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Most Famous Country in the World
Italy has the highest Global Awareness in 2025 (100.0%), followed by United States (99.0%) and Mexico (99.0%). Kiribati has the lowest (39.0%).
Year 2025195 of 235 countries
Global Awareness, 2025
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 195 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
88.0%
Middle half 75.0% – 94.0%
Average
82.2%
195 countries
Highest
100.0%
Italy
Lowest
39.0%
Kiribati
Data
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195 countries · # = rank by Global Awareness
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 100.0% | 73.0% |
| 2 |  United States | 99.0% | 69.0% |
| 2 |  Mexico | 99.0% | 55.0% |
| 2 |  United Kingdom | 99.0% | 60.0% |
| 2 |  Canada | 99.0% | 68.0% |
| 6 |  Japan | 98.0% | 64.0% |
| 6 |  Germany | 98.0% | 59.0% |
| 6 |  France | 98.0% | 58.0% |
| 6 |  Spain | 98.0% | 62.0% |
| 6 |  Costa Rica | 98.0% | 53.0% |
| 11 |  China | 97.0% | 18.0% |
| 11 |  Russia | 97.0% | 16.0% |
| 11 |  Argentina | 97.0% | 42.0% |
| 11 |  Afghanistan | 97.0% | 19.0% |
| 11 |  Belgium | 97.0% | 56.0% |
| 11 |  Dominican Republic | 97.0% | 42.0% |
| 11 |  Ireland | 97.0% | 72.0% |
| 18 |  Thailand | 96.0% | 43.0% |
| 18 |  Colombia | 96.0% | 39.0% |
| 18 |  Venezuela | 96.0% | 30.0% |
| 18 |  Australia | 96.0% | 72.0% |
| 18 |  Greece | 96.0% | 63.0% |
| 18 |  Norway | 96.0% | 66.0% |
| 18 |  Jamaica | 96.0% | 55.0% |
| 18 |  Bahamas | 96.0% | 64.0% |
| 18 |  Iceland | 96.0% | 65.0% |
| 27 |  Pakistan | 95.0% | 18.0% |
| 27 |  Brazil | 95.0% | 49.0% |
| 27 |  Egypt | 95.0% | 34.0% |
| 27 |  Philippines | 95.0% | 47.0% |
| 27 |  Kenya | 95.0% | 32.0% |
| 27 |  South Korea | 95.0% | 50.0% |
| 27 |  Ukraine | 95.0% | 50.0% |
| 27 |  Poland | 95.0% | 53.0% |
| 27 |  Saudi Arabia | 95.0% | 22.0% |
| 27 |  North Korea | 95.0% | 18.0% |
| 27 |  Chile | 95.0% | 40.0% |
| 27 |  Netherlands | 95.0% | 61.0% |
| 27 |  Sweden | 95.0% | 64.0% |
| 27 |  Israel | 95.0% | 35.0% |
| 27 |  Finland | 95.0% | 63.0% |
| 27 |  New Zealand | 95.0% | 64.0% |
| 43 |  Indonesia | 94.0% | 22.0% |
| 43 |  Nigeria | 94.0% | 29.0% |
| 43 |  Vietnam | 94.0% | 34.0% |
| 43 |  Turkey | 94.0% | 31.0% |
| 43 |  South Africa | 94.0% | 33.0% |
| 43 |  Iraq | 94.0% | 13.0% |
| 43 |  Peru | 94.0% | 42.0% |
| 43 |  Madagascar | 94.0% | 41.0% |
| 43 |  Guatemala | 94.0% | 33.0% |
| 43 |  Ecuador | 94.0% | 30.0% |
| 43 |  Haiti | 94.0% | 26.0% |
| 43 |  Cuba | 94.0% | 26.0% |
| 43 |  Czechia | 94.0% | 40.0% |
| 43 |  Portugal | 94.0% | 50.0% |
| 43 |  Hungary | 94.0% | 34.0% |
| 43 |  Austria | 94.0% | 58.0% |
| 59 |  India | 93.0% | 28.0% |
| 59 |  Ethiopia | 93.0% | 26.0% |
| 59 |  Morocco | 93.0% | 37.0% |
| 59 |  Romania | 93.0% | 33.0% |
| 59 |  Honduras | 93.0% | 29.0% |
| 59 |  Switzerland | 93.0% | 66.0% |
| 59 |  El Salvador | 93.0% | 25.0% |
| 59 |  Singapore | 93.0% | 40.0% |
| 59 |  Palestine | 93.0% | 28.0% |
| 59 |  Panama | 93.0% | 34.0% |
| 69 |  Iran | 92.0% | 15.0% |
| 69 |  Malaysia | 92.0% | 30.0% |
| 69 |  Bolivia | 92.0% | 27.0% |
| 69 |  Nicaragua | 92.0% | 26.0% |
| 69 |  Denmark | 92.0% | 58.0% |
| 69 |  Uruguay | 92.0% | 32.0% |
| 75 |  Slovakia | 91.0% | 29.0% |
| 75 |  Croatia | 91.0% | 37.0% |
| 75 |  Mongolia | 91.0% | 32.0% |
| 78 |  Uganda | 90.0% | 25.0% |
| 78 |  Nepal | 90.0% | 36.0% |
| 78 |  Syria | 90.0% | 16.0% |
| 78 |  Cambodia | 90.0% | 25.0% |
| 78 |  Serbia | 90.0% | 30.0% |
| 78 |  Lebanon | 90.0% | 17.0% |
| 78 |  Kuwait | 90.0% | 21.0% |
| 78 |  Fiji | 90.0% | 46.0% |
| 78 |  Monaco | 90.0% | 42.0% |
| 78 |  Vatican City | 90.0% | 48.0% |
| 88 |  Bangladesh | 89.0% | 25.0% |
| 88 |  Sudan | 89.0% | 14.0% |
| 88 |  Algeria | 89.0% | 21.0% |
| 88 |  Zimbabwe | 89.0% | 28.0% |
| 88 |  Jordan | 89.0% | 22.0% |
| 88 |  Libya | 89.0% | 16.0% |
| 88 |  Belize | 89.0% | 40.0% |
| 88 |  Barbados | 89.0% | 42.0% |
| 96 |  Yemen | 88.0% | 17.0% |
| 96 |  Niger | 88.0% | 19.0% |
| 96 |  Zambia | 88.0% | 25.0% |
| 96 |  Somalia | 88.0% | 16.0% |
| 96 |  Paraguay | 88.0% | 29.0% |
| 96 |  Bulgaria | 88.0% | 28.0% |
| 102 |  Ghana | 87.0% | 25.0% |
| 102 |  Rwanda | 87.0% | 22.0% |
| 102 |  Lithuania | 87.0% | 32.0% |
| 102 |  Albania | 87.0% | 20.0% |
| 106 |  Guinea | 86.0% | 12.0% |
| 106 |  South Sudan | 86.0% | 12.0% |
| 106 |  United Arab Emirates | 86.0% | 23.0% |
| 109 |  Republic of the Congo | 85.0% | 24.0% |
| 109 |  Armenia | 85.0% | 29.0% |
| 111 |  DR Congo | 84.0% | 25.0% |
| 111 |  Sri Lanka | 84.0% | 24.0% |
| 111 |  Papua New Guinea | 84.0% | 26.0% |
| 111 |  Liberia | 84.0% | 22.0% |
| 115 |  Georgia | 83.0% | 32.0% |
| 115 |  Slovenia | 83.0% | 27.0% |
| 117 |  Angola | 82.0% | 16.0% |
| 117 |  Cameroon | 82.0% | 21.0% |
| 117 |  Guyana | 82.0% | 22.0% |
| 120 |  Tanzania | 81.0% | 24.0% |
| 120 |  Senegal | 81.0% | 17.0% |
| 120 |  Belarus | 81.0% | 17.0% |
| 120 |  Central African Republic | 81.0% | 20.0% |
| 120 |  Cyprus | 81.0% | 29.0% |
| 120 |  Samoa | 81.0% | 38.0% |
| 120 |  Dominica | 81.0% | 29.0% |
| 127 |  Qatar | 80.0% | 21.0% |
| 127 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 80.0% | 34.0% |
| 127 |  Luxembourg | 80.0% | 39.0% |
| 127 |  Montenegro | 80.0% | 25.0% |
| 127 |  Malta | 80.0% | 30.0% |
| 132 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.0% | 21.0% |
| 132 |  Latvia | 79.0% | 27.0% |
| 132 |  Grenada | 79.0% | 23.0% |
| 135 |  Ivory Coast | 78.0% | 26.0% |
| 135 |  Kazakhstan | 78.0% | 19.0% |
| 135 |  Laos | 78.0% | 25.0% |
| 135 |  Maldives | 78.0% | 32.0% |
| 139 |  Uzbekistan | 77.0% | 17.0% |
| 139 |  Mali | 77.0% | 22.0% |
| 141 |  Sierra Leone | 76.0% | 22.0% |
| 141 |  Estonia | 76.0% | 28.0% |
| 141 |  Saint Lucia | 76.0% | 35.0% |
| 141 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 76.0% | 30.0% |
| 145 |  Mozambique | 75.0% | 22.0% |
| 145 |  Chad | 75.0% | 15.0% |
| 145 |  Namibia | 75.0% | 17.0% |
| 145 |  Botswana | 75.0% | 18.0% |
| 145 |  North Macedonia | 75.0% | 19.0% |
| 145 |  Liechtenstein | 75.0% | 27.0% |
| 151 |  Oman | 74.0% | 17.0% |
| 152 |  Eswatini | 73.0% | 19.0% |
| 153 |  Turkmenistan | 72.0% | 13.0% |
| 154 |  Moldova | 71.0% | 20.0% |
| 155 |  Myanmar | 70.0% | 17.0% |
| 155 |  Equatorial Guinea | 70.0% | 16.0% |
| 157 |  Tunisia | 69.0% | 16.0% |
| 157 |  Cape Verde | 69.0% | 24.0% |
| 159 |  Togo | 68.0% | 21.0% |
| 160 |  Tonga | 67.0% | 22.0% |
| 161 |  Tajikistan | 66.0% | 13.0% |
| 161 |  Solomon Islands | 66.0% | 25.0% |
| 163 |  Kyrgyzstan | 65.0% | 16.0% |
| 164 |  Azerbaijan | 64.0% | 17.0% |
| 164 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.0% | 21.0% |
| 166 |  Malawi | 63.0% | 15.0% |
| 166 |  Bahrain | 63.0% | 17.0% |
| 166 |  Marshall Islands | 63.0% | 21.0% |
| 169 |  Guinea-Bissau | 62.0% | 18.0% |
| 169 |  Andorra | 62.0% | 19.0% |
| 169 |  San Marino | 62.0% | 21.0% |
| 172 |  Bhutan | 61.0% | 16.0% |
| 173 |  Burundi | 58.0% | 17.0% |
| 173 |  Suriname | 58.0% | 13.0% |
| 175 |  Benin | 57.0% | 12.0% |
| 176 |  Brunei | 56.0% | 15.0% |
| 176 |  Vanuatu | 56.0% | 17.0% |
| 178 |  Gabon | 55.0% | 14.0% |
| 178 |  Djibouti | 55.0% | 14.0% |
| 180 |  Seychelles | 54.0% | 18.0% |
| 181 |  Eritrea | 53.0% | 13.0% |
| 182 |  Gambia | 52.0% | 13.0% |
| 182 |  Lesotho | 52.0% | 16.0% |
| 182 |  Mauritius | 52.0% | 15.0% |
| 185 |  Mauritania | 49.0% | 11.0% |
| 185 |  Comoros | 49.0% | 11.0% |
| 185 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49.0% | 18.0% |
| 185 |  Nauru | 49.0% | 15.0% |
| 189 |  Timor-Leste | 48.0% | 12.0% |
| 189 |  Palau | 48.0% | 18.0% |
| 189 |  Tuvalu | 48.0% | 16.0% |
| 192 |  Burkina Faso | 47.0% | 10.0% |
| 192 |  Micronesia | 47.0% | 16.0% |
| 194 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 44.0% | 11.0% |
| 195 |  Kiribati | 39.0% | 12.0% |
What correlates with Global Awareness (2025)?
Pearson r against 1,406 other country metrics sharing at least 117 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Global Awareness tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Global Awareness tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Global Awareness?
- Italy has the highest Global Awareness in 2025, at 100.0%, followed by United States (99.0%) and Mexico (99.0%).
- Which country has the lowest Global Awareness?
- Kiribati has the lowest Global Awareness in 2025, at 39.0%.
- What is the median Global Awareness across countries?
- The median is 88.0% across the 195 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this most famous country in the world data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The most famous countries (Q4 2025) - YouGov.