Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO chief and founder of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation that coauthored the index, said he was “not surprised that perceptions of the United States have fallen so sharply.”
Meanwhile, China kept improving its global standing, overtaking the U.S. for the first time and recording mostly positive perceptions in all regions except Europe. Russia, the reputation of which tanked in the wake of President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is still (slightly) more unpopular than the U.S. — though its image is also improving.
Trump’s reputation is in line with that of his country. The survey showed he’s less popular worldwide than his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Putin and Xi Jinping.
Trump recorded the worst score among a range of political, cultural and spiritual leaders that includes X owner Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the late Pope Francis, Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.
Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation of those included in the poll, especially in the Middle East and South Asia. Israel is unpopular even in European countries that have historically been its allies, such as Germany, signaling growing discomfort with its government’s conduct in Gaza and the West Bank.
Last year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes.
The data used in this story came from an online survey conducted by Nira Data and the Alliance of Democracies between April 9-23, 2025. The sample was 111,273 drawn across 100 countries, with an average sample size of around 1,100 respondents per country. Nationally representative results were calculated based on the official distribution of age and gender for each country’s population.
Colonel-Mooseknuckle on May 12nd, 2025 at 15:34 UTC »
Look, whatever it takes to bring shoe factories back to America. Your family can work at Nike for generations making credits to spend at the company store! The American dream is back baby!
“This is the new model, where you work in these plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here.”
-Howard Lutnick - Secretary of Commerce
CouchCorrespondent on May 12nd, 2025 at 15:30 UTC »
Not even 5 months in and we are the laughingstock of the world.....lost important allies...deserted vulnerable people around the globe ..and angered trade partners.
The GOP has destroyed so much of our country already.....both inside and out.
PopPalsUnited on May 12nd, 2025 at 15:26 UTC »
I’m still in awe that we had 4 years of his incompetence to show how shitty he was as a leader but we decided as a nation to put him back in power.
It floors me daily.