China has a better approval rating across the world than the US does, representing a shift since President Donald Trump took office.
According to new Gallup polling, a median of 36% of those polled across more than 130 countries approve of China’s leadership, while 31% approve of US leadership — the largest edge Beijing has had over Washington in almost two decades.
US approval across the globe slid from 39% to 31% between 2024 and 2025, during which time Trump began his second term.
The poll was conducted in 2025, and does not account for recent foreign policy moves by the new administration — like the raid that captured former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro or the Iran war.
America’s approval has declined across many US allied nations, and sunk the most in Germany (by 39 percentage points). Israelis’ view of the US did improve from the prior year.