, Feb. 29 -- Brand Finance publishes the Global Soft Power Index based on a survey of more than 170,000 respondents from over 100 countries to gather data on global perceptions of all 193 member states of the United Nations. Thanks to the scope of the survey, the Index is the world's most comprehensive study on perceptions of nation brands, providing an in-depth analysis of the evolving status of soft power as nations navigate significant global changes and challenges.

Soft power is defined as a nation's ability to influence the preferences and behaviours of various actors in the international arena (states,corporations, communities, publics, etc.) through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion.

Each nation is scored across 55 d...