# Lowest polled approval rating of any world leader? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 19, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502 "2022-10-19T19:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/1 "2022-10-19T19:47:34Z")
Combo Factual Questions/Politics question here so not sure where to put it. A recent [YouGov poll](https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1582280649548828672) recorded a 10% Approval and 80% disapproval rating for Liz Truss. Has there been any reliable pollster that has recorded a lower approval rating for any other world leader? What about state/district level officials? What are the lowest approval polls that have ever been done? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/2 "2022-10-19T20:07:32Z")
By “world leader,” how prominent does the person have to be? I know of [presidents who’ve sunk lower than 10%](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/09/16/2003572243), but they were presidents of small nations. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/3 "2022-10-19T20:56:56Z")
So I guess it’s a race between YouGov putting out another poll and the 1922 Committee getting enough letters this week. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/4 "2022-10-19T21:33:21Z")
My favorite example of an extremely unpopular leader is one-time South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She fell under the influence of a charlatan cult leader. In 2016, during the resulting scandal, [her approval ratings fell as low as 4 percent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal). She was impeached and sentenced for corruption and spent several years in prison. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/5 "2022-10-19T21:41:30Z")
Boris Yeltsin’s popularity in Russia [fell as low as 3 to 6 percent.](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/04/05/Yeltsins-popularity-in-single-digits/8155923284800/) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/6 "2022-10-20T19:54:41Z")
In many countries an accurate poll would never happen. If it did, the correct results would not be publicized. But Truss has lost confidence and there will be a fourth Conservative leader elected, over three years. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/7 "2022-10-26T15:58:08Z")
The very last approval polling has put Truss [at 6%](https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1584585773197975554) which is enough to win her a bronze medal for now after Boris Yeltsin and Park Geun-hye but ahead of Ma Ying-jeou. Any other contenders that haven’t been mentioned yet? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-polled-approval-rating-of-any-world-leader/973502/8 "2025-06-17T09:20:16Z")
Bumping this with the news that we have a new lowest contender! Peru’s President Dina Boluarte just hit a [2% approval rating](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250530-the-world-s-most-unpopular-president-peru-s-leader-clings-to-power). > “We might be talking about a world record of sustained presidential disapproval,” Ipsos Peru president Alfredo Torres told AFP. > > It is the lowest score Ipsos has measured in any of the other 90 countries it surveys, Torres said.