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   UNITED STATES 56.796 841,825 2   UNITED KINGDOM 66.200 319,141 3   INDIA 66.536 204,184 4   CHINA 42.529 159,766 5   FRANCE 58.313 100,918 6   CANADA 66.496 86,345 7   ISRAEL 37.435 80,500 8   RUSSIA 30,907 70,086 9   IRELAND 80.140 67,444 10   GERMANY 62.047 64,527 11   AUSTRALIA 55.124 62.777 12   JAPAN 65.034 61,940 13   IRAN 13.078 59,744 14   INDONESIA 36.858 59,386 15   AFGHANISTAN 3,485 58,172 16   SPAIN 63.107 46,856 17   NEW ZEALAND 79.567 46,366 18   SOUTH KOREA 84.013 46,198 19   ITALY 67.094 42,514 20   IRAQ 0.321 41,741 21   SINGAPORE 104.484 40,800 22   PAKISTAN 10.476 39,222 23   THAILAND 64.446 31,982 24   PALESTINE 22.344 26,595 25   SOUTH AFRICA 66.065 25,744 26   MALAYSIA 56.043 22,612 27   BRAZIL 47.833 22,291 28   PHILIPPINES 39.783 21,485 29   SWITZERLAND 54.294 21,247 30   HONG KONG 70.197 19,926 31   NORTH KOREA 37.037 19,691 32   MEXICO 27.052 15,780 33   MYANMAR (BURMA) 38.417 15,576 34   NETHERLANDS 58.241 13,870 35   LEBANON 41.633 13,359 36   TAIWAN 49.333 13,024 37   EGYPT 58.167 12,827 38   TURKEY 46.475 12,388 39   GEORGIA 31.057 12,330 40   HONDURAS 28.175 11,978 41   POLAND 50.029 11,704 42   BELBIUM 57.641 11,051 43   SWEDEN 53.857 10,712 44   LIBYA 43.324 10,459 45   GREECE 43.278 10,287 46   PORTUGAL 60.489 8,764 47   DENMARK 67.518 8,533 48   SRI LANKA 49.931 8,432 49   VIETNAM 41.590 8,240 50   GHANA 71.169 8,221 51   SAUDI ARABIA 46.184 8,195 52   AUSTRALIA 60,618 7,463 53   CZECH REPUBLIC 56.782 7,439 54   SYRIA 47.466 7,305 55   NIGERIA 32.745 7,234 56   CUBA 39.277 6,873 57   SOMALIA 24.788 6,790 58   UKRAINE 52.186 6,414 59   JORDAN 55.939 6,339 60   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 60.963 6,162 61   SUDAN 33.469 5,983 62   ARGENTINA 45.814 5,853 63   KENYA 39.982 5,742 64   VENEZUELA 47.621 5,715 65   NORWAY 54.617 5,556 66   COLOMBIA 38.471 5,208 67   SERBIA 39.947 5,185 68   BANGLADESH 50.754 4,692 69   HUNGARY 49.418 4,578 70   FIJI 56.007 4,565 71   CROATIA 51.646 4,455 72   YEMEN 29.543 4,318 73   ZIMBABWE 54.599 4,266 74   NEPAL 51.267 4,196 75   CHILE 49.815 3,857 76   FINLAND 56.578 3,855 77   JAMAICA 60.607 3,741 78   KAZAKHSTAN 57.203 3,635 79   CAMBODIA 39.600 3,553 80   KUWAIT 49.016 3,522 81   MOROCCO 49.770 3,084 82   ICELAND 51.149 2,745 83   BULGARIA 49.572 2,734 84   QATAR 57.976 2,705 85   ROMANIA 50.809 2,576 86   ALGERIA 44.695 2,308 87   ETHIOPIA 49.891 2,232 88   ECUADOR 46.034 2,199 89   MACAU 56.044 2,198 90   CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 44.143 2,173 91   PERU 47.724 2,100 92   NIGER 44.519 2,100 93   UGANDA 46.547 2,022 94   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 42.040 1,977 95   GABON 47.810 1,964 96   CYPRUS 50.313 1,940 97   ANGOLA 55.232 1,889 98   COSTA RICA 54.470 1,878 99   RWANDA 41.423 1,870 100   GUINEA 47.407 1,850

Rank Country Score Mentions 101   COMOROS 41.691 1,842 102   NICARAGUA 46.867 1,806 103   CHAD 47.195 1,801 104   PANAMA 43.899 1,774 105   BOLIVIA 47.783 1,768 106   SLOVAKIA 49.823 1,755 107   LITHUANIA 48.523 1,744 108   LAOS 49.396 1,726 109   ARMENIA 49.243 1,714 110   VATICAN CITY 54.417 1,623 111   SEIRRA LEONE 46.486 1,540 112   BELARUS 51.465 1,538 113   BHUTAN 53.523 1,536 114   MONACO 56.449 1,514 115   LATVIA 48.847 1,507 116   UZBEKISTAN 48.667 1,445 117   MONGOLIA 56.094 1,409 118   LIBERIA 48.078 1,390 119   KYRGYZSTAN 50.901 1,334 120   SLOVENIA 52.896 1,299 121   ESTONIA 48.665 1,255 122   AZERBAIJAN 51.587 1,227 123   TAJIKISTAN 47.715 1,211 124   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 51.702 1,182 125   ANDORRA 50.636 1,142 126   EL SALVADOR 48.364 1,123 127   SAMOA 48.785 1,096 128   BAHRAIN 56.174 1,053 129   MALTA 48.313 1,041 130   CONGO KINSHASA 47.384 997 131   KOSOVO 50.730 993 132   NAMBIA 51.556 987 133   MADAGASCAR 50.300 983 134   MOZAMBIQUE 52.757 978 135   MALI 48.926 964 136   ALBANIA 46.478 957 137   THE BAHAMAS 50.812 901 138   TONGA 49.153 900 139   LUXEMBOURG 51.850 889 140   MOLDOVA 50.396 852 141   TUNISIA 51.055 845 142   TURKMENISTAN 49.457 833 143   ZAMBIA 50.045 782 144   TANZANIA 49.809 770 145   CAMEROON 50.060 764 146   URUGUAY 50.901 762 147   GUYANA 51.513 750 148   HAITI 50.676 747 149   MAURITANIA 47.400 741 150   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.467 738 151   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 52.737 721 152   PARAGUAY 51.518 721 153   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 52.624 696 154   SENEGAL 51.042 689 155   PUERTO RICO 50.862 607 156   LESOTHO 50.779 578 157   OMAN 51.570 555 158   MAURITIUS 53.697 545 159   GUATEMALA 50.451 536 160   CAPE VERDE 50.170 534 161   LIECHTENSTEIN 52.670 505 162   BRUNEI 51.502 503 163   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 50.120 477 164   ST VINCENT THE GRENADINES 51.601 464 165   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 48.788 445 166   ERITREA 49.219 442 167   MONTENEGRO 51.988 433 168   BURUNDI 49.107 421 169   GREENLAND 50.266 414 170   MALAWI 51.400 412 171   BOTSWANA 51.461 411 172   GRENADA 50.172 401 173   EAST TIMOR 51.271 393 174   MALDIVES 51.169 392 175   TOGO 51.726 361 176   VANUATU 52.432 335 177   ANTIGUA AND BARGUDA 51.007 316 178   BENIN 51.468 295 179   BARBADOS 51.213 274 180   PALAU 50.635 272 181   GUINEA BISSAU 49.549 249 182   BURKINA FASO 50.649 220 183   SAN MARINO 50.563 208 184   DJIBOUTI 50.597 195 185   GAMBIA 50.156 181 186   SEYCHELLES 50.164 179 187   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.160 172 188   SAINT LUCIA 51.178 158 189   SWAZILAND 50.658 156 190   BELIZE 50.550 112 191   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.235 102 192   KIRIBATI 50.074 102 193   DOMINICA 51.339 93 194   SOLOMON ISLANDS 50.455 89 195   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.679 76 196   TUVALU 50.066 67 197   SURINAME 50.554 58 198   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.642 45 199   FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA 50.704 37 200   NAURU 50.304 30

RANKED BY VOLUME FOR 2008