Australia crowned the World’s Most Positive Country for 2017, for the second time ever in half a decade, according to the annual global index published by Daily Positive (D+), a unique online media organization from Australia for positive news.
The annual list of top ten most positive countries is compiled based on a positivity index comprised of a global expert panel rating, a D+ journalists rating, a global web poll and the number of positive news entries in 2017 on the D+ website.
The top 10 World’s Most Positive Countries for 2017 along with respective ranking points are as follows:
| Country | Points |
| Australia | 501 |
| Canada | 489 |
| Switzerland | 480 |
| China | 472 |
| France | 461 |
| Germany | 454 |
| Denmark | 442 |
| England | 434 |
| Netherlands | 428 |
| USA | 418 |
Apart from this overall list of 10 most positive countries, for the third time, D+ also published a list of regional positive countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The regional winners were selected based on the same criteria used to select the overall winners but from a specific region outside of the top ten in the list.
| Country | Region |
| Nigeria | Africa |
| Bangladesh | Asia |
| Norway | Europe |
| Cuba | North America |
| Colombia | South America |
A keynote speech from Natalia Stoyanova-Perron, Project Manager and freelance journalist from Bulgaria, marked the presentation on the World's Most Positive Countries 2017 in Melbourne.
