Politics
Charted: The Approval Ratings of World Leaders in 2024
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The Approval Ratings of World Leaders in 2024
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What are the approval ratings of world leaders in 2024? Morning Consult set out to answer the question, surveying people from 15 major countries around the world.
Figures in the dataset are rounded for simplicity. Data was collected from December 13, 2023 to January 2, 2024. Approval ratings are based on a seven-day moving average of adult residents in each country, with sample sizes varying by country.
Which World Leader has the Highest Approval Rating?
As of January 2024, India’s Narendra Modi has the highest percentage of domestic approval, with over two-thirds of Indians approving of his performance.
This is no recent development, as Modi’s popularity has been consistently high for years now.
| Leader | Country | Approve | Don't know / No opinion | Disapprove |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi | 🇮🇳 India | 77% | 5% | 17% |
| Andrés Manuel López Obrador | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 64% | 5% | 30% |
| Alain Berset | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 57% | 9% | 34% |
| Donald Tusk | 🇵🇱 Poland | 50% | 9% | 41% |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 47% | 10% | 43% |
| Anthony Albanese | 🇦🇺 Australia | 45% | 12% | 43% |
| Giorgia Meloni | 🇮🇹 Italy | 44% | 7% | 50% |
| Pedro Sánchez | 🇪🇸 Spain | 38% | 4% | 58% |
| Joe Biden | 🇺🇸 United States | 37% | 8% | 55% |
| Justin Trudeau | 🇨🇦 Canada | 35% | 5% | 60% |
| Ulf Kristersson | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 33% | 11% | 56% |
| Rishi Sunak | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 27% | 9% | 63% |
| Emmanuel Macron | 🇫🇷 France | 24% | 7% | 68% |
| Yook Seok-youl | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 20% | 9% | 71% |
| Olaf Scholz | 🇩🇪 Germany | 20% | 5% | 76% |
There were six total world leaders that had the plurality of respondents approve of their performance, including Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. One of the newest leaders, Poland’s Donald Tusk, also came in strong with 50% approval.
Eight countries had heads of state or government with disapproval ratings above 50%, including U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.
Germany’s Olaf Scholz also finds himself on the low end of the list. Scholz—who succeeded Angela Merkel in 2021—hit a record low in polling at the end of 2023 with 20% approval, tied only with South Korea’s Yook Seok-youl.
And according to Morning Consult, they weren’t the world leaders with the lowest approval ratings. The full dataset of 21 countries shows that the leaders of Japan and the Czech Republic had lower total approval ratings as of the start of 2024.
China
Which Countries Have the Most Economic Influence in Southeast Asia?
One country dominates this survey of who has the most economic influence in the region.
Countries With the Most Economic Influence in Southeast Asia
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This chart visualizes the results of a 2024 survey conducted by the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Nearly 2,000 respondents from 10 countries were asked to select which country/region they believe has the most influential economic power in Southeast Asia.
The countries surveyed are all member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a political and economic union of 10 countries in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia Perceptions: Who’s Got Economic Influence?
Across all ASEAN nations, China is regarded as the region’s most influential economic power.
Laos and Thailand had the highest share of respondents picking China, at 78% and 71% respectively. As the report points out, China is Laos’ largest foreign investor as well as its top export market.
| Country | 🇨🇳 China | 🌏 ASEAN | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 64% | 18% | 8% |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 60% | 11% | 20% |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 54% | 28% | 8% |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 78% | 8% | 8% |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 67% | 17% | 9% |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 60% | 7% | 20% |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 31% | 26% | 28% |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 60% | 15% | 21% |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 71% | 9% | 11% |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 53% | 29% | 11% |
Note: Percentages are rounded.
Other ASEAN countries usually score highly as well, along with the United States.
It’s only in the Philippines, where China (31%), the U.S. (28%) and ASEAN (26%) were perceived as having a similar amount of influence.
ASEAN, Japan, and the EU
Filipinos also rated Japan’s economic influence the highest (9%) compared to those surveyed in other ASEAN countries. In 2023, the Southeast Asian bloc celebrated 50 years of friendship with Japan, marking it as one of their most important “dialogue partners.”
| Country | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇪🇺 EU | 🌐 Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 3% | 1% | 7% |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 5% | 1% | 3% |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 4% | 0% | 2% |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 6% | 6% | 2% |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Note: Percentages are rounded. Other countries include: Australia, South Korea, India, and the UK.
The EU also received single-percentage responses, its highest share coming from Myanmar (6%), Cambodia (5%), and Laos (4%).
Finally, the report contrasted China’s robust economic influence with concerns about its growing impact in the region. Respondents from Vietnam (88%), Myanmar (88%), and Thailand (80%) had the highest levels of concern, despite their countries’ strong trade ties with China.
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