Is there added benefit to having a link profile with backlinks from other countries?

[DA2013]

I haven't been able to find any articles to back this up, but I remember hearing that having backlinks from diverse geographic locations is a positive ranking factor.

Thanks!

[irvingw]

If you're a global site yes, if local then they probably don't hold as much weight but still count.

If you have a french section of your site and have links from .fr domains that's a good indicating factor as one of many factors.