Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 77%, according to a US-based global leader approval tracker – Morning Consult. Among the list of 13 leaders, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador was placed second with an approval rating of 63%, followed by Italy's Mario Draghi (54%) and Japan's Fumio Kishida (42% ). PM Modi had the lowest disapproval ratings among all the leaders at 17%.
The agency currently tracks the approval ratings of government leaders in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
US President Joe Biden had an approval rating of 41% while UK PM Boris Johnson had the lowest approval rating of 33%. French President Emmanuel Macron had a disapproval rating of 52%, South Korean President Moon Jae-in 54%, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison 53% and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau 52%.
The latest approval ratings are based on data collected from March 9-15, 2022. On May 2-3, 2020, PM Modi's approval rating was at an all-time high of 84%.
In the United States, the average sample size is around 45,000. In the other countries, the sample size ranges from roughly 3,000-5,000, according to Morning Consult. It said that all interviews are conducted online among nationally representative samples of adults.
In India, the sample is representative of the literate population. The company said that surveys are weighted in each country by age, gender, region and, in certain countries, education breakdowns based on official government sources.
