Once more, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outperformed other leaders, such as his American colleague Joe Biden, to claim the title of “most popular” leader in the world. The Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took the second place in the Morning Consult survey, which was conducted to map the decisions of modern leaders. PM Modi came in first place with a 76% approval rating.
The following are the top ten most popular world leaders:
| Narendra Modi (India) | 76% |
| Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) | 61% |
| Anthony Albanese (Australia) | 55% |
| Alain Berset (Switzerland) | 53% |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil) | 49% |
| Giorgia Meloni (Italy) | 49% |
| Joe Biden (United States) | 41% |
| Alexander De Croo (Belgium) | 39% |
| Justin Trudeau (Canada) | 39% |
| Pedro Sánchez (Spain) | 38% |
“The most recent approval ratings are based on information gathered between March 22 and March 28, 2023. According to the website, approval ratings are based on a seven-day moving average of adult citizens in each nation, with sample sizes differing by nation. With a 78% approval rating in its most recent poll, which the organisation released on March 5, PM Modi maintained his leadership position.
On its website, Morning Consult, which specialises in providing real-time polling data on political campaigns, elected people, and voting topics, published the list on Sunday. The company claimed to conduct 20,000 interviews per day across the globe. The seven-day moving average of all adults in a particular country is the basis for the global leader and country trajectory data. The typical sample size in the US is in the range of 45,000. The sample size in the other nations ranges from around 500 to 5,000, according to the report.
These online interviews are conducted with representative groups of adults from a certain nation. Morning Consult said, “For India, the sample is indicative of the literate population.
