BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world

[Loki]

BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world

Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service.



More than 26,000 people were surveyed internationally for the poll.

They were asked to rate 16 countries and the European Union on whether their influence in the world was "mainly positive" or "mainly negative".

Germany came out top, with 59% rating it positively. Iran was once again the most negatively viewed.

Global views of Europe's biggest country have improved significantly in 2013, according to the poll.

It was conducted for the BBC by GlobeScan and PIPA, who conducted face-to-face and telephone interviews with randomly selected people in 25 countries.

[alfieb]

Bollocks. If not excluded, Italy would've won.

[Loki]

Bollocks. If not excluded, Italy would've won.

Why? I don't think they'd beat Germany. Not by a long shot.

[alfieb]

Italian women are better looking.
Italian sports cars are better.
Italian food is better.
Italian fashion is better.
Italians have better sense of humor.
People find Germans too serious and too stern. Maybe because of economy, the EU-and-wannabe-EU countries would continue to bust a nut over German propaganda, but in the rest of the world, no contest.

[Loki]

Italian women are better looking.
Italian sports cars are better.
Italian food is better.
Italian fashion is better.
Italians have better sense of humor.

All subjective. I'd agree on the food, fashion and humour though. And cars.

The point is that Italy doesn't have much influence in the world, no matter how "good" it may be. Germany has.

[SkyBurn]

Australia would've beaten them

Also, I love how Israel is just 2 points above Nth Korea. Surprised that Pakistan and Iran came below it.

[Arend]

Italian women are better looking.
Italian sports cars are better.
Italian food is better.
Italian fashion is better.
Italians have better sense of humor.

[citation needed]

Besides, the question was "on whether their influence in the world was "mainly positive" or "mainly negative". Not who has the best cars or the "best" looking women

[alfieb]

Canada has a lot of influence in the world? C'mon, Loki.

[citation needed]

Besides, the question was "on whether their influence in the world was "mainly positive" or "mainly negative". Not who has the best cars or the "best" looking women

Citation needed for what? Everyone respects Germany, but nobody actually likes them. How can you like someone who doesn't even like themselves?

[Dombra]

Italian women are better looking.
Italian sports cars are better.
Italian food is better.
Italian fashion is better.
Italians have better sense of humor.
People find Germans too serious and too stern. Maybe because of economy, the EU-and-wannabe-EU countries would continue to bust a nut over German propaganda, but in the rest of the world, no contest.

Is Italian humor really funnier? nah

[Arend]

Citation needed for what?

For best looking women, best sports cars, best food, best humour….this would be a start I guess.

Everyone respects Germany, but nobody actually likes them. How can you like someone who doesn't even like themselves?

And nobody respects the Italians, so what is your point?