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.

North America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   CANADA 65.5934 41,969 2   UNITED STATES 57.3582 1,528,367 3   MEXICO 36.4419 19,582 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GUYANA 63.3295 2,485 2   BRAZIL 62.3809 23,141 3   PARAGUAY 54.9313 1,115 4   BOLIVIA 52.7704 3,157 5   PERU 52.4991 2.484 6   URUGUAY 51.8155 623 7   SURINAME 50.3430 209 8   ARGENTINA 49.4462 6,297 9   CHILE 48.1594 3,811 10   VENEZUELA 45.7084 4,616 11   ECUADOR 41.3990 1,184 12   COLOMBIA 36.5950 9,155 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 54.4132 807 2   BELIZE 50.7469 371 3   GUATEMALA 49.0332 964 4   NICARAGUA 48.3458 571 5   EL SALVADOR 47.1700 1,052 6   HONDURAS 45.1727 594 7   PANAMA 44.4116 1,806 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GHANA 58.7141 3,189 2   NAMIBIA 56.0192 606 3   GUINEA 55.7004 1,928 4   SEYCHELLES 54.8220 383 5   MAURITIUS 53.0897 372 6   LESOTHO 52.3796 297 7   BOTSWANA 51.9653 667 8   BENIN 51.5059 360 9   CAPE VERDE 50.8461 382 10   MADAGASCAR 50.8175 528 11   SENEGAL 50.6660 1,512 12   BURKINA FASO 50.4802 635 13   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.1925 36 14   WESTERN SAHARA 50.0150 107 15   GABON 49.9262 562 16   ANGOLA 49.2136 1,572 17   SWAZILAND 49.0740 462 18   MALI 49.0513 1,160 19   TANZANIA 48.9173 1,710 20   MALAWI 48.8483 1,098 21   TOGO 48.8168 387 22   COMOROS 48.8072 201 23   TUNISIA 48.6458 1,245 24   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.6350 1,247 25   CAMEROON 48.4062 1,153 26   CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 48.3851 240 27   GUINEA BISSAU 48.3136 137 28   GAMBIA 48.1620 304 29   DJIBOUTI 47.2992 1,179 30   SIERRA LEONE 47.1175 840 31   MOZAMBIQUE 46.9419 1,282 32   EGYPT 46.5477 22,380 33   LIBERIA 46.3680 1,094 34   LYBIA 45.0384 3,074 35   ZAMBIA 44.8937 1,575 36   UGANDA 44.5038 2,076 37   BURUNDI 44.3126 823 38   MAURITANIA 43.0143 718 39   NIGER 42.4540 1,312 40   CONGO (KINSHASA) 42.3020 1,188 41   MOROCCO 42.2740 3,184 42   ALGERIA 41.2669 2,616 43   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 41.2434 941 44   CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 41.1214 2,150 45   ERITREA 40.9070 1,079 46   ETHIOPIA 40.2688 3,203 47   RWANDA 39.5802 1,655 48   SOUTH AFRICA 38.7625 20,170 49   KENYA 38.5130 6,559 50   CHAD 33.8648 5,113 51   NIGERIA 28.3024 6,683 52   ZIMBABWE 24.5659 30,064 53   SOMALIA 22.5564 6,331 54   SUDAN 22.5549 8,912 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 91.3769 32,155 2   HONG KONG 85.4501 34,153 3   MALAYSIA 80.5076 28,852 4   TAIWAN 75.1620 16,514 5   MACAU 61.3284 2,938 6   JAPAN 60.3847 70,873 7   SOUTH KOREA 59.7768 22,339 8   MONGOLIA 55.3419 1,232 9   BHUTAN 54.6855 512 10   MALDIVES 51.8144 224 11   BRUNEI 51.4855 563 12   LAOS 50.6989 1,523 13   EAST TIMOR 50.5140 897 14   INDIA 49.6560 74,714 15   THAILAND 48.9366 18,306 16   NORTH KOREA 48.4229 18,090 17   CHINA 47.8344 266,482 18   VIETNAM 44.2459 13,022 19   NEPAL 40.3968 6,796 20   CAMBODIA 38.4821 3,721 21   INDONESIA 36.9626 17,908 22   PHILIPPINES 35.1120 11,165 23   MYANMAR 34.6650 29,658 24   BANGLADESH 31.4191 5,236 25   SRI LANKA 25.9382 4,722 26   PAKISTAN 24.3736 23,635 27   AFGHANISTAN 17.2569 31,647 Central Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 56.2190 2,398 2   TURKMENISTAN 53.7849 665 3   UZBEKISTAN 50.8923 1,283 4   KYRGYZSTAN 50.5106 245 5   TAJIKISTAN 48.8231 207

Europe Rank Country Score Mentions 1   MONACO 65.8097 2,787 2   UNITED KINGDOM 65.4672 322,246 3   ITALY 64.8122 51,555 4   FRANCE 64.4972 111,396 5   SPAIN 63.9493 47,946 6   SWEDEN 63.2968 9,607 7   PORTUGAL 62.8448 12,021 8   FINLAND 61.9873 4,184 9   MONTENEGRO 61.9838 1,568 10   GERMANY 61.8229 60,706 11   NORWAY 61.8033 5,332 12   SWITZERLAND 61.4505 22,534 13   CZECH REPUBLIC 60.8438 8,716 14   GREECE 60.3313 15,639 15   IRELAND 58.8059 23,929 16   POLAND 58.5391 13,116 17   LUXEMBOURG 58.4321 1,407 18   VATICAN CITY 58.3344 3,708 19   NETHERLANDS 57.3494 21,119 20   SLOVAKIA 56.7698 2,349 21   UKRAINE 56.7288 7,692 22   SLOVENIA 55.3702 2,944 23   CYPRUS 54.3447 2,156 24   KOSOVO 54.2277 3,394 25   HUNGARY 53.5799 3,191 26   ROMANIA 53.2651 5,459 27   RUSSIA 52.9702 68,047 28   BELGIUM 52.6796 13,621 29   LITHUANIA 52.4181 2,048 30   GREENLAND 51.8130 427 31   ALBANIA 51.5016 1,151 32   MALTA 51.3903 842 33   ICELAND 51.3393 1,959 34   MOLDOVA 51.0316 329 35   CROATIA 50.8676 6,609 36   SAN MARINO 50.3975 103 37   LIECHTENSTEIN 49.7163 294 38   ANDORRA 49.4405 141 39   DENMARK 49.1027 7,227 40   ESTONIA 48.0982 1,464 41   LATVIA 47.6560 1,536 42   BELARUS 47.3331 1,375 43   AUSTRIA 46.7924 15,489 44   SERBIA 46.6987 11,567 45   BULGARIA 46.4876 2,273 46   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 45.1025 2,010 47   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 30.6523 3,727 Middle East and North Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 68.7670 9,015 2   QATAR 65.9995 5,282 3   OMAN 56.6902 1106 4   SAUDI ARABIA 55.6417 13,808 5   BAHRAIN 51.6753 1,944 6   JORDAN 51.6601 9,994 7   TURKEY 51.6188 12,434 8   KUWAIT 49.7302 3,384 9   TUNISIA 48.6458 1,245 10   EGYPT 46.5477 22,380 11   SYRIA 45.6297 12,088 12   LIBYA 45.0384 3,074 13   MOROCCO 42.2740 3,184 14   ALGERIA 41.2669 2,616 15   ISRAEL 35.9662 55,066 16   YEMEN 29.7627 2,478 17   LEBANON 28.6314 15,951 18   IRAN 26.6571 40,584 19   PALESTINE (GAZA, WEST BANK) 26.5767 26,826 20   SUDAN 22.5549 8,912 21   IRAQ 19.5310 91,741 Oceania Rank Country Score Mentions 1   AUSTRALIA 71.4297 138,451 2   NEW ZEALAND 660.1146 16,985 3   SAMOA 52.6681 374 4   VANUATU 50.7363 419 5   PALAU 50.4407 45 6   TONGA 50.1706 64 7   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.1044 15 8   NIUE 49.9504 23 9   SOLOMON ISLANDS 49.8964 61 10   TUVALU 49.8797 22 11   NAURU 49.7033 69 12   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 49.6724 878 13   KIRIBATI 49.1958 77 14   FIJI 47.4165 1,519 Caribbean Rank Country Score Mentions 1   JAMAICA 56.4473 3,161 2   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 55.5742 1,910 3   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 55.2273 1,490 4   GRENADA 55.0365 635 5   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 54.9309 1,133 6   ANITIGUA AND BARBUDA 52.7833 600 7   BARBADOS 52.5126 842 8   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.8058 101 9   BERMUDA 51.5427 400 10   SAINT LUCIA 50.4190 32 11   ARUBA 50.3206 103 12   ST VINCENT & GRENADINES 50.2474 24 13   THE BAHAMAS 49.8286 1,310 14   CAYMAN ISLANDS 49.3243 305 15   HAITI 37.0304 2,329 16   CUBA 34.4846 11,699 Commonwealth of Independent States Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UKRAINE 56.7288 7,692 2   KAZAKHSTAN 56.2190 2,398 3   TURKMENISTAN 53.7849 665 4   AZERBAIJAN 53.0321 869 5   RUSSIA 52.9702 68,047 6   MOLDOVA 51.0316 329 7   UZBEKISTAN 50.8923 1,283 8   KYRGYZSTAN 50.5106 245 9   TAJIKISTAN 48.8231 207 10   BELARUS 47.3331 1,375 11   ARMENIA 45.8372 1,140 12   GEORGIA 38.6885 15,808

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

RANKED BY REGION FOR 2009