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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.
Dina Boluarte of Peru, prior to her 2025 impeachment, was considered "perhaps the most unpopular president in the world", with 2% approval according to Ipsos. [3] Other exceptionally low approval ratings from reliable polls include 2.8% for Ariel Henry after taking office following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021 and 3% for Chan Santokhi, both taken by Vanderbilt University's AmericasBarometer project. [4] : 44
The light green background indicates that a given row represents a state in Africa.
The light pink background indicates that a given row represents a state in Asia.
The light brown background indicates that a given row represents a state in Latin America.
The light blue background indicates that a given row represents a state in Europe.
The steel blue background indicates that a given row represents a state in the Anglosphere.
| Country | Name | Year | Sample size | Approve | Very satisfied | Mostly satisfied | Disapprove | Mostly unsatisfied | Very unsatisfied | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brice Oligui Nguema | 2024-05 | 1200 | 93.2% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 6.2% | 3.5% | 2.7% | [5] : 36 | |
| Assimi Goïta | 2024-11 | 1200 | 91.8% | 69.8% | 22.0% | 7.9% | 2.9% | 5.0% | [6] : 37 | |
| Ilham Aliyev | 2024 2016 | 800 | 91% 87.3% | 81% / | 10% / | 5% 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.1% | [7] [8] | |
| Ibrahim Traoré | 2023 | 645 | 87.6% [b] | 58.9% | 28.7% | 12.4% | 9.3% | 3.1% | [9] : 3 | |
| Sadyr Japarov | 2024 2023 | 1000 1492 | 86.7% 91% | 64% | 27% | 6% | 4.0% 3% | 3% | [10] [11] : 34 | |
| Félix Tshisekedi | 2025 2019 | 2961 | 85% 73% | 39% | 34% | 20% | 13% | 7% | [12] [13] : 69 | |
| Vladimir Putin | 2025 2022 | 1600 6995 | 84% 78% | 50% | 28% | 12% 20% | 9% | 11% | [14] [15] | |
| Nayib Bukele | 2025 2020 | 1200 1206 | 83% 88% | 74% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 2% | [16] [17] : 24 | |
| Prabowo Subianto | 2025 | 1220 | 79.3% | 13.5% | 65.8% | 16.9% | 16.3% | 0.6% | [18] | |
| Bassirou Diomaye Faye | 2025-03 | 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] | |
| Lawrence Wong | 2025 2024 | 1504 1000 | 75% 70.6% | 14.6% | 56.0% | 25% 13.6% | 9.0% | 4.6% | [22] [23] [24] | |
| Claudia Sheinbaum | 2025 | 1201 | 74% | 40% | 34% | 24% | 9% | 15% | [25] | |
| Sitiveni Rabuka | 2023 | 1014 | 72% [d] | 3% | [26] | |||||
| Irfaan Ali | 2022 | 630 | 72% | 21% | [27] | |||||
| Narendra Modi | 2025 | 125,123 | 71% >61.8% [d] | 36% | 26% | 22% >21% [d] | 8% | 13% | [28] [29] | |
| Yoweri Museveni | 2024-02 | 2400 | 70.2% | 27.3% | 42.9% | 23.7% | 13.9% | 9.8% | [30] : 37 | |
| Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani | 2024 2023 | 2408 1035 | 69% [e] [31] | 45% [32] / | [32] : 18 [31] | |||||
| John Mahama | 2025 | >66% [d] | >23% | [33] | ||||||
| Vjosa Osmani | 2024 | 1520 | 66% | 38% | 28% | 31% | 12% | 19% | [34] : 44 | |
| Philip Davis | 2023 | 65% | 23% | 42% | 18% | 9% | 9% | [35] | ||
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 2025-07 | 2400 | 65% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 16% | 16% | [36] : 31 | |
| Xiomara Castro | 2025 2023 | 1200 1200 | 64% 44.3% | 17.7% | 26.6% | 53.8% | 27.4% | 26.4% | [37] [38] | |
| Joseph Boakai | 2024-08 | 1200 | 62.1% | 20.0% | 42.1% | 36.7% | 21.3% | 15.4% | [39] : 34 | |
| Patrice Talon | 2024-02 | 1200 | 62.1% | 12.4% | 49.7% | 37.3% | 22.3% | 15.0% | [40] : 36 | |
| Sanae Takaichi | 2025 | 61% | 26% | [28] | ||||||
| Alassane Ouattara | 2021 | 1200 | 60.8% | 16.9% | 43.9% | 37.6% | 26.0% | 11.6% | [41] : 44 | |
| Samia Suluhu Hassan | 2024-07 | 2400 | 60.1% | 19.7% | 40.4% | 36.9% | 18.9% | 18.0% | [42] : 38 | |
| Faure Gnassingbé | 2024-11 | 1200 | 59.8% | 11.3% | 48.5% | 36.7% | 25.9% | 10.8% | [43] : 37 | |
| Julius Maada Bio | 2025-04 | 1200 | 59.5% | 18.4% | 41.1% | 39.5% | 24.8% | 14.7% | [44] : 32 | |
| 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% | [34] : 46 | |
| Aleksandar Vučić | 2024 | 1238 | 58% | 41% | 17% | 41% | 12% | 29% | [34] : 50 | |
| Hakainde Hichilema | 2024–07 | 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] | ||
| Lee Jae Myung | 2025 | 1001 | 35% 59.3% | 43.9% | 15.4% | 56% 34.6% | 10.2% | 24.4% | [28] [50] | |
| Nawaf Salam | 2025 | 56% | 36% | [51] | ||||||
| Javier Milei | 2025 | 1338 | 55% 46.1% | 26.9% | 19.2% | 41% 51.4% | 14.1% | 37.3% | [28] [52] : 17 | |
| Maia Sandu | 2025 | 1206 | 54% | 28% | 26% | 45% | 17% | 28% | [53] : 21 | |
| Anwar Ibrahim | 2024 | 1207 | 54% | [54] | ||||||
| Rodrigo Chaves Robles | 2025 | 1001 | >54% [d] | >29% | [55] | |||||
| Carlos Vila Nova | 2024–10 | 1200 | 53.8% | 8.0% | 45.8% | 37.6% | 26.9% | 10.7% | [56] : 34 | |
| Yamandú Orsi | 2025 | 1053 | 52.9% | 25.2% | 27.7% | 41.7% | 23.3% | 18.4% | [52] : 8 | |
| Mahamat Déby | 2025-04 | 1128 | 52.0% | 22.8% | 29.2% | 44.0% | 31.7% | 12.3% | [57] : 41 | |
| Luc Frieden | 2025 | 1042 | 52.0% [h] | [58] | ||||||
| Lai Ching-te | 2025 | 1077 | 50.4% | 41.2% | [59] | |||||
| Abiy Ahmed | 2023-06 | 2400 | 49.8% | 12.6% | 37.2% | 47.9% | 29.1% | 18.8% | [60] : 62 | |
| William Ruto | 2024-05 | 2400 | 48.4% | 11.9% | 36.5% | 49.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | [61] : 37 | |
| Mark Carney | 2025 | 48% | 41% | [28] | ||||||
| Emmerson Mnangagwa | 2024-06 | 1200 | 47.6% | 20.3% | 27.3% | 45.1% | 23.1% | 22.0% | [62] : 33 | |
| Daniel Noboa | 2025 | 1099 | 47.5% | 21.1% | 26.4% | 48.3% | 22.9% | 25.4% | [52] : 11 [16] | |
| Ulisses Correia e Silva | 2024–09 | 1200 | 47.3% | 5.0% | 42.3% | 39.2% | 30.6% | 8.4% | [63] : 37 | |
| Sam Matekane | 2024–03 | 1200 | 47% | 23% | 24% | 44% | 13% | 31% | [64] : 38 | |
| Anthony Albanese | 2025 2022 | / | 47% 59% | 19% | 39% | 43% 18% | 11% | 7% | [28] [65] | |
| Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | 2025-01 | 1200 | 46.9% | 12.7% | 34.2% | 48.0% | 32.2% | 15.8% | [66] : 43 | |
| Robert Abela | 2025 | 46.5% | [67] | |||||||
| Micheál Martin | 2025 | 45% | [68] | |||||||
| Mette Frederiksen | 2025 | 2026 | 45% | 23% | [69] | |||||
| Johnny Briceño | 2024 | >44% [d] | >23% | [70] : 50 | ||||||
| Viktor Orbán | 2025 | 1000 | 44% | 25% | 29% | 53% | 15% | 38% | [71] | |
| Ilie Bolojan | 2025 | 1354 | 44% | 50% | [72] | |||||
| Paul Biya | 2024-03 | 1200 | 43.6% | 7.3% | 36.3% | 53.3% | 33.9% | 19.4% | [73] : 38 | |
| Gabriel Boric | 2025 | 1305 | 43.2% | 18.4% | 24.8% | 53.0% | 22.4% | 30.6% | [52] : 20 | |
| Karin Keller-Sutter | 2025 | 43% | 30% | [28] | ||||||
| Santiago Peña | 2025 | 1063 | 42.9% | 13.1% | 29.8% | 54.6% | 26.6% | 28.0% | [52] : 23 | |
| Andrew Holness | 2025 2023 | 1500 1294 | 42% 40.0% | 13.1% | 26.9% | 26% 15.2% | 15.6% | 35.6% | [74] [75] | |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 2025 | 1502 | 42% 46.5% | 29.7% | 16.8% | 54% 50.6% | 20.3% | 30.3% | [28] [52] : 14 | |
| Donald Trump | 2025 | 3505 | 42% | 21% | 21% | 58% | 14% | 44% | [76] | |
| Mamady Doumbouya | 2024-06 | 1200 | 41.5% | 11.2% | 30.3% | 52.1% | 32.4% | 19.7% | [77] : 36 | |
| Christian Stocker | 2025 | 41% | 48% | [28] | ||||||
| Bart De Wever | 2025 | 41% | 49% | [28] | ||||||
| Giorgia Meloni | 2025 | 3100 | 41% 41.8% | 26.9% | 14.9% | 52% 57.8% | 10.5% | 47.3% | [28] [78] | |
| Daniel Ortega | 2025 2023 | 1200 1215 | 41% >33% [d] | 13% | 21% | >51% | 23% | 28% | [16] [79] | |
| Min Aung Hlaing [i] | 2024 | 2402 | 40% | 8% | 32% | 47% | 17% | 30% | [80] : 16 | |
| Christopher Luxon | 2025 2024 | 1000 1150 | 40% 29% | 9% | 20% | 47% 47% | 14% | 32% | [81] : 6 [82] | |
| Robert Golob | 2025 | 700 | 39.8% | 18.9% | 20.9% | 59.3% | 16.9% | 42.4% | [83] | |
| Ursula von der Leyen | 2025 | 39% | 8% | 31% | 43% | [84] : 2 | ||||
| Robert Fico | 2025 | 39% | 20% | 19% | 49% | 16% | 33% | [85] | ||
| Bongbong Marcos | 2025 | 1200 | 39% | 13% | 26% | 57% | 17% | 40% | [86] : 26 | |
| Bernardo Arévalo | 2025 2024 | 1210 | 39% >42% [d] | 6% | 36% | >27% | 20% | 7% | [16] [87] | |
| Donald Tusk | 2025 | 1000 | 38% 47.1% | 20.6% | 26.5% | 51% 48.6% | 20.8% | 27.9% | [28] [88] | |
| Nikol Pashinyan | 2025-06 | 959 | 38% | 15% | 23% | 58% | 14% | 44% | [89] : 17 | |
| Gustavo Petro | 2025 | 1278 | 37.6% | 15.6% | 22.0% | 58.6% | 21.9% | 36.7% | [52] : 26 | |
| Ulf Kristersson | 2025 | 1011 | 55% 41% | 8% | 33% | 37% 52% | 31% | 21% | [28] [90] | |
| Jonas Gahr Støre | 2025 | 37% | 61% | [28] | ||||||
| Dick Schoof | 2025 | 36% | 40% | [28] | ||||||
| Friedrich Merz | 2025 | 1312 | 36% 39% | 3% | 36% | 60% 54% | 32% | 22% | [28] [91] | |
| Adama Barrow | 2024–05 | 1200 | 35.7% | 6.4% | 29.3% | 61.7% | 35.8% | 25.9% | [92] : 33 | |
| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 2025 | 34% 42.8% | 13.2% | 29.6% | 51% 57% | [28] [93] | ||||
| Cyril Ramaphosa | 2025 2022 | 1582 | 34% 29.7% | 5.4% | 24.3% | 52% 63.9% | 28.4% | 35.5% | [28] [94] : 46 | |
| Denis Sassou Nguesso | 2024-10 | 1200 | 33.0% | 9.1% | 23.9% | 64.0% | 30.9% | 33.1% | [95] : 37 | |
| Pedro Sánchez | 2025 | 4003 | 33% 27.8% | 7.6% | 20.2% | 61% 70.6% | 22.2% | 48.4% | [28] [96] : 13 | |
| Shehbaz Sharif | 2023 | 2000 | 32% | 65% | [97] : 5 | |||||
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 2024 | 738 | 32% >27.7 [d] | 15.3% | 12.4% | 61% >57.2% | 13.5% | 43.7% | [98] [99] | |
| Irakli Kobakhidze | 2023 | 31% | 62% | [100] : 28 | ||||||
| Andrej Plenković | 2025 | 31% [101] | 64% [102] | |||||||
| Luís Montenegro | 2025 | 611 | 30.8% | 3.8% | 27.0% | 37.6% | 24.5% | 13.1% | [103] : 14 | |
| Aziz Akhannouch | 2024-02 | 1200 | 30.1% | 3.3% | 26.8% | 61.9% | 29.7% | 32.2% | [104] : 37 | |
| Nicolás Maduro | 2025 | 1088 | 30.1% | 24.2% | 5.9% | 67.3% | 15.8% | 51.5% | [52] : 29 | |
| Evika Siliņa | 2025 | 30% | 48% | [105] | ||||||
| Luis Arce | 2025 | 1158 | 29.2% | 12.8% | 16.4% | 67.6% | 15.2% | 52.4% | [52] : 31 | |
| Nikos Christodoulides | 2025 | >29% [d] | >50% [j] | [107] | ||||||
| Kristen Michal | 2024 | 4001 | 27% | 45% | [108] | |||||
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | 2025 | 27% | 64% | [109] | ||||||
| João Lourenço | 2024–02 | 1200 | 26.5% | 7.0% | 19.5% | 62.7% | 31.8% | 30.9% | [110] : 37 | |
| Rosen Zhelyazkov | 2025 | 25% | 44% | [111] | ||||||
| Petteri Orpo | 2024 | 1034 | >25% [d] | 5% | 20% | >53% | 26% | 27% | [112] | |
| Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | 2022-12 | 1200 | 25.0% | 10.6% | 14.4% | 72.4% | 26.3% | 46.1% | [113] : 41 | |
| Hristijan Mickoski | 2024 | 1479 | 24% | 5% | 19% | 74% | 21% | 53% | [34] : 49 | |
| Keir Starmer | 2025 | 2178 | 24% 27% | 2% | 25% | 67% 60% | 27% | 33% | [28] [114] | |
| Russell Dlamini Mswati III | 2022–11 2011 | 1200 / | 22.6% 56% | 7.6% | 15.0% | 69.0% 43% | 17.4% | 51.6% | [115] : 40 [116] | |
| Petr Fiala | 2024 | 951 | 21% | 3% | 18% | 75% | 26% | 49% | [117] | |
| Azali Assoumani | 2025-05 | 1200 | 20.9% | 7.0% | 13.9% | 73.4% | 25.7% | 47.7% | [118] : 35 | |
| Kais Saied | 2024-03 | 1200 | 20.4% | 4.2% | 16.2% | 48.8% | 20.0% | 28.8% | [119] : 34 | |
| Bola Tinubu | 2024-07 | 1600 | 14.2% | 1.2% | 13.1% | 84.7% | 36.2% | 48.5% | [120] : 35 | |
| Miguel Díaz-Canel | 2022 | 14% | 78% | [121] | ||||||
| Emmanuel Macron | 2025 | 2001 | 13% 21% | 3% | 18% | 80% 79% | 35% | 44% | [28] [122] [123] | |
| Mahmoud Abbas | 2024 | 790 | 13% | [124] | ||||||
* Lithuania, Peru and Thailand should be updated soon.
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