The overall country grades for 2015 are below, from highest to lowest and then in alphabetical order:
Korea: A
United States: A
The Netherlands: A-
Taiwan: A-
United Kingdom: B+
Sweden: B
Australia: B-
Denmark: B-
Finland: B-
Norway: B-
Switzerland: B-
Canada: C+
Germany: C+
India: C+
New Zealand: C+
Thailand: C+
Belgium: C
France: C
Hong Kong: C
Singapore: C
South Africa: C
Spain: C
Italy: C-
Japan: C-
*China: D+
New this year, Morningstar incorporated the World Press Freedom Index in its assessment of media for the 'Sales and Media' category. Reporters Without Borders, an international nonprofit organization, publishes the index annually to measure the freedom of information in 180 countries. Morningstar also added a quantitative analysis about the frequency of portfolio reporting in the 'Disclosure' category, and included a first-time review of the fund investor experience in Finland.