Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
While Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service, view of India has fallen sharply around the globe over the last year, according to BBC.
The poll was conducted for the BBC by GlobeScan and Pipa, who conducted face-to-face and telephone interviews with randomly selected people, mainly in urban centres, in 25 countries around the globe, it says.
Let's have a look and see where India and other countries rank in global popularity.
Source: BBC
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Life-size 'Barbie Dreamhouse' of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin, Germany.Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Germany
Mainly positive view of the country: 59 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 15 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 3 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: -1 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 1
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Snowboarders ride a chair lift during night skiing on Grouse Mountain with the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, down below in Canada.Photographs: Andy Clark/Reuters
Canada
Mainly positive view of the country: 55 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 13 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 2 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: -1 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 2
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of Piccadilly Circus in central London, United Kingdom.Photographs: Olivia Harris/Reuters
The United Kingdom
Mainly positive view of the country: 55 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 18 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 4 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: -2 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 3
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Visitors look at landscaped fields of Shibazakura flowers at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, in Japan.Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters
Japan
Mainly positive view of the country: 51 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 27 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -7 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 6 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 4
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of the Justice Hall in Paris, France.Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
France
Mainly positive view of the country: 49 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 21 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: -1 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 5
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium.Photographs: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters
The European Union
Mainly positive view of the country: 49 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 24 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: -1 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 6
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.Photographs: Andy Clark/Reuters
The United States
Mainly positive view of the country: 45 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 34 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -2 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 1 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 7
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of Yintai Centre, left, and China World Trade Centre Tower III, right, in Beijing's central business district, China.Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
China
Mainly positive view of the country: 42 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 39 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -8 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 8 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 8
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: People exit a subway station in the Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea.Photographs: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
South Korea
Mainly positive view of the country: 36 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 31 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 4 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 9
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of Saint Georges Street in Simon's Town, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.Photographs: Steve James/Reuters
South Africa
Mainly positive view of the country: 35 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 30 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -2 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 5 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 10
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Tourists carry earthen pitchers on their heads as they participate in the 'Matka Race' competition at Ladera village, near Bikaner city, in Rajasthan.Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
India
Mainly positive view of the country: 34 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 35 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -6 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 8 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 11
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of Moscow, Russia.Photographs: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
Russia
Mainly positive view of the country: 30 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 40 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 4 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 12
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: Israelis walk on a bridge outside the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv.Photographs: Baz Ratner/Reuters
Israel
Mainly positive view of the country: 21 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 52 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 0 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 2 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 13
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view from the Tower of the Juche Idea in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.Photographs: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
North Korea
Mainly positive view of the country: 19 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 54 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: 0 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 4 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 14
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of the 500-year-old Lahore Fort in Lahore, Pakistan.Photographs: Mohsin Raza/Reuters
Pakistan
Mainly positive view of the country: 15 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 55 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 4 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 15
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India falls in global popularity ranking
Image: A view of residential buildings in north western Tehran, Iran.Photographs: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters
Iran
Mainly positive view of the country: 15 per cent
Mainly negative view of the country: 59 per cent
Change in positive since 2012: -1 per cent
Change in negative since 2012: 4 per cent
Global rank in popularity: 16
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