Most Positive Countries
From Daily Positive
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The inaugural event to reveal the list of World’s Most Positive Countries recognizes countries around the globe with most positive initiatives and actions. Daily Positive (D+), an iconic wiki project that accumulates, stores, and publishes positive news from all the countries of the world, introduces this list of countries with the top 10 highest positivity index.
Top 10 World’s Most Positive Countries 2011 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
| Country Name | Total Score |
| Australia | 4053 |
| United States of America | 2463 |
| England | 2389 |
| China | 1515 |
| Germany | 1173 |
| Japan | 1141 |
| France | 1001 |
| Canada | 965 |
| New Zealand | 864 |
| India | 852 |
Congratulation to the winners and for more visit World’s Most Positive Countries 2011 Press Release.
The presentation ceremony will take place in Melbourne on 25 November 2011 and will be hosted by D+. It is expected that the audience will feature country representatives, academics, industry representatives, researchers, students, D+ fans and volunteers.
Programs and Important Dates
Announcement of the World's Most Positive Countries: 1 November 2011
Presentation Ceremony: 25 November 2011 at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Welcome and Introductory Speech
- Founder Presentation
- Closing Speech and Refreshment
Press Release
November 01, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Australia is the most positive country in the world! Daily Positive (D+), a non-profit wiki-based project, has revealed today the list of World’s Most Positive Countries in 2011. The homeland of Kangaroos and Wallabies has topped the list, with the United States of America and England securing the second and third positions respectively.
The list of world’s 10 most positive countries 2011 is the first of its kind to recognize the positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Each country was assigned a score and ranked based on a number of factors, including ratings from external experts panel, global D+ volunteers/journalists, D+ social media fan, and weighted rating based on the most number of positive entries and visitors to each country page on D+.
Top 10 World’s Most Positive Countries 2011 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
| Country Name | Total Score |
| Australia | 4053 |
| United States of America | 2463 |
| England | 2389 |
| China | 1515 |
| Germany | 1173 |
| Japan | 1141 |
| France | 1001 |
| Canada | 965 |
| New Zealand | 864 |
| India | 852 |
Australia clinched the title of the world’s most positive country in the global poll of over two thousand participants from all over the world. Approximately 25% of the voters quoted Australia as the top most positive country. In the global poll Australia was highly praised as one of the rare developed nation which avoided the recent global financial recession with minimal concern.
Apart from that Australian page on D+ was the most visited page in 2011. Also Australian, Japanese and the Americans were the top three nations who visited D+ the most in search of positivity.
The United States of America ranked 2nd in the global poll, however, the United States page on D+ had the most positive news entries than others.
England, France and Germany were seen as of the new global leaders, overtaking the United States in the face of the recent Arab uprising and European financial crisis.
Japan, China and India made it to the list for their respective positive achievements and actions. Japan was recognized for overcoming one of the worst nuclear fall-outs in history and still remained dignified, China made it - even being in the midst of all kinds of negative news related to human rights - because Chinese has shown the positive hardworking spirit to the world community and India was recognized for overcoming the stigma of being one of the poorest nations.
Finally, Canada and New Zealand were recognized as silent achievers.
Apart from the winners there are many notable points that came out of the world’s most positive countries 2011 initiative, such as, Libyan revolution was considered as positive amidst concern about the future, Brazil’s determination to come out of the shell of third world countries was considered commendable and Zambia was hailed for undertaking successful election to ensure the smooth transition of power from the incumbent to a candidate from opposition camp.
For more information on the World’s Most Positive Countries 2011 initiative visit http://www.dailypositive.org/Most_Positive_Countries
About Positivity Index
The D+’s Positivity Index quantifies positive achievements, initiatives and actions accomplished by each country of the world. Each country is assigned a score based on the following factors:
- External expert panel rating.
- Internal D+ volunteer-journalist panel rating.
- D+ social media fan rating.
- Higher rating for most visited country pages on D+.
- Higher rating for most visitors (from each country) on D+ in search of positivity.
- Country page with most number of positive news where current news weighted higher than historical news.
- Higher rating for equal distribution of positive news throughout the year.
The final scores is calculated from individual score of each of the above mentioned factors to provide an overall rating of 1-10, 1 is considered the most positive country and 10 is considered tenth most positive country. For more information and detail explanation of each of the above mentioned factors feel free to email us at info@dailypositive.org.
