CBI Releases 2012-13 Index

The Country Brand Index has been released for the eighth year.

CBI grades countries in various categories, each year, and then releases them in a ranked system.

For 2012-13, the United States will be listed eighth, dropping two spots.

The only category in which the US leads the world, is night life.

Switzerland and Canada switched first and second place, with Switzerland leading in the most categories.

Despite leading many of the other categories, Sweden came in fourth, behind Japan.

New Zealand, Australia, and Germany all finished ahead of the US, with Finland and Norway closing the top ten.