687 958 43   SAUDI ARABIA 54.680 6,512 44   MONTENEGRO 54.496 927 45   BELGIUM 54.485 9,937 46   OMAN 54.475 618 47   TURKMENISTAN 54.466 2,064 48   TONGA 54.450 769 49   URUGUAY 54.438 522 50   COSTA RICA 54.356 416 51   CANADA 54.303 22,910 52   FIJI 54.156 5,205 53   GRENADA 54.145 553 54   LITHUANIA 53.850 2,605 55   LUXEMBOURG 53.846 1,057 56   JAPAN 53.652 61,237 57   ALBANIA 53.569 827 58   GUYANA 53.560 1,666 59   LAOS 53.499 858 60   SLOVENIA 53.405 1,508 61   MALDIVES 53.308 494 62   IRELAND 53.236 10,558 63   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 53.055 2,317 64   ANGOLA 52.996 2,436 65   KUWAIT 52.982 2,209 66   VATICAN CITY 52.935 1,702 67   SOLOMON ISLANDS 52.888 409 68   BURKINA FASO 52.860 432 69   NAMIBIA 52.786 675 70   SAMOA 52.786 367 71   TOGO 52.736 533 72   MACAU 52.689 313 73   PERU 52.624 1,748 74   MAURITIUS 52.594 337 75   BARBADOS 52.593 451 76   DJIBOUTI 52.517 411 77   GUINEA 52.390 1,038 78   MALAWI 52.388 379 79   SEYCHELLES 52.359 147 80   SAN MARINO 52.346 267 81   PARAGUAY 52.303 603 82   ANDORRA 52.279 598 83   SLOVAKIA 52.261 2,294 84   CAMEROON 52.240 1,046 85   MOLDOVA 52.211 910 86   LESOTHO 52.180 185 87   SWITZERLAND 52.163 15,392 88   SAINT LUCIA 52.096 245 89   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 52.088 130 90   MALTA 52.073 571 91   TUNISIA 52.062 1,418 92   PALAU 52.009 39 93   BELIZE 51.979 159 94   VANUATU 51.927 267 95   ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 51.863 228 96   MICRONESIA 51.831 47 97   SURINAME 51.815 152 98   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 51.793 992 99   UZBEKISTAN 51.779 2,064 100   BENIN 51.745 313

Rank Country Score Mentions 101   DOMINICA 51.717 86 102   MADAGASCAR 51.713 335 103   GUATEMALA 51.656 735 104   TUVALU 51.623 54 105   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 51.597 862 106   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 51.589 90 107   MARSHALL ISLANDS 51.551 73 108   GUINEA BISSAU 51.536 25 109   SYRIA 51.535 10,727 110   PUERTO RICO 51.478 607 111   CAPE VERDE 51.426 253 112   HONDURAS 51.417 445 113   ZAMBIA 51.388 1,591 114   ECUADOR 51.368 1,226 115   BELARUS 51.320 3,339 116   NAURU 51.269 59 117   LATVIA 51.251 1,595 118   MOZAMBIQUE 51.190 460 119   LIBERIA 51.169 1,128 120   SOUTH AFRICA 51.156 18,603 121   MALI 51.146 855 122   LIECHTENSTEIN 51.092 601 123   KIRIBATI 51.058 90 124   BOTSWANA 51.054 967 125   GAMBIA 51.053 184 126   SWAZILAND 51.036 512 127   TANZANIA 51.000 1,043 128   NICARAGUA 50.909 495 129   GABON 50.837 288 130   VENEZUELA 50.468 6,319 131   COMOROS 50.466 236 132   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 50.456 596 133   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.453 273 134   EAST TIMOR 50.247 745 135   ARMENIA 50.221 3,380 136   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 49.882 509 137   KYRGYZSTAN 49.787 2,016 138   ERITREA 49.786 632 139   UKRAINE 49.444 13,287 140   BURUNDI 49.229 354 141   ESTONIA 49.096 1,305 142   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.942 1,134 143   SIERRA LEONE 48.792 1,010 144   CONGO KINSHASA 48.738 550 145   CROATIA 48.737 6,009 146   ETHIOPIA 48.527 3,255 147   THE BAHAMAS 48.470 1,025 148   SENEGAL 48.253 1,111 149   KENYA 48.030 6,170 150   PANAMA 47.843 1,194 151   EL SALVADOR 47.838 1,174 152   MOROCCO 47.803 2,819 153   FINLAND 47.773 4,232 154   BULGARIA 47.724 2,960 155   UNITED STATES 47.653 820,784 156   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 47.518 1,073 157   CHAD 47.123 2,128 158   CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 47.017 1,499 159   NIGER 46.781 959 160   MAURITANIA 46.678 1,328 161   UGANDA 45.728 2,279 162   BOLIVIA 44.739 2,687 163   MONGOLIA 44.161 2,596 164   LYBIA 43.437 4,079 165   MYANMAR (BURMA) 43.322 9,505 166   COLOMBIA 43.117 7,199 167   RWANDA 42.005 2,559 168   NORTH KOREA 41.432 14,304 169   NEPAL 40.683 5,707 170   HAITI 40.191 2,080 171   NIGERIA 39.217 5,348 172   VIETNAM 39.133 9,920 173   ALGERIA 38.750 3,423 174   EGYPT 38.055 15,770 175   INDONESIA 38.004 17,160 176   BANGLADESH 36.765 6,918 177   YEMEN 36.134 2,766 178   CAMBODIA 35.369 7,655 179   SRI LANKA 35.303 6,222 180   TURKEY 34.829 19,083 181   ZIMBABWE 34.756 15,538 182   CUBA 34.523 10,170 183   INDIA 33.399 112,810 184   PHILIPPINES 32.392 9,897 185   ISRAEL 31.671 53.327 186   SERBIA 31.626 18,612 187   MEXICO 31.184 14,032 188   LEBANON 30.895 14,748 189   PALESTINE 29.039 23,539 190   IRAN 28.652 47,710 191   RUSSIA 27.768 125,225 192   THAILAND 25.552 23,090 193   SOMALIA 24.527 6,213 194   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 24.398 6,087 195   SOUTH OSSETIA 23.831 9,570 196   SUDAN 21.873 18,183 197   IRAQ 21.301 59,098 198   GEORGIA 19.584 64,913 199   PAKISTAN 9.746 46,724 200   AFGHANISTAN 3.039 41,761

RANKED BY SCORE FOR 2009