Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets 70 per cent global approval; 12 world leaders behind

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the highest approval rating of thirteen global leaders, according to a survey conducted by Morning Consult. The Prime Minister’s score is 70 per cent polled.

In a revised survey on September 2, U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jor Borzona are in attendance.

In the last two months, Prime Minister Modi’s approval rating has also risen to 66% in June. This was the highest on the list.

Below is Prime Minister Modi’s approval rating compared to global leaders:

Narendra Modi: 70%

Lopez Obrador: 64%

Mario Draghi: 63%

Angela Merkel: 52%

Joe Biden: 48%

Scott Morrison: 48%

Justin Trudeau: 45%

Boris Johnson: 41%

Jair Borsonaro: 39%

Moon Jae-in: 38%

Pedro Sanchez: 35%

Emmanuel Macron: 34%

Yoshihide Suga: 25%

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Modi: 70%
López Obrador: 64%
Draghi: 63%
Merkel: 52%
Biden: 48%
Morrison: 48%
Trudeau: 45%
Johnson: 41%
Bolsonaro: 39%
Moon: 38%
Sánchez: 35%
Macron: 34%
Suga: 25%

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— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) September 4, 2021

Modi’s dissent rating also dropped to 25 per cent. This is one of the lowest on the list.

According to the Morning Consult’s graph, Prime Minister Modi’s disapproval rating peaked in May 2021 when the second wave of Kovid hit the country hard. Despite the threats of a third wave of epidemics, the PM’s dissent rating has dropped as the Kovid situation in the country continues to improve.

After the outbreak of the Kovid 19 pandemic in India, Prime Minister Modi’s approval rating in May 2020 was 84 per cent.

To compile this list, Morning Consult sampled approximately 2,126 online interviews for data collection in India.

World leaders in June (second place) were: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (65%), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (63%), Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (54%) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (53%). US President Joe Biden (53%), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (48%), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (44%), South Korean President Moon Jae-in (37%), Spanish-Spanish Pedro Sanchez (36%) and Brazilian President Jair Bolzoni (35%), French President Emmanuel Macron (35%) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (29%).