JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Roy Howie

JavaScript

var data = [
    {"destination_country_name": "Everywhere Else"},
    {"destination_country_name": "United Kingdom"},
    {"destination_country_name": "United States"},
    {"destination_country_name": "Ireland"},
    {"destination_country_name": "France"},
    {"destination_country_name": "Spain"}     ];
//removed the other elements just to make the example cleaner
var keep = ["Everywhere Else", "Ireland", "United Kingdom", "United States"]
  , top = [];
for (var i = 0; i < keep.length; i++) {
    var index = function () {
        for (var j = 0; j < data.length; j++){
            if (data[j].destination_country_name == keep[i])
                return data[j];
        }
    }
    if (index > -1){
        top.push(data[index]);
        data.splice(index, 1);
    }
}
data.sort(function (a, b) {
    if (a.destination_country_name > b.destination_country_name)
        return 1;
    if (a.destination_country_name < b.destination_country_name)
        return -1;
    return 0;
})

var sorted = top.concat(data),
    extra = sorted.shift();
    sorted.push(extra);
    
console.log(sorted);