PM Modi tops global approval rankings, Trump and western leaders trail

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the second-longest serving PM, a global tracker shows rising discontent with western leaders, approval for Donald Trump hits a new low

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the highest approval rating among major world leaders, according to the latest Morning Consult Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker, with 75 per cent of Indian respondents expressing support for his leadership. The ratings are based on data collected from July 4 to July 10, 2025.

 

PM Modi’s approval rating was above some of the most popular world leaders. South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung ranked second with a 59 per cent approval rating, while Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei stood at 57 per cent.

 

Narendra Modi becomes second-longest serving PM

Prime Minister Modi saw the highest approval rating among 25 global leaders listed. His domestic disapproval stood at just 18 per cent, while 7 per cent of respondents had no opinion. This comes as PM Modi completed 4,078 consecutive days in office on July 25, 2025, surpassing Indira Gandhi’s record of 4,077 days between January 1966 and March 1977. This achievement makes him the second-longest serving Prime Minister in a single continuous term, behind only India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

 

 

Donald Trump’s approval hits new low

US President Donald Trump has a 44 per cent approval rating, countered by a significant 50 per cent disapproval. This is higher than his approval rating conducted by a Gallup poll between July 7–21. Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 37 per cent — the lowest of his second term and just above his all-time low of 34 per cent. The decline is sharpest among independents, whose support has plunged 17 points since January to 29 per cent.

 

Though Republican approval of his policy handling ranges from 70 per cent to 93 per cent, support from independents and Democrats is minimal, with no issue crossing 36 per cent approval among independents and none exceeding 12 per cent among Democrats.

  Trump’s second-quarter average approval stands at 40 per cent, well below the 59 per cent post-WWII presidential average. Only Richard Nixon’s 44 per cent during Watergate comes close.

 

Public discontent with western bloc leader

Several leaders from North America and Europe continue to struggle with low domestic approval ratings. UK Labour leader Keir Starmer, currently in his first year in office, faces a challenging public perception, garnering just 26 per cent approval against a 65 per cent disapproval rating. Similarly, French President Emmanuel Macron and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala are at the bottom of the list, tied at a mere 18 per cent approval and a staggering 74 per cent disapproval each.

 

In contrast, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has a stronger showing, with a 56 per cent approval rate despite a 31 per cent disapproval margin. 

Mixed sentiments in Europe

Europe presents a varied picture. While Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk holds a 41 per cent approval rating, other leaders such as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni (40 per cent), Germany’s Friedrich Merz (34 per cent), and Austria’s Christian Stocker (34 per cent) face more tepid support. Their disapproval ratings remain high, ranging between 50 and 58 per cent.

 

The tracker also shows strong domestic discontent in Spain, where Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez holds only 30 per cent approval, with 63 per cent of respondents disapproving of his leadership.

 

Emerging markets and new faces

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s newly-elected president, has received a 53 per cent approval rating in her early days in office, while Switzerland’s Karin Keller-Sutter garnered 48 per cent. Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sees his numbers slip, now standing at 32 per cent approval with 60 per cent disapproving. 

Global leader approval ratings (July 2025, Morning Consult)

Global leader approval ratings
No.	Leader	Country	Approval	Disapproval	No Opinion
1	Narendra Modi	India	75 per cent	18 per cent	7 per cent
2	Lee Jae-myung	South Korea	59 per cent	29 per cent	13 per cent
3	Javier Milei	Argentina	57 per cent	37 per cent	6 per cent
4	Mark Carney	Canada	56 per cent	31 per cent	13 per cent
5	Anthony Albanese	Australia	54 per cent	35 per cent	11 per cent
6	Claudia Sheinbaum	Mexico	53 per cent	40 per cent	7 per cent
7	Karin Keller-Sutter	Switzerland	48 per cent	28 per cent	24 per cent
8	Donald Trump	United States	44 per cent	50 per cent	6 per cent
9	Donald Tusk	Poland	41 per cent	49 per cent	11 per cent
10	Giorgia Meloni	Italy	40 per cent	54 per cent	6 per cent
11	Cyril Ramaphosa	South Africa	37 per cent	54 per cent	10 per cent
12	Bart De Wever	Belgium	36 per cent	50 per cent	14 per cent
13	Friedrich Merz	Germany	34 per cent	58 per cent	8 per cent
14	Christian Stocker	Austria	34 per cent	54 per cent	12 per cent
15	Jonas Gahr Støre	Norway	33 per cent	60 per cent	6 per cent
16	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Turkey	33 per cent	50 per cent	17 per cent
17	Ulf Kristersson	Sweden	33 per cent	58 per cent	9 per cent
18	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Brazil	32 per cent	60 per cent	7 per cent
19	Dick Schoof	Netherlands	32 per cent	50 per cent	18 per cent
20	Pedro Sánchez	Spain	30 per cent	63 per cent	6 per cent
21	Keir Starmer	United Kingdom	26 per cent	65 per cent	10 per cent
22	Shigeru Ishiba	Japan	20 per cent	66 per cent	15 per cent
23	Emmanuel Macron	France	18 per cent	74 per cent	8 per cent
24	Petr Fiala	Czech Republic	18 per cent	74 per cent	9 per cent