Presidential Popularity: Trump's approval rating was higher than most world leaders when he took office
How does Trump shape up against other leaders?
Donald Trump might appear to be broadly unpopular in America, but he still has a better approval rating than most other world leaders according to a recent survey from Morning Consult.
A new poll shows he’s more popular than most
Published in late January 2025, the polling from Morning Consult listed the popularity of 24 world leaders one month into the new year and just days after Trump took office. You might find the results interesting since Donald Trump was far from the least popular person on the list.
A note on the data
Morning Consult noted that its data was gathered on each leader from citizens in their countries between January 17th and January 27th. Let’s look at the numbers and who was ranked last on this list of world leaders.
Narendra Modi — India
Approval: 75%
No Opinion: 6%
Disapproval: 19%
Claudia Sheinbaum — Mexico
Approval: 66%
No Opinion: 7%
Disapproval: 19%
Javier Milei — Argentina
Approval: 65%
No Opinion: 5%
Disapproval: 30%
Karin Keller-Sutter — Switzerland
Approval: 56%
No Opinion: 24%
Disapproval: 20%
Donald Trump — USA
Approval: 52%
No Opinion: 10%
Disapproval: 38%
Anthony Albanese — Australia
Approval: 46%
No Opinion: 11%
Disapproval: 42%
Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria Schoof — Netherlands
Approval: 42%
No Opinion: 19%
Disapproval: 39%
Donald Tusk — Poland
Approval: 42%
No Opinion: 11%
Disapproval: 47%
Giorgia Meloni — Italy
Approval: 42%
No Opinion: 7%
Disapproval: 51%
Ulf Kristersson — Sweden
Approval: 38%
No Opinion: 11%
Disapproval: 51%
Cyril Ramaphosa — South Africa
Approval: 37%
No Opinion: 9%
Disapproval: 54%
Alexander De Croo — Belgium
Approval: 35%
No Opinion: 22%
Disapproval: 43%
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — Türkiye
Approval: 33%
No Opinion: 11%
Disapproval: 56%
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva — Brazil
Approval: 33%
No Opinion: 8%
Disapproval: 59%
Pedro Sanchez — Spain
Approval: 33%
No Opinion: 5%
Disapproval: 62%
Jonas Gahr Støre — Norway
Approval: 30%
No Opinion: 9%
Disapproval: 60%
Keir Starmer — UK
Approval: 27%
No Opinion: 11%
Disapproval: 61%
Shigeru Ishiba — Japan
Approval: 25%
No Opinion: 21%
Disapproval: 54%
Karl Nehammer —Asutria
Approval: 24%
No Opinion: 9%
Disapproval: 67%
Justin Trudeau — Canada
Approval: 22%
No Opinion: 7%
Disapproval: 75%
Olaf Scholz — Germany
Approval: 20%
No Opinion: 6%
Disapproval: 74%
Emmanuel Macron — France
Approval: 18%
No Opinion: 7%
Disapproval: 75%
Yoon Suk-Yeol — South Korea
Approval: 17%
No Opinion: 8%
Disapproval: 75%
Petr Fiala — Czech Republic
Approval: 16%
No Opinion: 7%
Disapproval: 77%
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