This report reflects major trends in the average emotional context of global news media coverage of the world's heads of state as reported by the GDELT (Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone) (/) Global Knowledge Graph database. Each day, the average "tone" of all articles mentioning a recognized world leader is computed, from "extremely positive" (a value of +100) to "extremely negative" (a value of -100). In practice, given the massive variation in how world leaders are viewed across the globe, tone usually ranges between +10 and -10. Leaders are only included in a given day's ranking if they received sufficient news coverage during the previous day to yield a measurable tonal score. Tone synthesizes both emotion expressed about a leader and the emotional context of events the leader is currently involved with or being contextualized within. This report is provided as a highly experimental prototype service to demonstrate the use of emotional response and the other latent dimensions of the GDELT Global Knowledge Graph in examining global trends, so please use caution when utilizing its findings. Rank (Most to Least Popular) Name Country Average Tone 1 Andrus Ansip Estonia 1.4624 2 Pranab Mukherjee India 0.3983 3 Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh 0.3303 4 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia 0.0359 5 Hage Geingob Namibia -0.0708 6 Raul Castro Cuba -0.0903 7 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei -0.1294 8 Juan Carlos Spain -0.5878 9 Li Keqiang China -0.8229 10 Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan -0.9462 11 Stephen Harper Canada -1.0458 12 Mariano Rajoy Spain -1.0593 13 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia -1.2099 14 Juan Manuel Santos Colombia -1.2886 15 Enda Kenny Republic of Ireland -1.3034 16 Barack Obama United States -1.3096 17 Michel Martelly Haiti -1.3156 18 Ali Khamenei Iran -1.3190 19 John Dramani Mahama Ghana -1.4617 20 Hun Sen Cambodia -1.5853 21 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria -1.6159 22 Michelle Bachelet Chile -1.6197 23 Hamid Karzai Afghanistan -1.6618 24 Tony Abbott Australia -1.7324 25 Dmitry Medvedev Russia -1.7406 26 Jacob Zuma South Africa -1.7843 27 Mahmoud Abbas State of Palestine -1.8149 28 Hassan Rouhani Iran -1.8326 29 David Cameron United Kingdom -1.9798 30 Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria -2.0585 31 Benigno Aquino Philippines -2.0834 32 Angela Merkel Germany -2.1399 33 Vladimir Putin Russia -2.3544 34 Evo Morales Bolivia -2.3739 35 Shinzo Abe Japan -2.4569 36 Paul Biya Cameroon -2.4704 37 Paul Kagame Rwanda -2.6501 38 Bohuslav Sobotka Czech Republic -2.6653 39 Mark Rutte Kingdom of the Netherlands -2.7039 40 Najib Razak Malaysia -2.9484 41 Tayyip Erdogan Turkey -3.0819 42 Dilma Rousseff Brazil -3.0949 43 Viktor Orban Hungary -3.1551 44 Nawaz Sharif Pakistan -3.2828 45 Omar Al-Bashir Sudan -3.3247 46 Francois Hollande France -3.6030 47 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka -3.6127 48 Nicolas Maduro Venezuela -3.8064 49 Viktor Yanukovych Ukraine -3.9530 50 Yoweri Museveni Uganda -4.0570 51 Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast -4.2425 52 Rafael Correa Ecuador -4.2464 53 Bashar Al-Assad Syria -4.4234 54 Enrique Pena Nieto Mexico -4.6695 55 Amama Mbabazi Uganda -4.9081 56 Benjamin Netanyahu Israel -5.3517
57 Pierre Nkurunziza Burundi -5.8056
World Leaders Index Timelines The table below shows a timeline of the last 90 days of the average emotional context of global news media coverage of each leader. Rank Name Country Timeline 1 Andrus Ansip Estonia 2 Pranab Mukherjee India 3 Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh 4 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia 5 Hage Geingob Namibia 6 Raul Castro Cuba 7 Hassanal Bolkiah Brunei
8 Juan Carlos Spain 9 Li Keqiang China 10 Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan 11 Stephen Harper Canada 12 Mariano Rajoy Spain 13 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia 14 Juan Manuel Santos Colombia 15 Enda Kenny Republic of Ireland
16 Barack Obama United States 17 Michel Martelly Haiti 18 Ali Khamenei Iran 19 John Dramani Mahama Ghana 20 Hun Sen Cambodia 21 Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria 22 Michelle Bachelet Chile 23 Hamid Karzai Afghanistan
24 Tony Abbott Australia 25 Dmitry Medvedev Russia 26 Jacob Zuma South Africa 27 Mahmoud Abbas State of Palestine 28 Hassan Rouhani Iran 29 David Cameron United Kingdom 30 Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria 31 Benigno Aquino Philippines
32 Angela Merkel Germany 33 Vladimir Putin Russia 34 Evo Morales Bolivia 35 Shinzo Abe Japan 36 Paul Biya Cameroon 37 Paul Kagame Rwanda 38 Bohuslav Sobotka Czech Republic 39 Mark Rutte Kingdom of the Netherlands
40 Najib Razak Malaysia 41 Tayyip Erdogan Turkey 42 Dilma Rousseff Brazil 43 Viktor Orban Hungary 44 Nawaz Sharif Pakistan 45 Omar Al-Bashir Sudan 46 Francois Hollande France 47 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka
48 Nicolas Maduro Venezuela 49 Viktor Yanukovych Ukraine 50 Yoweri Museveni Uganda 51 Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast 52 Rafael Correa Ecuador 53 Bashar Al-Assad Syria 54 Enrique Pena Nieto Mexico 55 Amama Mbabazi Uganda
56 Benjamin Netanyahu Israel 57 Pierre Nkurunziza Burundi