List of heads of the executive by approval rating

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; after controlling for answer falsification, it was revealed to be >73%.^[1] The rally 'round the flag effect comes into play during periods of war or international crisis. 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]

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 Haiti's Ariel Henry after taking office following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021 and 3% for Suriname's Chan Santokhi, both taken by Vanderbilt University's AmericasBarometer project.^[4]: 44

The following heads of the executive held very high (>70%) approval ratings for at least 4 years:^[5]

* Executives whose approval was not always above 70%. The date ranges in parentheses are the dates within which executives polled above this cutoff.
† Polls excluding ungoverned territory with population large enough to significantly affect percentage.

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List of heads of the executive by approval rating

Country	Name	Year	Sample size	+	Very +	Mostly +	-	Mostly -	Very -	Source
Gabon	Brice Oligui Nguema	2024-05-10	1200	93.2%	47.4%	45.8%	6.2%	3.5%	2.7%	[6]: 36
Mali[a]	Assimi Goïta	2024-11-22	1200	91.8%	69.8%	22.0%	7.9%	2.9%	5.0%	[7]: 37
Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev	2024 2016	800	91% 87.3%	81% /	10% /	5% 5.7%	3.6%	2.1%	[8] [9]
Kyrgyzstan	Sadyr Japarov	2024-01-19	1500	88%	52%	36%	10%	7%	3%	[10]: 34
Burkina Faso[a]	Ibrahim Traoré	2025-09-24 2023	645	87% 87.6%[b]	58.9%	28.7%	12% 12.4%	9.3%	3.1%	[11] [12]: 3
Russia	Vladimir Putin	2026-04 2022	1600 6995	79% 78%	50%	28%	16% 20%	9%	11%	[13] [14]
Senegal	Bassirou Diomaye Faye	2025-03-09	1200	77.5%	48.0%	29.5%	20.8%	10.8%	10.0%	[15]: 36
Singapore	Lawrence Wong	2025 2024-10-21	1504 1000	75% 70.6%	14.6%	56.0%	25% 13.6%	9.0%	4.6%	[16][17] [18]
Indonesia	Prabowo Subianto	2026-03-08	1220	74.9%	9.0%	65.9%	23.5%	21.3%	2.2%	[19]: 13
DRC[c]	Félix Tshisekedi	2025-08-29 2019	2961	74% 73%	39%	34%	24% 20%	13%	7%	[11] [20]: 69
Ivory Coast	Alassane Ouattara	2024-01-16	1200	73.7%	50.1%	23.6%	25.8%	16.7%	9.1%	[21]: 37
Fiji	Sitiveni Rabuka	2023-07-12	1014	72%[d]			3%			[22]
Guyana	Irfaan Ali	2022	630	72%			21%			[23]
Uganda	Yoweri Museveni	2024-02-01	2400	70.2%	27.3%	42.9%	23.7%	13.9%	9.8%	[24]: 37
El Salvador	Nayib Bukele	2026-04-18	2138	70.1%	42.5%	27.6%	26.3%	13.3%	13.0%	[25]: 7
India	Narendra Modi	2025	125123	70% >61.8%[d]	36%	26%	24% >21%[d]	8%	13%	[26] [27]
Mexico	Claudia Sheinbaum	2026-04-18	2575	69.8%	38.9%	30.9%	26.8%	8.8%	18.0%	[25]: 8
Iraq	Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani	2024 2023	2408 1035	69%[e][28]	45%[29] /					[29]: 18  [28]
Ghana	John Mahama	2025		>66%[d]			>23%			[30]
Kosovo	Vjosa Osmani	2024	1520	66%	38%	28%	31%	12%	19%	[31]: 44
Bahamas	Philip Davis	2023		65%	23%	42%	18%	9%	9%	[32]
South Korea	Lee Jae Myung	2026-04-07 2025	1001	63% 59.3%	43.9%	15.4%	30% 34.6%	10.2%	24.4%	[26] [33]
Liberia	Joseph Boakai	2024-08-21	1200	62.1%	20.0%	42.1%	36.7%	21.3%	15.4%	[34]: 34
Kazakhstan	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev	2024 2022	8101 2500	61.3% 74%	38%	36%	17.0% 26%	18%	8%	[35] [36]
Tanzania	Samia Suluhu Hassan	2024-07-07-24	2400	60.1%	19.7%	40.4%	36.9%	18.9%	18.0%	[37]: 38
Togo	Faure Gnassingbé	2024-11-30	1200	59.8%	11.3%	48.5%	36.7%	25.9%	10.8%	[38]: 37
Costa Rica	Rodrigo Chaves	2026-04-18	2037	59.5%	30.5%	29.0%	38.0%	18.2%	19.8%	[25]: 8
Sierra Leone	Julius Maada Bio	2025-04-16	1200	59.5%	18.4%	41.1%	39.5%	24.8%	14.7%	[39]: 32
Albania	Edi Rama	2024	1216	59%[f]	23%	36%	40%	27%	17%	[40]: 73
Ukraine[a]	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	2026-04-27	1005	58%	25%	33%	36%	18%	18%	[41]
Dominican Republic	Luis Abinader	2026-04-18	2177	57.3%	35.2%	22.1%	36.9%	21.2%	18.4%%	[25]: 9
Montenegro	Milojko Spajić	2024	1036	58%	16%	42%	39%	20%	19%	[31]: 46
Serbia	Aleksandar Vučić	2024	1238	58%	41%	17%	41%	12%	29%	[42]: 50
Zambia	Hakainde Hichilema	2024–07-28	1200	57.3%	23.1%	34.2%	38.0%	18.1%	19.9%	[43]: 33
Lebanon	Nawaf Salam	2025		56%			36%			[44]
Czech Republic	Andrej Babiš	2026-04-07		55%			35%			[26]
Canada	Mark Carney	2026-04-07		54%			36%			[26]
Moldova[g]	Maia Sandu	2025	1206	54%	28%	26%	45%	17%	28%	[45]: 21
Malaysia	Anwar Ibrahim	2024	1207	54%						[46]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Carlos Vila Nova	2024–10-12	1200	53.8%	8.0%	45.8%	37.6%	26.9%	10.7%	[47]: 34
Japan	Sanae Takaichi	2025		53%			35%			[26]
Guinea-Bissau	Umaro Sissoco Embaló	2025-09-03	1200	52.4%	35.6%	16.8%	37.6%	21.1%	16.5%	[48]: 38
Chad	Mahamat Déby	2025-04-13	1128	52.0%	22.8%	29.2%	44.0%	31.7%	12.3%	[49]: 41
Luxembourg	Luc Frieden	2025	1042	52.0%[h]						[50]
Bolivia	Rodrigo Paz	2026-04-18	2006	52.9%	33.1%	19.8%	44.2%	15.8%	28.4%	[25]: 9
Nicaragua	Daniel Ortega	2026-04-18	2041	51.8%	32.2%	19.6%	44.6%	12.7%	31.9%	[25]: 10
Taiwan	Lai Ching-te	2025	1077	50.4%			41.2%			[51]
Ethiopia	Abiy Ahmed	2023-06-22	2400	49.8%	12.6%	37.2%	47.9%	29.1%	18.8%	[52]: 62
Kenya	William Ruto	2024-05-03	2400	48.4%	11.9%	36.5%	49.0%	23.0%	26.0%	[53]: 37
Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	2026-04-18	2701	48.4%	27.8%	20.6%	49.1%	23.9%	25.2%	[25]: 10
Zimbabwe	Emmerson Mnangagwa	2024-06-15	1200	47.6%	20.3%	27.3%	45.1%	23.1%	22.0%	[54]: 33
Cape Verde	Ulisses Correia e Silva	2024–09-10	1200	47.3%	5.0%	42.3%	39.2%	30.6%	8.4%	[55]: 37
Switzerland	Guy Parmelin	2026-04-07		47%			24%			[26]
Lesotho	Sam Matekane	2024–03-18	1200	47%	23%	24%	44%	13%	31%	[56]: 38
Mauritania	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani	2025-01-17	1200	46.9%	12.7%	34.2%	48.0%	32.2%	15.8%	[57]: 43
Malta	Robert Abela	2025		46.5%						[58]
Armenia	Nikol Pashinyan	2026-02-13	1506	46%	20%	26%	51%	15%	36%	[59]: 18
Chile	José Antonio Kast	2026-04-18	2266	45.1%	17.1%	28.0%	49.9%	23.0%	26.9%	[25]: 11
Ireland	Micheál Martin	2025		45%						[60]
Denmark	Mette Frederiksen	2025	2026	45%			23%			[61]
Belize	Johnny Briceño	2024		>44%[d]			>23%			[62]: 50
Romania	Ilie Bolojan	2025	1354	44%			50%			[63]
Cameroon	Paul Biya	2024-03-20	1200	43.6%	7.3%	36.3%	53.3%	33.9%	19.4%	[64]: 38
Paraguay	Santiago Peña	2026-04-18	2099	43.2%	17.8%	25.4%	52.3%	26.0%	26.3%	[25]: 11
Poland	Donald Tusk	2026-04-07 2025	1000	43% 47.1%	20.6%	26.5%	45% 48.6%	20.8%	27.9%	[26] [65]
Jamaica	Andrew Holness	2025 2023	1500 1294	42% 40.0%	13.1%	26.9%	26% 15.2%	15.6%	35.6%	[66] [67]
Uruguay	Yamandú Orsi	2026-04-18	2046	41.7%	14.2%	27.5%	55.4%	24.4%	31.0%	[25]: 12
Guinea	Mamady Doumbouya	2024-06-09	1200	41.5%	11.2%	30.3%	52.1%	32.4%	19.7%	[68]: 36
Honduras	Nasry Asfura	2026-04-18	2001	40.5%	32.4%	8.1%	54.3%	26.9%	27.4%	[25]: 12
Myanmar	Min Aung Hlaing[i]	2024	2402	40%	8%	32%	47%	17%	30%	[69]: 16
New Zealand	Christopher Luxon	2025 2024	1000 1150	40% 29%	9%	20%	47% 47%	14%	32%	[70]: 6  [71]
Australia	Anthony Albanese	2026-04-07 2022	/	40% 59%	19%	39%	52% 18%	11%	7%	[26] [72]
Slovenia	Robert Golob	2025	700	39.8%	18.9%	20.9%	59.3%	16.9%	42.4%	[73]
European Union	Ursula von der Leyen	2025		39%	8%	31%	43%			[74]: 2
Slovakia	Robert Fico	2025		39%	20%	19%	49%	16%	33%	[75]
Philippines	Bongbong Marcos	2025-05-05	1200	39%	13%	26%	57%	17%	40%	[76]: 26
Guatemala	Bernardo Arévalo	2026-04-18	2178	37.3%	13.3%	24.0%	56.8%	25.3%	31.5%	[25]: 13
Colombia	Gustavo Petro	2026-04-18	2590	38.2%	16.7%	21.5%	57.5%	25.0%	32.5%	[25]: 13
Sweden	Ulf Kristersson	2026-04-07 2025	1011	38% 41%	8%	33%	54% 52%	31%	21%	[26] [77]
United States	Donald Trump	2026-04-07 2025	3505	38% 42%	21%	21%	57% 58%	14%	44%	[26] [78]
Italy	Giorgia Meloni	2024-04-23	2500	36.5%	24.8%	11.7%	63.3%	9.1%	54.2%	[79]
Argentina	Javier Milei	2026-04-18	2567	36.2%	28.0%	8.2%	59.7%	13.4%	46.3%	[25]: 14
Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	2025		36% 42.8%	13.2%	29.6%	50% 57%			[26] [80]
Pakistan	Shehbaz Sharif	2025-06-15	2000	36%			61%			[81]
Ecuador	Daniel Noboa	2026-04-18	2194	35.7%	18.7%	17.0%	61.5%	25.6%	35.9%	[25]: 14
Gambia	Adama Barrow	2024–05-17	1200	35.7%	6.4%	29.3%	61.7%	35.8%	25.9%	[82]: 33
Belgium	Bart De Wever	2025		35%			54%			[26]
Spain	Pedro Sánchez	2025-03-25	1068	35%	13%	22%	56%	15%	41%	[83]: 2
Panama	José Raúl Mulino	2026-04-28	2025	34.1%	15.7%	18.4%	62.4%	22.1%	40.3%	[25]: 15
Congo-Brazzaville	Denis Sassou Nguesso	2024-10-16	1200	33.0%	9.1%	23.9%	64.0%	30.9%	33.1%	[84]: 37
Belarus	Alexander Lukashenko	2021-11-10	767[j]	32%			46%			[85]: 11
Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu	2024	738	32% >27.7[d]	15.3%	12.4%	61% >57.2%	13.5%	43.7%	[86] [87]
Georgia	Irakli Kobakhidze	2023		31%			62%			[88]: 28
South Africa	Cyril Ramaphosa	2025 2022-12-19	1582	31% 29.7%	5.4%	24.3%	63% 63.9%	28.4%	35.5%	[26] [89]: 46
Norway	Jonas Gahr Støre	2026-04-07		31%			63%			[26]
Croatia	Andrej Plenković	2025		31%[90]			64%[91]
Morocco[a]	Aziz Akhannouch	2024-02-29	1200	30.1%	3.3%	26.8%	61.9%	29.7%	32.2%	[92]: 37
Latvia	Evika Siliņa	2025		30%			48%			[93]
Cyprus	Nikos Christodoulides	2025		>29%[d]			>50%[k]			[95]
Austria	Christian Stocker	2025		29%			58%			[26]
Netherlands	Rob Jetten	2026-04-07		28%			55%			[26]
Venezuela	Delcy Rodríguez	2026-04-18	2633	27.5%	12.8%	14.7%	67.6%	28.3%	39.3%	[25]: 15
Estonia	Kristen Michal	2024	4001	27%			45%			[96]
Greece	Kyriakos Mitsotakis	2025		27%			64%			[97]
Angola	João Lourenço	2024–04-19	1200	26.5%	7.0%	19.5%	62.7%	31.8%	30.9%	[98]: 37
Germany	Friedrich Merz	2026-03-25	2420	26%	4%	22%	69%	25%	44%	[83]: 2
Bulgaria	Rosen Zhelyazkov	2025		25%			44%			[99]
Finland	Petteri Orpo	2024	1034	>25%[d]	5%	20%	>53%	26%	27%	[100]
Sudan	Abdel Fattah al-Burhan	2022-12-30	1200	25.0%	10.6%	14.4%	72.4%	26.3%	46.1%	[101]: 41
Portugal	Luís Montenegro	2025	611	25.0%	5.2%	19.8%	45.5%	26.5%	19.0%	[102]: 14
North Macedonia	Hristijan Mickoski	2024	1479	24%	5%	19%	74%	21%	53%	[31]: 44 : 49
France	Emmanuel Macron	2026-03-25	1034	23%	3%	20%	76%	26%	50%	[83]: 2
Eswatini	Russell Dlamini	2025-05-17	1200	22.4%	2.9%	19.5%	41.3%	27.8%	13.5%	[103]: 40
Comoros	Azali Assoumani	2025-06-05	1200	20.9%	7.0%	13.9%	73.4%	25.7%	47.7%	[104]: 35
Tunisia	Kais Saied	2024-03-11	1200	20.4%	4.2%	16.2%	48.8%	20.0%	28.8%	[105]: 34
United Kingdom	Keir Starmer	2026-03-25	2102	20%	2%	18%	73%	26%	47%	[83]: 2
Hong Kong	John Lee Ka-chiu	2025-05-20		19.4%			38.2%			[106]
Peru	José María Balcázar	2026-04-18	2254	17.9%	13.5%	4.4%	67.9%	25.0%	42.9%	[25]: 16
Nigeria	Bola Tinubu	2024-07-17	1600	14.2%	1.2%	13.1%	84.7%	36.2%	48.5%	[107]: 35
Cuba	Miguel Díaz-Canel	2022		14%			78%			[108]
Palestine	Mahmoud Abbas	2024-06-12	790	12%			85%			[109] [110]

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