Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 71 per cent of India’s adult population, according to a US-based global leader approval tracker Morning Consult.
Among the 13 leaders surveyed by the research firm, PM Modi tops the list with 71 per cent, followed by Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador (66 per cent), Italy’s Mario Draghi (60 per cent) and Japan’s Fumio Kishida (48 per cent).
PM Modi also happens to have the lowest disapproval rating at 21 per cent.
US President Joe Biden and Canada’s Justin Trudeau got an approval rating of 43 per cent each and were placed at sixth and seventh spot, respectively. British PM Boris Johnson, embroiled in the ‘partygate’ scandal, ranked the lowest among the leaders surveyed with 26 per cent approval rating.
In the last two years, PM Modi’s approval rating touched a high of 84 per cent on May 2, 2020. His approval rating was at the lowest on May 7, 2021 with 63 per cent when the second wave of coronavirus was at its peak in the country.
