GDELT World Leaders Index: 2/5/2016
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) (http://gdeltproject.org/) 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.
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Rank (Most to Least Popular)
Name
Andrus Ansip
Pranab Mukherjee
Sheikh Hasina
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Hage Geingob
Raul Castro
Hassanal Bolkiah
Juan Carlos
Country
Estonia
India
Bangladesh
Liberia
Namibia
Cuba
Brunei
Spain
Average Tone
1.4624
0.3983
0.3303
0.0359
-0.0708
-0.0903
-0.1294
-0.5878
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Li Keqiang
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Stephen Harper
Mariano Rajoy
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Juan Manuel Santos
Enda Kenny
Barack Obama
Michel Martelly
Ali Khamenei
John Dramani Mahama
Hun Sen
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Michelle Bachelet
Hamid Karzai
Tony Abbott
Dmitry Medvedev
Jacob Zuma
Mahmoud Abbas
Hassan Rouhani
David Cameron
Goodluck Jonathan
Benigno Aquino
China
Kazakhstan
Canada
Spain
Indonesia
Colombia
Republic of Ireland
United States
Haiti
Iran
Ghana
Cambodia
Algeria
Chile
Afghanistan
Australia
Russia
South Africa
State of Palestine
Iran
United Kingdom
Nigeria
Philippines
-0.8229
-0.9462
-1.0458
-1.0593
-1.2099
-1.2886
-1.3034
-1.3096
-1.3156
-1.3190
-1.4617
-1.5853
-1.6159
-1.6197
-1.6618
-1.7324
-1.7406
-1.7843
-1.8149
-1.8326
-1.9798
-2.0585
-2.0834
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Angela Merkel
Vladimir Putin
Evo Morales
Germany
Russia
Bolivia
-2.1399
-2.3544
-2.3739
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Shinzo Abe
Paul Biya
Japan
Cameroon
-2.4569
-2.4704
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Paul Kagame
Bohuslav Sobotka
Rwanda
Czech Republic
-2.6501
-2.6653
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Mark Rutte
Najib Razak
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Malaysia
-2.7039
-2.9484
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Tayyip Erdogan
Dilma Rousseff
Turkey
Brazil
-3.0819
-3.0949
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Viktor Orban
Nawaz Sharif
Hungary
Pakistan
-3.1551
-3.2828
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Omar Al-Bashir
Francois Hollande
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sudan
France
Sri Lanka
-3.3247
-3.6030
-3.6127
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Nicolas Maduro
Viktor Yanukovych
Venezuela
Ukraine
-3.8064
-3.9530
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Yoweri Museveni
Alassane Ouattara
Uganda
Ivory Coast
-4.0570
-4.2425
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Rafael Correa
Bashar Al-Assad
Ecuador
Syria
-4.2464
-4.4234
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Enrique Pena Nieto
Amama Mbabazi
Mexico
Uganda
-4.6695
-4.9081
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel
-5.3517
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Pierre Nkurunziza
Burundi
-5.8056
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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
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Andrus Ansip
Estonia
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Pranab Mukherjee
India
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Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia
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Hage Geingob
Namibia
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Raul Castro
Cuba
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Hassanal Bolkiah
Brunei
Timeline
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Juan Carlos
Spain
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Li Keqiang
China
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Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan
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Stephen Harper
Canada
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Mariano Rajoy
Spain
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia
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Juan Manuel Santos
Colombia
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Enda Kenny
Republic of Ireland
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Barack Obama
United States
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Michel Martelly
Haiti
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Ali Khamenei
Iran
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John Dramani Mahama
Ghana
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Hun Sen
Cambodia
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria
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Michelle Bachelet
Chile
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Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
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Tony Abbott
Australia
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Dmitry Medvedev
Russia
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Jacob Zuma
South Africa
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Mahmoud Abbas
State of Palestine
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Hassan Rouhani
Iran
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David Cameron
United Kingdom
30
Goodluck Jonathan
Nigeria
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Benigno Aquino
Philippines
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Angela Merkel
Germany
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Vladimir Putin
Russia
34
Evo Morales
Bolivia
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Shinzo Abe
Japan
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Paul Biya
Cameroon
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Paul Kagame
Rwanda
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Bohuslav Sobotka
Czech Republic
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Mark Rutte
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Najib Razak
Malaysia
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Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey
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Dilma Rousseff
Brazil
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Viktor Orban
Hungary
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Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan
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Omar Al-Bashir
Sudan
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Francois Hollande
France
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Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka
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Nicolas Maduro
Venezuela
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Viktor Yanukovych
Ukraine
50
Yoweri Museveni
Uganda
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Alassane Ouattara
Ivory Coast
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Rafael Correa
Ecuador
53
Bashar Al-Assad
Syria
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Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexico
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Amama Mbabazi
Uganda
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel
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Pierre Nkurunziza
Burundi
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