Country Ratings

Is Your Overall Opinion of [Country] Very Favorable, Mostly Favorable, Mostly Unfavorable, or Very Unfavorable?

Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of [RANDOM ORDER]? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?

	Very favorable		Mostly favorable		Mostly unfavorable		Very unfavorable	No opinion
	%		%		%		%	%
Afghanistan
2011 Feb 2-5	2		12		52		30	4
2010 Feb 1-3	3		15		48		31	4
2009 Feb 9-12	2		17		42		33	7
2008 Feb 11-14	2		19		47		26	5
2007 Feb 1-4	3		20		45		26	6
2006 Feb 6-9	3		24		42		23	8
2005 Feb 7-10	6		34		37		17	6
2004 Feb 9-12	4		24		39		26	7
2003 Feb 3-6	2		23		40		26	9
2002 Feb 4-6	4		22		34		34	6

Australia
2007 Feb 1-4	44		45		3		2	6
2004 Feb 9-12	39		49		5		2	5
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	43		42		4		4	7

Brazil
2007 Feb 1-4	11		60		12		3	14
2004 Feb 9-12	11		55		18		3	13
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	13		56		12		5	14
1999 Feb 8-9	10		49		13		4	24

Canada
2011 Feb 2-5	49		43		4		2	2
2010 Feb 1-3	39		51		5		1	5
2009 Feb 9-12	39		51		4		2	4
2008 Feb 11-14	44		48		4		2	2
2007 Feb 1-4	43		49		4		1	2
2006 Feb 6-9	40		49		6		3	2
2005 Feb 7-10	38		48		8		2	4
2004 Feb 9-12	36		51		7		4	2
2003 Feb 3-6	43		46		6		1	4
2002 Feb 4-6	49		43		4		1	3
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	51		39		4		3	3
1999 Feb 8-9	43		47		2		1	7
1996 Mar 8-10	47		42		5		*	6
1992 Feb 6-9	40		51		4		1	4
1991 Mar 14-17	48		43		2		1	6
1989 Aug 10-13	49		44		1		1	5
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	45		47		2		1	2
1987 Nov 6-Dec 4	51		42		2		1	4

China
2011 Feb 2-5	6		41		37		13	3
2010 Feb 1-3	5		37		36		17	5
2009 Feb 9-12	5		36		34		17	7
2008 Feb 11-14	6		36		38		17	3
2007 Feb 1-4	7		41		32		15	6
2006 Feb 6-9	4		40		35		14	6
2005 Feb 7-10	5		42		35		12	6
2004 Feb 9-12	6		35		38		16	5
2003 Feb 3-6	6		39		34		12	9
2002 Feb 4-6	6		38		37		12	7
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	5		40		31		17	7
2000 Nov 13-15	5		31		39		18	7
2000 Mar 17-19	6		29		40		16	9
2000 Jan 25-26	4		29		33		18	16
1999 May 7-9	5		33		38		18	6
1999 Mar 12-14 ^	2		32		39		20	7
1999 Feb 8-9	8		31		34		16	11
1998 Jul 7-8	6		38		36		11	9
1998 Jun 22-23	5		34		42		9	10
1997 Jun 26-29	5		28		36		14	17
1996 Mar 8-10	6		33		35		16	10
1994 Feb 26-28	4		36		38		15	7
1991 Mar 14-17	5		30		35		18	12
1989 Aug 10-13	5		29		32		22	12
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	12		60		10		3	15
1985 Feb 22-Mar 3	5		33		35		16	11
1979 Sep	18		46		18		7	10

Colombia
2003 Feb 3-6	2		24		42		15	17
2002 Feb 4-6	5		23		44		16	12
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	7		23		38		21	11

Cuba
2011 Feb 2-5	4		26		43		19	8
2010 Feb 1-3	3		26		43		21	7
2009 Feb 9-12	4		25		40		20	9
2008 Feb 11-14	2		25		45		22	6
2007 Feb 1-4	3		22		45		23	7
2006 Feb 6-9	3		18		51		20	7
2005 Feb 7-10	3		25		46		19	7
2004 Feb 9-12	3		25		44		23	5
2003 Feb 3-6	4		24		42		21	9
2002 Feb 4-6	4		27		41		20	8
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	4		23		41		27	5
1999 May 7-9	4		20		45		24	7
1999 Mar 19-21	4		28		48		13	7
1996 Mar 8-10 ^	2		8		40		41	9

Egypt
2011 Feb 2-5	4		36		37		13	10
2010 Feb 1-3	8		50		24		5	14
2009 Feb 9-12	8		51		21		6	14
2008 Feb 11-14	9		53		21		5	13
2007 Feb 1-4	8		52		23		5	11
2006 Feb 6-9	8		50		22		5	14
2005 Feb 7-10	8		56		22		4	10
2004 Feb 9-12	7		51		25		7	10
2003 Feb 3-6	6		50		20		5	19
2002 Feb 4-6	7		47		29		5	12
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	11		54		19		4	12
1996 Mar 8-10	10		48		19		5	17
1991 Aug 8-11	9		54		15		5	17
1991 Mar 14-17	11		55		14		3	17
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	10		56		12		3	19

France
2011 Feb 2-5	20		51		19		5	5
2010 Feb 1-3	13		50		24		7	6
2009 Feb 9-12	12		52		22		8	6
2008 Feb 11-14	16		53		18		9	5
2007 Feb 1-4	14		43		27		11	5
2006 Feb 6-9	12		42		28		12	7
2005 Feb 7-10	12		39		30		13	6
2004 Feb 9-12	10		37		31		18	4
2003 Feb 3-6	13		46		23		10	8
2002 Feb 4-6	23		56		13		3	5
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	22		55		12		5	6
1999 Feb 8-9	17		54		14		4	11
1996 Mar 8-10	15		55		16		4	11
1991 Mar 14-17	18		61		9		3	9
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	17		57		11		4	11

Germany
2011 Feb 2-5	22		60		8		4	6
2010 Feb 1-3	19		61		10		2	8
2009 Feb 9-12	17		62		8		4	8
2008 Feb 11-14	20		62		9		4	6
2007 Feb 1-4	19		64		8		3	6
2006 Feb 6-9	17		62		11		4	6
2005 Feb 7-10	17		56		18		4	5
2004 Feb 9-12	13		56		19		7	5
2003 Feb 3-6	12		59		16		5	8
2002 Feb 4-6	22		61		8		3	6
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	20		55		9		7	9
2000 Nov 13-15	16		61		11		5	7
1999 Nov 4-7	11		66		13		5	5
1999 Feb 8-9	18		61		7		4	10
1996 Mar 8-10	17		58		13		3	9
1993 Jun 29-30	10		53		19		9	9
1992 Feb 6-9	17		57		14		6	6
1991 Mar 14-17	16		62		11		3	8

Great Britain
2011 Feb 2-5	42		46		5		2	4
2010 Feb 1-3	30		57		6		1	5
2009 Feb 9-12	36		53		4		3	5
2008 Feb 11-14	39		50		5		2	3
2007 Feb 1-4	45		44		5		3	4
2006 Feb 6-9	46		42		5		3	4
2005 Feb 7-10	48		43		3		1	5
2004 Feb 9-12	40		47		7		3	3
2003 Feb 3-6	45		44		4		2	5
2002 Feb 4-6	48		42		5		2	3
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	41		44		6		3	6
2000 Nov 13-15	27		55		7		3	8
1999 May 7-9	37		52		5		3	3
1999 Feb 8-9	34		50		4		3	9
1996 Mar 8-10	30		51		8		2	9
1991 Mar 14-17	49		40		4		1	6
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	45		45		3		1	6
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	29		57		4		3	7

India
2011 Feb 2-5	12		60		16		4	9
2010 Feb 1-3	9		57		20		5	9
2009 Feb 9-12	9		55		19		6	11
2008 Feb 11-14	10		59		18		4	10
2007 Feb 1-4	12		57		16		6	9
2006 Feb 6-9	10		56		16		7	11
2005 Feb 7-10	10		65		15		3	7
2004 Feb 9-12	8		53		23		6	10
2002 Feb 4-6	7		49		25		8	11
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	8		50		24		6	12
2000 Mar 17-19	7		40		30		8	15

Indonesia
2005 Feb 7-10	6		51		23		5	15

Iran
2011 Feb 2-5	2		9		42		43	4
2010 Feb 1-3	1		9		39		46	4
2009 Feb 9-12	2		10		38		42	7
2008 Feb 11-14	1		7		43		45	4
2007 Feb 1-4	1		8		38		48	5
2006 Feb 6-9	1		6		40		46	6
2005 Feb 7-10	1		11		49		33	6
2004 Feb 9-12	3		14		46		31	6
2003 Feb 3-6	2		11		48		29	10
2002 Feb 4-6	2		9		46		38	5
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	2		10		45		38	5
1996 Mar 8-10	1		5		38		46	10
1991 Aug 8-11	1		12		44		35	9
1991 Mar 14-17	3		11		41		35	10
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	2		11		39		40	8
1989 Aug 10-13	1		4		27		62	6
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	1		4		27		62	6

Iraq
2011 Feb 2-5	2		23		46		24	4
2010 Feb 1-3	3		20		44		29	3
2009 Feb 9-12	2		26		40		26	7
2008 Feb 11-14	3		17		44		33	3
2007 Feb 1-4	3		12		41		41	3
2006 Feb 6-9	3		18		39		36	5
2005 Feb 7-10	4		25		38		28	5
2004 Feb 9-12	4		17		39		35	5
2003 Feb 3-6	1		4		33		57	5
2002 Feb 4-6	2		4		39		49	6
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	2		7		34		51	6
2000 Nov 13-15	2		4		35		53	6
1999 May 7-9	1		4		38		53	4
1999 Feb 8-9	2		5		27		60	6
1996 Mar 8-10	1		5		34		52	8
1992 Feb 6-9	1		3		30		62	4
1991 Aug 8-11	1		6		32		54	7
1991 Mar 14-17	2		5		26		62	5
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	*		3		17		73	7

Israel
2011 Feb 2-5	24		44		20		7	6
2010 Feb 1-3	22		45		19		6	8
2009 Feb 9-12	21		42		21		8	7
2008 Feb 11-14	23		48		18		7	5
2007 Feb 1-4	22		41		22		8	7
2006 Feb 6-9	21		47		18		5	9
2005 Feb 7-10	19		50		20		5	6
2004 Feb 9-12	14		45		25		10	6
2003 Feb 3-6	22		42		23		6	7
2002 Feb 4-6	16		42		25		10	7
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	18		45		20		12	5
2000 Mar 17-19	16		46		20		8	10
2000 Jan 25-26	11		43		21		7	18
1999 May 7-9	15		53		19		6	7
1999 Feb 8-9	18		48		16		7	11
1996 Mar 8-10	17		45		18		11	9
1992 Feb 6-9	12		36		27		16	9
1991 Nov 21-14	11		36		26		11	16
1991 Sep 26-29	11		45		25		9	10
1991 Aug 8-11	15		47		19		6	12
1991 Mar 14-17	20		49		16		7	8
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	28		51		10		3	8
1989 Aug 10-13	11		34		29		16	10
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	8		41		25		13	13

Italy
2003 Feb 3-6	18		62		6		3	11
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	24		54		8		4	10

Japan
2011 Feb 2-5	22		58		11		4	5
2010 Feb 1-3	19		58		12		4	7
2009 Feb 9-12	19		62		9		4	6
2008 Feb 11-14	25		55		11		4	4
2007 Feb 1-4	24		58		10		3	5
2006 Feb 6-9	20		61		9		4	5
2005 Feb 7-10	22		59		9		5	5
2004 Feb 9-12	19		56		14		6	5
2003 Feb 3-6	18		59		10		5	8
2002 Feb 4-6	17		62		12		4	5
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	17		56		14		7	6
2000 Nov 13-15	13		57		17		5	8
1999 May 7-9	14		61		15		5	5
1999 Feb 8-9	15		54		16		5	10
1996 Mar 8-10	12		53		18		7	10
1995 Nov 6-8	4		42		34		11	9
1994 Jun 11-12	6		40		32		12	10
1994 Feb 26-28	7		47		28		14	4
1993 Jun 29-30	7		41		30		16	6
1992 Feb 6-9	9		38		28		22	3
1991 Nov 21-24	7		41		29		12	11
1991 Mar 14-17	10		55		19		7	9
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	11		51		21		9	8
1989 Aug 10-13	10		48		23		10	9
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	12		57		16		7	8

Jordan
2011 Feb 2-5	5		45		26		7	17
2007 Feb 1-4	6		45		27		7	15
2005 Feb 7-10	6		48		27		5	14
1999 Feb 8-9	16		48		13		4	19
1991 Aug 8-11	3		27		36		14	19
1991 Mar 14-17	4		18		42		21	16

Kenya
2008 Feb 11-14	5		37		28		10	21

Libya
2006 Feb 6-9	2		20		42		16	20
2004 Feb 9-12	2		23		43		20	12
2003 Feb 3-6	1		17		39		24	19
2002 Feb 4-6	2		13		41		27	17
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	2		9		40		35	14

Mexico
2011 Feb 2-5	7		38		33		18	3
2010 Feb 1-3	7		42		32		14	5
2009 Feb 9-12	7		44		28		15	6
2008 Feb 11-14	11		47		29		11	3
2007 Feb 1-4	13		47		26		10	4
2006 Feb 6-9	14		50		24		8	5
2005 Feb 7-10	15		59		16		5	5
2004 Feb 9-12	13		55		20		7	5
2003 Feb 3-6	13		61		16		4	6
2002 Feb 4-6	16		56		17		5	6
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	17		50		17		9	7
1999 Feb 8-9	12		43		26		8	11
1996 Mar 8-10	11		46		23		9	11
1993 Jun 29-30	7		36		35		14	8
1991 Mar 14-17	12		53		18		4	13
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	7		55		21		6	11

North Korea
2011 Feb 2-5	3		8		31		53	5
2010 Feb 1-3	3		11		33		47	5
2009 Feb 9-12	2		13		39		38	8
2008 Feb 11-14	2		10		39		43	7
2007 Feb 1-4	2		10		33		49	6
2006 Feb 6-9	2		8		38		43	8
2005 Feb 7-10	1		12		38		42	7
2004 Feb 9-12	2		10		42		41	5
2003 Mar 14-15 ^	2		6		33		53	6
2003 Feb 3-6	1		11		38		42	8
2002 Feb 4-6	3		20		38		27	12
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	3		28		37		22	10
2000 Nov 13-15	3		23		41		22	11

Pakistan
2011 Feb 2-5	2		16		50		26	6
2010 Feb 1-3	2		21		47		24	6
2009 Feb 9-12	2		18		48		25	8
2008 Feb 11-14	2		20		51		21	6
2007 Feb 1-4	2		26		45		19	8
2006 Feb 6-9	2		28		43		16	11
2005 Feb 7-10	4		37		40		9	10
2004 Feb 9-12	3		25		42		22	8
2003 Feb 3-6	2		24		42		20	12
2002 Feb 4-6	4		26		42		21	7
2000 Mar 17-19	2		19		39		20	20

The Palestinian Authority
2011 Feb 2-5		3		16		45	25	11
2010 Feb 1-3		3		17		44	26	10
2009 Feb 9-12		1		14		43	30	12
2008 Feb 11-14		1		13		47	28	11
2007 Feb 1-4		2		14		46	29	9
2006 Feb 6-9		1		10		49	29	10
2005 Feb 7-10		3		24		43	19	11
2004 Feb 9-12		2		13		44	32	9
2003 Feb 3-6		1		12		44	29	14
2002 Feb 4-6		3		11		44	32	10
2001 Feb 1-4 ^		4		18		39	24	15
2000 Jan 25-26		3		18		36	16	27

The Philippines
2006 Feb 6-9		11		56		17	4	12
2002 Feb 4-6		8		48		27	7	10
2001 Feb 1-4 ^		12		51		19	6	12

Poland
2005 Feb 7-10	17		61		8		1	13

Russia
2011 Feb 2-5	5		46		32		10	7
2010 Feb 1-3	6		41		35		10	7
2009 Feb 9-12	4		36		38		15	7
2008 Feb 11-14	4		44		35		11	5
2007 Feb 1-4	6		47		32		9	6
2006 Feb 6-9	5		53		27		8	7
2005 Feb 7-10	6		55		27		6	6
2004 Feb 9-12	7		52		26		9	6
2003 Mar 14-15 ^	4		37		40		12	7
2003 Feb 3-6	6		57		20		6	11
2002 Feb 4-6	11		55		20		7	7
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	6		46		27		15	6
2000 Nov 13-15	5		35		39		14	7
2000 Mar 17-19	5		35		39		12	9
1999 Nov 4-7	4		34		44		14	4
1999 May 7-9	4		42		36		13	5
1999 Apr 13-14	3		30		45		14	8
1999 Feb 8-9	6		38		34		10	12
1997 Nov 21-23	7		49		29		7	8
1996 Mar 8-10	6		46		29		10	9
1995 Apr 21-24	5		44		32		12	7
1994 Feb 26-28	8		48		28		11	5
1992 Feb 6-9	12		45		20		13	10
1991 Nov 21-24	7		45		24		12	12
1991 Aug 23-25	9		51		22		9	9
1991 Aug 8-11	11		55		19		6	9
1991 Mar 14-17	6		44		32		10	8
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	8		49		26		9	8
1990 Sep 10-11	7		51		23		9	10
1990 May 17-20	7		48		24		8	13
1990 Aug 10-13	8		43		27		13	9
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	7		55		20		9	9

Saudi Arabia
2011 Feb 2-5	4		33		40		13	10
2010 Feb 1-3	3		32		41		17	7
2009 Feb 9-12	2		29		40		20	9
2008 Feb 11-14	3		28		43		18	8
2007 Feb 1-4	4		31		40		18	7
2006 Feb 6-9	3		28		44		18	7
2005 Feb 7-10	3		33		42		16	6
2004 Feb 9-12	3		25		47		19	6
2003 Feb 3-6	3		27		41		20	9
2002 Feb 4-6	4		23		42		22	9
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	7		40		28		18	7
1991 Aug 8-11	11		45		21		12	11

South Korea
2011 Feb 2-5		14		51		19	9	6
2008 Feb 11-14		13		47		21	10	8
2003 Feb 3-6		10		48		23	8	11
2002 Feb 4-6		9		45		25	8	13
2000 Nov 13-15		5		44		28	10	13
1991 Mar 14-17		6		41		22	8	23

Syria
2007 Feb 1-4		2		19		44	22	13
2005 Feb 7-10		2		23		41	19	15
2000 Jan 25-26		2		18		32	12	36
1991 Aug 8-11		2		22		37	15	25

Taiwan
2006 Feb 6-9		12		55		14	5	14
2002 Feb 4-6		9		53		17	5	16
2001 Feb 1-4 ^		11		52		14	8	15
2000 Mar 17-19		10		37		27	10	16
1996 Mar 8-10		10		49		17	5	19

Turkey
2007 Feb 1-4		5		48		25	6	15
2003 Feb 3-6		8		55		15	5	17

Ukraine
2005 Feb 7-10		9		58		15	3	15

Venezuela
2007 Feb 1-4		6		35		25	19	14

Yemen
2010 Feb 1-3		2		19		37	19	23
^ Asked of a half sample
* Less than 0.5%

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