Survey Finds PM Modi To Be World’s Most Popular Leader For Third Time

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi topped the list of most popular world leaders for the third time in a row.

According to the Morning Consult Survey, the Indian PM had an approval rating of 75 per cent, and is followed by Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador (63 per cent) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (54 per cent).

The 2022 list features 22 world leaders from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the United States.

US President Joe Biden is in fifth place, with a 41 per cent rating, followed by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (39 per cent) and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida (38 per cent).

Morning Consult, an online platform, provides real-time data on elections, politicians and current issues, and conducts over 20,000 interviews daily.

The latest approval ratings are based on data collected from August 17 to 23, 2022, the website informed.

Approval ratings are based on a seven-day moving average of adult residents in every country, with varying sample sizes.