U.S. Approval Ratings Retreat After Afghanistan Withdrawal

After a strong rebound during President Joe Biden’s first six months in office, approval ratings of U.S. leadership around the world slipped in the second half of the year, coinciding with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. …

Biden ended his first year in office with a 45% median approval rating across a total of 116 countries and territories. While far from a ringing global endorsement of U.S. leadership, this rating is much higher than the 30% approval rating in the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency or any of the previous ratings during the Trump administration. CONTINUED

Julie Ray, Gallup


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