This is a list of current heads of the executive by domestic approval rating.
The highest current total approval percentage is difficult to determine, because of the high falsification rate in countries where answering an approval question negatively could lead to government repression. For example, on the basis of a 2020 poll, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping appeared to have had a 94% approval rate, but after controlling for answer falsification it was revealed to be only >73%. [1] Genuine high approval ratings can be explained by a number of factors. James Stimson termed the higher ratings shortly after an election the "honeymoon effect". [2] The rally 'round the flag effect comes into play during periods of war or international crisis.
The lowest current total approval percentage from a reliable poll is the 3% of Chan Santokhi, one of the lowest in the history of Vanderbilt University's AmericasBarometer project, second only to the 2.8% of Ariel Henry after taking office following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021. [3] : 44
The light green background indicates that a given row represents a member of the African Union.
The light pink background indicates that a given row represents a member of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.
The light brown background indicates that a given row represents a member of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
The light blue background indicates that a given row represents a member of the European Political Community, Council of Europe or the European Union as a whole.
The steel blue background indicates that a given row represents a member of NATO or Five Eyes, not in the Council of Europe or European Union.
Country | Name | Year | Sample size | Approve | Very satisfied | Mostly satisfied | Disapprove | Mostly unsatisfied | Very unsatisfied | Source |
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![]() | Brice Oligui Nguema | 2024 | 1200 | 93.2% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 6.2% | 3.5% | 2.7% | [4] : 36 |
![]() | Assimi Goïta | 2024 | 1200 | 91.8% | 69.8% | 22.0% | 7.9% | 2.9% | 5.0% | [5] : 37 |
![]() | Ilham Aliyev | 2024 2016 | 800 | 91% 87.3% | 81% / | 10% / | 5% 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | [6] [7] |
![]() | Ibrahim Traoré | 2023 | 645 | 87.6% [b] | 58.9% | 28.7% | 12.4% | 9.3% | 3.1% | [8] : 3 |
![]() | Vladimir Putin | 2025 2022 | 1600 6995 | 87% 78% | 50% | 28% | 10% 20% | 9% | 11% | [9] [10] |
![]() | Sadyr Japarov | 2024 2023 | 1000 1492 | 86.7% 91% | 64% | 27% | 6% | 4.0% 3% | 3% | [11] [12] : 34 |
![]() | Félix Tshisekedi | 2025 2019 | 2961 | 85% 73% | 39% | 34% | 20% | 13% | 7% | [13] [14] : 69 |
![]() | Nayib Bukele | 2025 2020 | 1200 1206 | 83% 88% | 74% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 2% | [15] [16] : 24 |
![]() | Claudia Sheinbaum | 2025 | 1202 | 82% | 54% | 28% | 15% | 8% | 7% | [17] : 6 |
![]() | Prabowo Subianto | 2025 | 1220 | 79.3% | 13.5% | 65.8% | 16.9% | 16.3% | 0.6% | [18] |
![]() | Bassirou Diomaye Faye | 2025 | 1200 | 77.5% | 48.0% | 29.5% | 20.8% | 10.8% | 10.0% | [19] : 36 |
![]() | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | 2024 2022 | 8101 2500 | 77.1% 74% | 38% | 36% | 21.4% 26% | 18% | 8% | [20] [21] |
![]() | Carlos Vila Nova | 2024 2022 | 500 1200 | 75.8% 69.3% | 14.3% | 55.0% | 16.6% 19.6% | 14.3% | 5.3% | [22] [23] : 44 |
![]() | Narendra Modi | 2025 | 1000? 125,123 | 75% >61.8% [d] | 36% | 26% | 18% >21% [d] | 8% | 13% | [24] [25] |
![]() | Lawrence Wong | 2025 2024 | 1504 1000 | 75% 70.6% | 14.6% | 56.0% | 25% 13.6% | 9.0% | 4.6% | [26] [27] [28] |
![]() | Sitiveni Rabuka | 2023 | 1014 | 72% [d] | 3% | [29] | ||||
![]() | Irfaan Ali | 2022 | 630 | 72% | 21% | [30] | ||||
![]() | Yoweri Museveni | 2024 | 2400 | 70.2% | 27.3% | 42.9% | 23.7% | 13.9% | 9.8% | [31] : 37 |
![]() | Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | 2024 2023 | 2408 1035 | 69% [e] [32] | 45% [33] / | [33] : 18 [32] | ||||
![]() | John Mahama | 2025 | >66% [d] | >23% | [34] | |||||
![]() | Vjosa Osmani | 2024 | 1520 | 66% | 38% | 28% | 31% | 12% | 19% | [35] : 44 |
![]() | Philip Davis | 2023 | 65% | 23% | 42% | 18% | 9% | 9% | [36] | |
![]() | Andry Rajoelina | 2024 | 1200 | 63.7% | 16.6% | 47.1% | 35.7% | 19.9% | 15.8% | [37] : 36 |
![]() | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 2025 | 1600 | 63.0% | 26.1% | 36.9% | 32.7% | 18.3% | 14.4% | [38] |
![]() | Joseph Boakai | 2024 | 1200 | 62.1% | 20.0% | 42.1% | 36.7% | 21.3% | 15.4% | [39] : 34 |
![]() | Patrice Talon | 2022 | 1200 | 62.1% | 12.4% | 49.7% | 37.3% | 22.3% | 15.0% | [40] : 36 |
![]() | Alassane Ouattara | 2021 | 1200 | 60.8% | 16.9% | 43.9% | 37.6% | 26.0% | 11.6% | [41] : 44 |
![]() | Samia Suluhu Hassan | 2024 | 2400 | 60.1% | 19.7% | 40.4% | 36.9% | 18.9% | 18.0% | [42] : 38 |
![]() | Faure Gnassingbé | 2024 | 1200 | 59.8% | 11.3% | 48.5% | 36.7% | 25.9% | 10.8% | [43] : 37 |
![]() | Lee Jae Myung | 2025 | 1001 | 59.3% | 43.9% | 15.4% | 34.6% | 10.2% | 24.4% | [44] : 4 |
![]() | Edi Rama | 2024 | 1216 | 59% [f] | 23% | 36% | 40% | 27% | 17% | [45] : 73 |
![]() | Luis Abinader | 2024 | 1200 | 59% | 38.4% | 13.8% | 36% [46] | 7.4% | 29.0% | [47] |
![]() | Milojko Spajić | 2024 | 1036 | 58% | 16% | 42% | 39% | 20% | 19% | [35] : 46 |
![]() | Aleksandar Vučić | 2024 | 1238 | 58% | 41% | 17% | 41% | 12% | 29% | [35] : 50 |
![]() | Hakainde Hichilema | 2024 | 1200 | 57.3% | 23.1% | 34.2% | 38.0% | 18.1% | 19.9% | [48] : 33 |
![]() | José Raúl Mulino | 2025 | 57.2% | 16.1% | 41.1% | 39.5% | 21.7% | 17.8% | [49] | |
![]() | Luc Frieden | 2024 | 1063 | 57% [g] | [50] | |||||
![]() | Karin Keller-Sutter | 2025 | 56% | 26% | [51] | |||||
![]() | Maia Sandu | 2025 | 1206 | 54% | 28% | 26% | 45% | 17% | 28% | [52] : 21 |
![]() | Anwar Ibrahim | 2024 | 1207 | 54% | [53] | |||||
![]() | Rodrigo Chaves Robles | 2025 | 1001 | >54% [d] | >29% | [54] | ||||
![]() | Mark Carney | 2025 | 54% | 39% | [55] | |||||
![]() | Yamandú Orsi | 2025 | 1053 | 52.9% | 25.2% | 27.7% | 41.7% | 23.3% | 18.4% | [56] : 8 |
![]() | Mahamat Déby | 2025 | 1128 | 52.0% | 22.8% | 29.2% | 44.0% | 31.7% | 12.3% | [57] : 41 |
![]() | Lai Ching-te | 2025 | 1077 | 50.4% | 41.2% | [58] | ||||
![]() | Abiy Ahmed | 2023 | 2400 | 49.8% | 12.6% | 37.2% | 47.9% | 29.1% | 18.8% | [59] : 62 |
![]() | Julius Maada Bio | 2023 2022 | 7000 1200 | 49% 51.3% [i] | 22.9% | 28.4% | 47.9% | 26.1% | 21.8% | [61] [62] : 47 |
![]() | Donald Trump | 2025 | 1500 | 49% | 33% | 16% | 49% | 9% | 40% | [63] |
![]() | William Ruto | 2024 | 2400 | 48.4% | 11.9% | 36.5% | 49.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | [64] : 37 |
![]() | Emmerson Mnangagwa | 2024 | 1200 | 47.6% | 20.3% | 27.3% | 45.1% | 23.1% | 22.0% | [65] : 33 |
![]() | Daniel Noboa | 2025 | 1099 | 47.5% | 21.1% | 26.4% | 48.3% | 22.9% | 25.4% | [56] : 11 [15] |
![]() | Ulisses Correia e Silva | 2024 | 1200 | 47.3% | 5.0% | 42.3% | 39.2% | 30.6% | 8.4% | [66] : 37 |
![]() | Donald Tusk | 2024 | 1000 | 47.1% | 20.6% | 26.5% | 48.6% | 20.8% | 27.9% | [67] |
![]() | Sam Matekane | 2024 | 1200 | 47% | 23% | 24% | 44% | 13% | 31% | [68] : 38 |
![]() | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | 2025 | 1200 | 46.9% | 12.7% | 34.2% | 48.0% | 32.2% | 15.8% | [69] : 43 |
![]() | Robert Abela | 2025 | 46.5% | [70] | ||||||
![]() | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 2025 | 1502 | 46.5% | 29.7% | 16.8% | 50.6% | 20.3% | 30.3% | [56] : 14 |
![]() | Javier Milei | 2025 | 1338 | 46.1% | 26.9% | 19.2% | 51.4% | 14.1% | 37.3% | [56] : 17 |
![]() | Paetongtarn Shinawatra | 2025 | 1310 | 45.4% | 12.8% | 32.6% | 54.6% | 34.6% | 20.0% | [71] |
![]() | Micheál Martin | 2025 | 45% | [72] | ||||||
![]() | Mette Frederiksen | 2025 | 2026 | 45% | 23% | [73] | ||||
![]() | Johnny Briceño | 2024 | >44% [d] | >23% | [74] : 50 | |||||
![]() | Viktor Orbán | 2025 | 1000 | 44% | 25% | 29% | 53% | 15% | 38% | [75] |
![]() | Anthony Albanese | 2025 2022 | 2142 / | 44% 59% | 19% | 39% | 47% 18% | 11% | 7% | [76] [77] |
![]() | Ilie Bolojan | 2025 | 1354 | 44% | 50% | [78] | ||||
![]() | Shigeru Ishiba [j] | 2025 | 998 | >43.9% [d] | 24.6% | 19.3% | >30% | 21.9% | 8.1% | [79] [k] |
![]() | Paul Biya | 2024 | 1200 | 43.6% | 7.3% | 36.3% | 53.3% | 33.9% | 19.4% | [80] : 38 |
![]() | Gabriel Boric | 2025 | 1305 | 43.2% | 18.4% | 24.8% | 53.0% | 22.4% | 30.6% | [56] : 20 |
![]() | Santiago Peña | 2025 | 1063 | 42.9% | 13.1% | 29.8% | 54.6% | 26.6% | 28.0% | [56] : 23 |
![]() | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2025 | 42.8% | 13.2% | 29.6% | 57% | [81] | |||
![]() | Friedrich Merz Bundesregierung | 2025 | 1312 | 42% 39% | 3% | 36% | 53% 54% | 32% | 22% | [82] |
![]() | Andrew Holness | 2025 2023 | 1500 1294 | 42% 40.0% | 13.1% | 26.9% | 26% 15.2% | 15.6% | 35.6% | [83] [84] |
![]() | Giorgia Meloni | 2025 | 3100 | 41.8% | 26.9% | 14.9% | 57.8% | 10.5% | 47.3% | [85] |
![]() | Mamady Doumbouya | 2024 | 1200 | 41.5% | 11.2% | 30.3% | 52.1% | 32.4% | 19.7% | [86] : 36 |
![]() | Daniel Ortega | 2025 2023 | 1200 1215 | 41% >33% [d] | 13% | 21% | >51% | 23% | 28% | [15] [87] |
![]() | Ulf Kristersson | 2025 | 1011 | 41% | 8% | 33% | 52% | 31% | 21% | [88] |
![]() | Wavel Ramkalawan | 2022 | 1200 | 40.1% | 12.4% | 27.7% | 49.2% | 18.7% | 30.5% | [89] : 42 |
![]() | Min Aung Hlaing [l] | 2024 | 2402 | 40% | 8% | 32% | 47% | 17% | 30% | [90] : 16 |
![]() | Christopher Luxon | 2025 2024 | 1000 1150 | 40% 29% | 9% | 20% | 47% 47% | 14% | 32% | [91] : 6 [92] |
![]() | Robert Golob | 2025 | 700 | 39.8% | 18.9% | 20.9% | 59.3% | 16.9% | 42.4% | [93] |
![]() | Ursula von der Leyen | 2025 | 39% | 8% | 31% | 43% | [94] : 2 | |||
![]() | Jonas Gahr Støre | 2025 | 39% | 47% | [51] | |||||
![]() | Robert Fico | 2025 | 39% | 20% | 19% | 49% | 16% | 33% | [95] | |
![]() | Bongbong Marcos | 2025 | 1200 | 39% | 13% | 26% | 57% | 17% | 40% | [96] : 26 |
![]() | Bernardo Arévalo | 2025 2024 | 1210 | 39% >42% [d] | 6% | 36% | >27% | 20% | 7% | [15] [97] |
![]() | Nikol Pashinyan | 2025 | 959 | 38% | 15% | 23% | 58% | 14% | 44% | [98] : 17 |
![]() | Gustavo Petro | 2025 | 1278 | 37.6% | 15.6% | 22.0% | 58.6% | 21.9% | 36.7% | [56] : 26 |
![]() | Gintautas Paluckas | 2024 | 36.4% [m] | 37.2% | [99] [100] | |||||
![]() | Dick Schoof | 2025 | 36% | 43% | [51] | |||||
![]() | Adama Barrow | 2024 | 1200 | 35.7% | 6.4% | 29.3% | 61.7% | 35.8% | 25.9% | [101] : 33 |
![]() | Ralph Gonsalves | 2024 | 35.2% | 40% | [102] | |||||
![]() | Christian Stocker | 2025 | 34% | 44% | [51] | |||||
![]() | Bart De Wever | 2025 | 34% | 50% | [51] | |||||
![]() | Denis Sassou Nguesso | 2024 | 1200 | 33.0% | 9.1% | 23.9% | 64.0% | 30.9% | 33.1% | [103] : 37 |
![]() | Luís Montenegro | 2025 | 611 | 32.1% | 4.1% | 28.0% | 36.8% | 25.0% | 11.8% | [104] : 14 |
![]() | Shehbaz Sharif | 2023 | 2000 | 32% | 65% | [105] : 5 | ||||
![]() | Benjamin Netanyahu | 2024 | 738 | 32% >27.7 [d] | 15.3% | 12.4% | 61% >57.2% | 13.5% | 43.7% | [106] [107] |
![]() | Andrej Plenković | 2025 | 31% [108] | 64% [109] | ||||||
![]() | Aziz Akhannouch | 2024 | 1200 | 30.1% | 3.3% | 26.8% | 61.9% | 29.7% | 32.2% | [110] : 37 |
![]() | Irakli Kobakhidze | 2023 | 31% | 62% | [111] : 28 | |||||
![]() | Nicolás Maduro | 2025 | 1088 | 30.1% | 24.2% | 5.9% | 67.3% | 15.8% | 51.5% | [56] : 29 |
![]() | Evika Siliņa | 2025 | 30% | 48% | [112] | |||||
![]() | Cyril Ramaphosa | 2025 | 1582 | 29.7% | 5.4% | 24.3% | 63.9% | 28.4% | 35.5% | [113] : 46 |
![]() | Luis Arce | 2025 | 1158 | 29.2% | 12.8% | 16.4% | 67.6% | 15.2% | 52.4% | [56] : 31 |
![]() | Lazarus Chakwera | 2022 | 1200 | 29.1% | 9.9% | 19.2% | 66.6% | 14.9% | 51.7% | [114] : 48 |
![]() | Nikos Christodoulides | 2025 | >29% [d] | >50% [n] | [116] | |||||
![]() | Pedro Sánchez | 2025 | 4003 | 27.8% | 7.6% | 20.2% | 70.6% | 22.2% | 48.4% | [117] : 13 |
![]() | Keir Starmer | 2025 | 2178 | 27% | 2% | 25% | 60% | 27% | 33% | [118] |
![]() | Kristen Michal | 2024 | 4001 | 27% | 45% | [119] | ||||
![]() | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | 2025 | 27% | 64% | [120] | |||||
![]() | João Lourenço | 2024 | 1200 | 26.5% | 7.0% | 19.5% | 62.7% | 31.8% | 30.9% | [121] : 37 |
![]() | Rosen Zhelyazkov | 2025 | 25% | 44% | [122] | |||||
![]() | Petteri Orpo | 2024 | 1034 | >25% [d] | 5% | 20% | >53% | 26% | 27% | [123] |
![]() | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | 2022 | 1200 | 25.0% | 10.6% | 14.4% | 72.4% | 26.3% | 46.1% | [124] : 41 |
![]() | Bola Tinubu | 2024 | 11,000 | >24% [d] | 2% | 22% | >64% | 39% | 26% | [125] |
![]() | Xiomara Castro | 2025 2024 2023 | 1200 1572 | 50% 24% 44.3% | 17.7% | 26.6% | 76% | 27.4% | 26.4% | [15] [126] [127] |
![]() | Hristijan Mickoski | 2024 | 1479 | 24% | 5% | 19% | 74% | 21% | 53% | [35] : 49 |
![]() | Russell Dlamini Mswati III | 2023 2011 | 1200 / | 22.6% 56% | 7.6% | 15.0% | 69.0% 43% | 17.4% | 51.6% | [128] : 40 [129] |
![]() | Dina Boluarte | 2025 | 1120 | 22.2% | 3.7% | 18.5% | 74.7% | 14.5% | 60.2% | [56] : 34 |
![]() | Petr Fiala | 2024 | 951 | 21% | 3% | 18% | 75% | 26% | 49% | [130] |
![]() | Emmanuel Macron | 2025 | 2001 | 21% | 3% | 18% | 79% | 35% | 44% | [131] [132] |
![]() | Kais Saied | 2024 | 1200 | 20.4% | 4.2% | 16.2% | 48.8% | 20.0% | 28.8% | [133] : 34 |
![]() | Miguel Díaz-Canel | 2022 | 14% | 78% | [134] | |||||
![]() | Mahmoud Abbas | 2024 | 790 | 13% | [135] | |||||
![]() | Chan Santokhi | 2023 | 1539 | 3% | [3] : 45 | |||||
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