How Do You Really Feel?
Will the United States have a positive influence on world affairs? That's the question the Ipsos research firm asked people in 29 different countries (including the United States itself) in September and October of 2024, and again in March and April of 2025—and how their answers changed in those six short months is significant.
What countries have an improved opinion of America today—and in which countries is America's reputation at possibly all-time lows? Spoiler Alert: Where Canada sits on this list is shocking.
We will look at the ranking in descending order (% believing America will have a positive influence)—starting with the country that has the highest opinion of the United States at this time, while also comparing each current percentage to how that country felt back in October of 2024.
We will also point out some key findings amongst the data as well...
Key Findings: Global Country Average
April 2025: 46%
October 2024: 60%
Across all 29 countries surveyed, the average percentage who believe America will have a positive influence on world affairs dropped a somewhat staggering 14% in the six months between the two polls.
And now the ranking...
1: Peru
April 2025: 76%
October 2024: 82%
Peru had the highest opinion of the United States back in October 2024 as well—although, as you can see, the numbers did drop by a few percentage points in the intervening six months.
DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
2: Thailand
April 2025: 73%
October 2024: 76%
Although Thailand's opinion dropped three percentage points, their position in the ranking rose from fourth to second compared to the October 2024 results.
3: India
April 2025: 67%
October 2024: 66%
India is one of only three countries whose opinion of America has gone up (or stayed the same) in the last six months (albeit by just one single percentage point).
4: United States
April 2025: 63%
October 2024: 77%
Forget the rest of the world—even at home, Americans have a significantly lower opinion of their own country today than they did before the election last November.
5: Argentina
April 2025: 63%
October 2024: 66%
While the percentage only decreased by three percent, Argentina's ranking rose from number 13 to five.
6: Brazil
April 2025: 61%
October 2024: 73%
7: Columbia
April 2025: 60%
October 2024: 77%
Columbia's 17% drop is one of the largest among all 29 countries polled.
Holger Uwe Schmitt, Wikimedia Commons
8: Singapore
April 2025: 60%
October 2024: 66%
Key Findings: Republicans & Democrats
Republicans: 85%
Democrats: 45%
As one might imagine, Republicans in America have a much higher belief that their country will have a positive impact than do Democrats.
9: Chile
April 2025: 58%
October: 2024: 67%
10: South Africa
April 2025: 57%
October 2024: 71%
11: Indonesia
April 2025: 56%
October 2024: 55%
Another one of the three countries whose opinions went up. But again—only by one percentage point.
Jakartadunia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
12: Poland
April 2025: 52%
October 2024: 73%
An almost 20% drop in Poland's opinion of America.
13: Malaysia
April 2025: 49%
October 2024: 52%
Malaysia was barely over 50% back in October of 2024 and today...under.
14: South Korea
April 2025: 48%
October 2024: 71%
Not the biggest percentage dip—but 23% is certainly a hefty drop.
U0894629, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
15: Mexico
April 2025: 46%
October 2024: 67%
America's neighbours to the south are not feeling very positive towards them.
Roberto Carlos Román Don, Unsplash
16: Hungary
April 2025: 46%
October 2024: 53%
Elekes Andor, Wikimedia Commons
17: Japan
April 2025: 45%
October: 2024: 65%
A 20-percentage point drop.
David Kernan, Wikimedia Commons
18: Türkiye
April 2025: 40%
October 2024: 40%
Although their percentage hasn't changed, Türkiye made a big move in the rankings—having sat in 29th position back in October of 2024.
René Cortin, Wikimedia Commons
19: Great Britain
April 2025: 39%
October 2024: 56%
A longtime ally and partner of the United States, Great Britain's positive view of America has taken a big hit since last October.
20: Italy
April 2025: 39%
October 2024: 52%
21: Ireland
April 2025: 35%
October 2024: 49%
Ireland was under 50% in October, but today, they are way under that mark.
Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
22: Australia
April 2025: 34%
October 2024: 54%
23: Spain
April 2025: 33%
October 2024: 54%
24: France
April 2025: 30%
October 2024: 56%
A 26% difference (on the negative) from October 2024 to April of 2025.
25: Germany
April 2025: 30%
October 2024: 51%
Now we drop below the 30% mark for the rest of the countries on the list.
Roman Eisele, Wikimedia Commons
26: Belgium
April 2025: 23%
October 2024: 47%
Ank Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
27: Sweden
April 2025: 22%
October 2024: 44%
Sweden actually moved up one place in the rankings (they were ranked 28th last October).
28: Netherlands
April 2025: 20%
October 2024: 50%
A 30% drop might seem big—and it is. But it isn't the biggest percentage change among the 29 countries. That honor belongs to...
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29: Canada
April 2025: 19%
October 2024: 52%
Not only is the 33% drop the largest among all countries surveyed—it's also the lowest score ever seen in Canada since 2015 (the first year they started doing this survey).
Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com), Wikimedia Commons
Key Findings: China VS USA
For the first time since they started tracking this "positive influence" question, China is now seen as a more positive influence than the US. The average among the 29 countries was 49% for China (compared to the previously discussed 46% for America).
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