In what was clearly a good start to the morning for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a new survey, the 70-year-old leader steered ahead of many other world leaders in terms of approval ratings.

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According to a survey conducted by American data intelligence firm Morning Consult, PM Modi's approval ratings were shown to be higher than that of world leaders of 13 nations.

These countries included the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Germany, and France.

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As per the survey, even though the approval ratings of PM Modi had fallen in May of this year, he still continued to be ahead of other global leaders.

The survey displayed the performance of the Indian leader, who enjoys 66% approval among people.

"MorningConsult, which tracks national ratings of the elected leaders of 13 countries, shows a 20-point slide over the past year in the proportion of Indians who approve of Mr. Modi. Yet at 66% in early June, he still outperforms all the rest," the firm tweeted.

"MorningConsult, which tracks national ratings of the elected leaders of 13 countries, shows a 20-point slide over the past year in the proportion of Indians who approve of Mr Modi. Yet at 66% in early June, he still outperforms all the rest."https://t.co/DxmiH6qwlO

Founded in 2014, Morning Consult tracks national ratings of the elected leaders of 13 countries, with the current sample size of the survey being 2,126 adults in India.

Under Thursday's (June 17) updated Morning Consult Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker, it was shown that while 66 percent approved of PM Modi, 28 percent of the people surveyed disapproved of him.

As per Morning Consult, following PM Modi in the second position was Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (65%), followed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (63%), Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (54%), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (53%) and US President Joe Biden (53%).

Global Leader Approval: Among All Adults https://t.co/dQsNxouZWb

Modi: 66%
Draghi: 65%
López Obrador: 63%
Morrison: 54%
Merkel: 53%
Biden: 53%
Trudeau: 48%
Johnson: 44%
Moon: 37%
Sánchez: 36%
Bolsonaro: 35%
Macron: 35%
Suga: 29%

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The US leader was followed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (48%), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (44%), South Korean President Moon Jae-In (37%), Spanish Spain Pedro Sánchez (36%), Brazilian President Jaire Bolsonaro (35%), French President Emmanuel Macron (35%) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (29%).

Another interesting fact is the change in PM Modi's approval ratings in the past two years.

According to the data, PM Modi's approval ratings in August of 2019 stood higher at 82 percent at the time when his government abrogated Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

As compared to this year, that year only 11 percent of those surveyed disapproved of him.

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