Narendra Modi beats Rishi Sunak, Joe Biden emerges as most popular global leader

New-Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again emerged world’s ‘most popular’ leader with an approval rating of 76 per cent.

PM beats his UK and US counterparts Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden, according to survey released by Morning Consult.

However, there is a slight decrease in PM Modi’s rating which was 78 per cent in February.

As per the rating, PM Modi’s ratings stand tall as compared with other leaders, including Australian PM Anthony Albanese, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stands at second spot with a 61 per cent approval rating. Thus there is a gap of 15 per cent between PM Modi and President Obrador.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the third position in this list of Morning Consult. At the same time, Italy’s PM Georgia Meloni has occupied the fourth number on this list. Brazilian President Lula de Silva has bagged the fifth rank in the list.

US President Joe Biden, who is heading one of the world’s superpower nations, is at number 6 in the Global Leader Approval Rating list and UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was in 10th position with 34 per cent approval.

Global Leader Approval: *Among all adults

Modi: 76%
López Obrador: 61%
Albanese: 55%
Meloni: 49%
Lula da Silva: 49%
Biden: 41%
Trudeau: 39%
Sánchez: 38%
Scholz: 35%
Sunak: 34%
Macron: 22%
*Updated 03/30/23https://t.co/Z31xNcDhTg pic.twitter.com/sDRneBzB1Z

— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) April 1, 2023