How the World Rates its Leaders in July 2025
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Key Takeaways
- Narendra Modi (India): Enjoys high approval due to strong economic performance, consistent leadership, and growing global influence following his 2024 re-election.
- Donald Trump (U.S.): Majority disapproval stems from economic turbulence, controversial policy reversals, and waning trust over scandal handling.
Public opinion of national leaders can offer insight into the political pulse of a country.
Every month, we’ll be visualizing global polling data tracking how citizens perceive their heads of government. In this month’s edition, we compare world leader approval ratings for 24 countries as of July 2025.
Data & Discussion
The data for this visualization comes from Morning Consult. It tracks world leader approval ratings based on public polling data across respective countries.
Ratings were collected from July 4-10, 2025, and reflect a trailing seven-day simple moving average of views among adults surveyed.
| Leader | Country | Approve (%) | Don’t know/ No opinion (%) |
Disapprove (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi |  India |
75 | 7 | 18 |
| Lee Jae-myung |  South Korea |
59 | 13 | 29 |
| Javier Milei |  Argentina |
57 | 6 | 37 |
| Mark Carney |  Canada |
56 | 13 | 31 |
| Anthony Albanese |  Australia |
54 | 11 | 35 |
| Claudia Sheinbaum |  Mexico |
53 | 7 | 40 |
| Karin Keller-Sutter |  Switzerland |
48 | 24 | 28 |
| Donald Trump |  United States |
44 | 6 | 50 |
| Donald Tusk |  Poland |
41 | 11 | 49 |
| Giorgia Meloni |  Italy |
40 | 6 | 54 |
| Cyril Ramaphosa |  South Africa |
37 | 10 | 54 |
| Bart de Wever |  Belgium |
36 | 14 | 50 |
| Friedrich Merz |  Germany |
34 | 8 | 58 |
| Christian Stocker |  Austria |
34 | 12 | 54 |
| Jonas Gahr Støre |  Norway |
33 | 6 | 60 |
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |  Turkey |
33 | 17 | 50 |
| Ulf Kristersson |  Sweden |
33 | 9 | 58 |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |  Brazil |
32 | 7 | 60 |
| Dick Schoof |  Netherlands |
32 | 18 | 50 |
| Pedro Sánchez |  Spain |
30 | 6 | 63 |
| Keir Starmer |  United Kingdom |
26 | 10 | 65 |
| Shigeru Ishiba |  Japan |
20 | 15 | 66 |
| Emmanuel Macron |  France |
18 | 8 | 74 |
| Petr Fiala |  Czech Republic |
18 | 8 | 74 |
Modi Maintains Dominance
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes out on top with a remarkable 75% approval rating. His recent re-election in 2024 reaffirmed domestic confidence, buoyed by strong economic indicators and assertive foreign policy.
Only 18% of Indians disapprove of his leadership, reflecting sustained popularity over a decade in power (Modi’s premiership began on May 26, 2014).
Polarizing Leaders
In contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump holds 44% approval, with a 50% disapproval rate. Since returning to office in 2024, he has faced criticism over economic volatility and divisive policy shifts.
Even worse off is French President Emmanuel Macron, posting one of the lowest ratings at 18% approval and 74% disapproval. This is likely tied to ongoing labor unrest and unpopular pension reforms.
The Czech Republic’s Prime Minister, Petr Fiala, shares similar ratings as Macron. In June, his government survived a no-confidence vote triggered by a bitcoin donation scandal which saw Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resign.
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