NEWS SOURCE: CTV NEWS

Canada is the "most admired" country with the "best reputation" in the world, according to an annual survey ranking the reputations of developed nations across the globe.

The 2015 report from the Reputation Institute ranked Canada as the most reputable country in the world, based on a variety of environmental, political, and economic factors.

The Reputation Institute's Fernando Prado says Canada offers "something good" in many different categories evaluated in the survey.

"We all love Canada because of several things," Pradotold CTV's Canada AM on Wednesday. In particular, he praised Canada for its "effective government," "absence of corruption," "friendly and welcoming people" and welfare support system.

However, there were a few categories where Canada lags behind, Prado said, explaining that Canada has a perceived lack of strong brand names and companies, and is not considered a particularly important contributor to the global culture.

Despite its "less positive" scores, Canada's well-rounded performance in most categories helped it regain top spot on the Reputation Institute's list, after it fell to second place in 2014.

Canada held down top spot for three consecutive years prior to that, from 2011 to 2013.

"Overall, Canada is a country that can offer something good in all different aspects," Prado said.

The Reputation Institute surveyed approximately 48,000 residents of G8 countries to gather the data for its rankings. Survey respondents were asked to rank the reputations of the world's 55 wealthiest nations (based on GDP) in a variety of categories.

Norway placed second on the list, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, and Australia. The United States slotted into 22nd spot.

The Reputation Institute also produced a separate list ranking countries based on what their citizens said about their homelands. Australia ranked first on this "self-image" list, followed by Canada, Russia, India and Germany, with the U.S. in sixth place.

Russia had the largest gap between their self-image and how they are perceived by other nations. Russian citizens scored their country as the third-most reputable country in the world, but other nations ranked them 52nd out of 55 countries, ahead of only Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq.

The gap between internal reputation and external reputation was also large for China, India and the United States.

The Reputation Institute bills itself as "the world's leading research and advisory firm for reputation."

据网站Business Insider16日报道，国际信誉研究所最近公布了一份各国声誉排名，参选国家包括全球GDP排在前55位的国家，采用网上填表的方式进行打分。结果加拿大、挪威和瑞典被评为声誉最好的国家，而动乱的伊朗和伊拉克垫底。

据悉，来自“八国集团”国家的27000名代表参与了投票，他们根据自己对一个国家的信任，对其的喜爱和尊重程度来打分。这份网络调查表涉及各个国家的16个方面，包括国家治安，人民是否受欢迎，政府是否能有效解决社会和经济问题，甚至连乡村环境也被列入其中。

加拿大夺魁可以说是众望所归，来自国际信誉研究所的费尔南多说：“因为几个原因，我们都喜欢加拿大，比如政府清廉，社会福利好，人民热情友好等。”而令人意外的是，与加拿大相邻的超级大国美国竟不在前20，费尔南多解释说：“美国声誉只处在平均水平，它所有的选项都没有得到很高的分数，它可能科技上得分比较高，有一些大品牌，但其他的就没有高分。”

而像俄罗斯、伊朗和伊拉克，这些常常因为本国的军事冲突、人权侵害问题和专制制度而登上国际报纸版面头条的国家，在这次排名中就只能垫底了。

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