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 66.496 86,345 2   UNITED STATES 56.796 841,825 3   MEXICO 27.052 15,780 Central America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   COSTA RICA 54.470 1,878 2   BELIZE 50.550 112 3   GUATEMALA 50.451 536 4   EL SALVADOR 48.364 1,123 5   NICARAGUA 46.867 1,806 6   PANAMA 43.899 1,774 7   HONDURAS 28.175 11,978 South America Rank Country Score Mentions 1   PARAGUAY 51.518 721 2   GUYANA 51.513 750 3   FRENCH GUIANA 51.355 323 4   URUGUAY 50.901 762 5   SURINAME 50.554 58 6   CHILE 49.815 3,857 7   BRAZIL 47.833 22,291 8   BOLIVIA 47.783 1,768 9   PERU 47.724 2,100 10   VENEZUELA 47.621 5,715 11   ECUADOR 46.034 2,199 12   ARGENTINA 45.814 5,853 13   COLOMBIA 38.471 5,208 Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   GHANA 71.169 8,221 2   SOUTH AFRICA 66.065 25,744 3   EGYPT 58.167 12,827 4   ANGOLA 55.232 1,889 5   ZIMBABWE 54.599 4,266 6   MAURITIUS 53.697 545 7   MOZAMBIQUE 52.757 978 8   TOGO 51.726 361 9   NAMIBIA 51.556 987 10   BENIN 51.468 295 11   BOTSWANA 51.461 411 12   MALAWI 51.400 412 13   TUNISIA 51.055 845 14   SENEGAL 51.042 689 15   LESOTHO 50.779 578 16   SWAZILAND 50.658 156 17   BURKINA FASO 50.649 220 18   SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 50.642 45 19   DJIBOUTI 50.597 195 20   WESTERN SAHARA 50.558 82 21   MADAGASCAR 50.300 983 22   EQUATORIAL GUINEA 50.235 102 23   CAPE VERDE 50.170 534 24   SEYCHELLES 50.164 179 25   GAMBIA 50.156 181 26   CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 50.120 477 27   CAMEROON 50.060 764 28   ZAMBIA 50.045 782 29   ETHIOPIA 49.891 2,232 30   TANZANIA 49.809 770 31   MOROCCO 49.770 3,084 32   GUINEA BISSAU 49.549 249 33   ERITREA 49.219 442 34   BURUNDI 49.107 421 35   MALI 48.926 964 36   CÔTE D'IVOIRE 48.467 738 37   LIBERIA 48.078 1,390 38   GABON 47.810 1,964 39   GUINEA 47.407 1,850 40   MAURITANIA 47.400 741 41   CHAD 47.195 1,801 42   UGANDA 46.547 2,022 43   SIERRA LEONE 46.489 1,540 44   ALGERIA 44.695 2,308 45   NIGER 44.519 2,100 46   LIBYA 43.324 10,459 47   COMOROS 41.691 1,842 48   RWANDA 41.423 1,870 49   KENYA 39.982 5,742 50   SUDAN 33.469 5,983 51   NIGERIA 32.745 7,234 52   SOMALIA 24.788 6,790 Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   SINGAPORE 104.484 40,800 2   SOUTH KOREA 84.013 46,198 3   HONG KONG 70.197 19,926 4   INDIA 66.536 204,184 5   JAPAN 65.034 61,940 6   THAILAND 64.446 31,982 7   MONGOLIA 56.094 1,409 8   MACAU 56.044 2,198 9   MALAYSIA 56.043 22,612 10   BHUTAN 53.523 1,536 11   BRUNEI 51.502 503 12   EAST TIMOR 51.271 393 13   NEPAL 51.267 4,196 14   MALDIVES 51.169 392 15   BANGLADESH 50.754 4,692 16   SRI LANKA 49.931 8,432 17   LAOS 49.396 1,726 18   TAIWAN 49.333 13,024 19   CHINA 42.529 159,766 20   VIETNAM 41.590 8,240 21   PHILIPPINES 39.783 21,485 22   CAMBODIA 39.600 3,553 23   MYANMAR (BURMA) 38.417 15,576 24   NORTH KOREA 37.037 19,691 25   INDONESIA 36.858 59,386 26   PAKISTAN 10,476 39,222 27   AFGHANISTAN 3,485 58,172 Central Asia Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 57.203 3,635 2   KYRGYZSTAN 50.901 1,334 3   TURKMENISTAN 49.457 833 4   UZBEKISTAN 48.667 1,445 5   TAJIKISTAN 47.715 1,211

Europe Rank Country Score Mentions 1   IRELAND 80.140 67,444 2   DENMARK 67.518 8,533 3   ITALY 67.094 42,514 4   UNITED KINGDOM 66.200 319,141 5   SPAIN 63.107 46,856 6   GERMANY 62.047 64,527 7   AUSTRIA 60.618 7,463 8   PORTUGAL 60.489 8,764 9   FRANCE 58.313 100,918 10   NETHERLANDS 58.241 13,870 11   BELGIUM 57.641 11,051 12   CZECH REPUBLIC 56.782 7,439 13   FINLAND 56.578 3,855 14   MONACO 56.449 1,514 15   NORWAY 54.617 5,556 16   VATICAN CITY 54.417 1,623 17   SWITZERLAND 54.294 21,247 18   SWEDEN 53.857 10,712 19   SLOVENIA 52.896 1,299 20   LIECHTENSTEIN 52.670 505 21   UKRAINE 52.186 6,414 22   MONTENEGRO 51.988 433 23   LUXEMBOURG 51.580 889 24   MACEDONIA (F.Y.R.O.M.) 51.702 1,182 25   CROATIA 51.646 4,455 26   BELARUS 51.465 1,538 27   ICELAND 51.149 2,745 28   ROMANIA 50.809 2,576 29   KOSOVO 50.730 993 30   ANDORRA 50.636 1,142 31   SAN MARINO 50.563 208 32   MOLDOVA 50.396 852 33   CYPRUS 50.313 1,940 34   GREENLAND 50.266 414 35   POLAND 50.029 11,704 36   SLOVAKIA 49.823 1,755 37   BULGARIA 49.572 2,734 38   HUNGARY 49.418 4,578 39   LATVIA 48.847 1,507 40   ESTONIA 48.665 1,255 41   LITHUANIA 48.523 1,744 42   MALTA 48.313 1,041 43   ALBANIA 46.478 957 44   GREECE 43.278 10,287 45   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 42.040 1,977 46   SERBIA 39.947 5,185 47   RUSSIA 30.907 70,086 Middle East and North Africa Rank Country Score Mentions 1   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 60.963 6,162 2   EGYPT 58.167 12,827 3   QATAR 57.976 2,705 4   BAHRAIN 56.174 1,053 5   JORDAN 55.939 6,339 6   OMAN 51.570 555 7   TUNISIA 51.055 845 8   MOROCCO 49.770 3,084 9   KUWAIT 49.016 3,522 10   SYRIA 47.466 7,305 11   TURKEY 46.475 12,388 12   SAUDI ARABIA 46.184 8,195 13   ALGERIA 44.695 2,308 14   LIBYA 43.324 10,459 15   LEBANON 41.633 13,359 16   ISRAEL 37.435 80,500 17   YEMEN 29.543 4,318 18   PALESTINE 22,344 26,595 19   IRAN 13.078 59,744 20   IRAQ 0.321 41,741 Oceania Rank Country Score Mentions 1   NEW ZEALAND 79.567 46,366 2   FIJI 56.007 4,565 3   AUSTRALIA 55.124 62,777 4   VANUATU 52.432 335 5   COOK ISLANDS 51.940 105 6   NIUE 50.875 76 7   FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA 50.704 37 8   MARSHALL ISLANDS 50.679 76 9   TOKELAU 50.637 23 10   PALAU 50.635 272 11   SOLOMON ISLANDS 50.455 89 12   NAURU 50.304 30 13   KIRIBATI 50.074 102 14   TUVALU 50.066 67 15   TONGA 49.153 900 16   PAPUA NEW GUINEA 48.788 445 17   SAMOA 48.785 1,096 Caribbean Rank Country Score Mentions 1   JAMAICA 60.607 3,741 2   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 52.737 721 3   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 52.624 696 4   DOMINICA 51.339 93 5   BARBADOS 51.213 274 6   SAINT LUCIA 51.178 158 7   SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 51.160 172 8   ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 51.007 316 9   THE BAHAMAS 50.812 901 10   ARUBA 50.768 63 11   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 50.729 111 12   HAITI 50.676 747 13   CAYMAN ISLANDS 50.431 263 14   GRENADA 50.172 401 15   BERMUDA 49.539 695 16   CUBA 39.277 6,873 Commonwealth of Independent States Rank Country Score Mentions 1   KAZAKHSTAN 57.203 3,635 2   UKRAINE 52.186 6,414 3   AZERBIJAN 51.587 1,227 4   BELARUS 51.465 1,538 5   KYRGYZSTAN 50.901 1,334 6   TURKMENISTAN 49.457 833 7   ARMENIA 49.243 1,714 8   UZBEKISTAN 48.667 1,445 9   TAJIKISTAN 47.715 1,211 10   GEORGIA 31.057 12,330 11   RUSSIA 30.907 70,086

RANKED BY REGION FOR 2008