The Philippines placed 46th out of 85 countries with an overall score of 23.1 out of possible 100 in the latest annual Best Countries report by Washington, D.C.-based digital media company U.S. News and World Report. READ:
. The rankings are based on how global perceptions define countries in terms of a number of qualitative characteristics — impressions that have the potential to drive trade, travel, and investment, and directly affect national economies.
The more a country was perceived to exemplify a certain characteristic in relation to the average, the higher that country’s attribute score. In the East and Southeast Asia region, the Philippines placed ahead of Vietnam , Cambodia , and Myanmar .
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