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Top 10 political leaders with highest approval ratings in 2025: PM Modi or President Trump—who leads globally?

Political leaders with the highest approval ratings in 2025: Notably, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum, and America's Donald Trump, are among the top 10 most favoured leaders globally.

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3 min readMar 30, 2026 07:41 AM IST First published on: Feb 3, 2025 at 05:30 PM IST

Political leaders with the highest approval ratings in 2025: Last year, half of the world’s population participated in elections, resulting in changes of power in some countries while others chose continuity over change.

It is noteworthy that recently elected or re-elected leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, and America’s Donald Trump, are among the most favoured leaders, according to Morning Consult, which offers insights into the political atmosphere across different countries.

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Modi was re-elected for a third term as India’s prime minister in May 2024, and Sheinbaum became Mexico’s (and North America’s) first woman president in October, while Trump was recently sworn in as the US president for his second term.

Below is a list of the top ten most prominent global political leaders as of January 2025, along with their current approval ratings based on data collected from January 21 to January 27, 2025.

The world’s top 10 leaders with the Highest Approval Ratings, as of January 2025:

Rank	Leader Name	Designation	Approve (%)	Disapprove (%)	No Opinion (%)
1	Narendra Modi	Prime Minister of India	75	19	6
2	Claudia Sheinbaum	President of Mexico	66	26	7
3	Javier Milei	President of Argentina	65	30	5
4	Karin Keller-Sutter	President of Switzerland	56	20	24
5	Donald Trump	President of the United States	52	38	10
6	Anthony Albanese	Prime Minister of Australia	46	42	11
7	Dick Schoof	Prime Minister of the Netherlands	42	39	19
8	Donald Tusk	Prime Minister of Poland	42	47	11
9	Giorgia Meloni	Prime Minister of Italy	42	51	7
10	Ulf Kristersson	Prime Minister of Sweden	38	51	11

Source: Morning Consult

Note and Methodology: Morning Consult’s latest approval rankings, updated on January 27, 2025, are derived from data collected between January 21 and January 27, 2025. These rankings are based on a trailing seven-day simple moving average of views among adults in each surveyed country.

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, leads globally in early 2025:

Notably, consistently ranking as the most renowned leader globally in 2024, India’s three-time Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again emerged as the most popular global leader with 75 per cent approval ratings in January 2025.

Least popular global political leaders, as of January 2025:

Yoon Suk Yeol (left), Emmanuel Macron (center), and Petr Fiala (right)

Yoon Suk Yeol (left), Emmanuel Macron (centre), and Petr Fiala (right)

Conversely, among the least popular leaders is Yoon Suk Yeol, the suspended president of South Korea, who is currently in detention facing charges related to insurrection and abuse of power.

French President Emmanuel Macron has also seen his approval ratings decline drastically, with three-quarters of the population expressing disapproval, particularly after his controversial call for snap elections in 2024.

Additionally, Petr Fiala, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, faces significant unpopularity due to his government’s difficulties in addressing economic concerns and for not adhering to his promise to refrain from raising taxes.

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