Topline
Other countries’ opinions of the U.S. have improved by nine points on average since President Joe Biden took office—and in many cases by double digits—a new Morning Consult poll finds, as the Democratic president appears to have noticeably improved the U.S.’s global standing in his first 100 days after it eroded under President Donald Trump.
Key Facts
The country whose net favorability rating of the U.S. most improved between Jan. 20 and April 25 was Germany, where it improved by 47 points, followed by Japan (net change of 39 points) and France (37 points).
The country with the highest opinion of the U.S. is Brazil, where 74% of respondents view it favorably (versus 69% on Jan. 20), according to the poll, which was conducted between April 22 and 25 with an average of 1,100 adult respondents in each country.
The other countries with a double-digit increase in how they view the U.S. were Australia (net increase of 21 points), Brazil (10 points), Canada (32 points), Italy (23 points), Mexico (15 points), Spain (26 points) and the United Kingdom (30 points).
The smallest increases were in Russia, whose view of the U.S. only rose by six points, and India, where it rose by three points.
China and South Korea were the only countries whose view of the U.S. has worsened since Biden took office: the U.S.’s favorability rating went down by two points in South Korea and 13 points in China, which has the least positive view of the U.S. of any country (17% view favorably).
The U.S.’s own opinion of itself improved by 10 points, and 78% of respondents now view the country favorably.
Crucial Quote
“International opinion of the United States, in many nations, is genuinely contingent on American actions,” University of Kansas professor Dr. David Farber, who edited a book on international perceptions of the U.S., told Morning Consult. “People in many nations around the world are, I think, hopeful, that the election of Joe Biden marks a rejection of Trump’s ‘America First’ bullying and go-it-alone international policies and a return to a more collaborative, pro-democracy approach to international affairs.”
Key Background
Morning Consult’s poll is in line with other polls that show Biden’s popularity around the world: A previous Morning Consult poll found similar rises in countries’ approval of the U.S. when Biden was first elected, and polls from Pew Research Center and Ipsos showed many people abroad—particularly in western Europe—far preferred Biden in a head-to-head matchup against Trump. Previous polling showed that the U.S.’s reputation in the eyes of the world suffered under Trump’s presidency, including right after he took office, with a Pew Research poll in July 2017 finding the global view of the U.S. dropped from a 64% favorability rating at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency to 49% at the beginning of Trump’s presidency. Those ratings declined even further amid the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Pew reporting that opinions of the U.S. fell to record lows in 2020 in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Canada and Australia.
Further Reading
Biden’s Early Tenure Has Improved America’s Image Abroad (Morning Consult)
U.S. Popularity Plummets Worldwide Amid Widely Criticized Coronavirus Response, Poll Finds (Forbes)
The Trump era has seen a decline in America’s global reputation (Pew Research Center)
Outside the U.S., Biden is the clear favorite (Ipsos)
Biden’s Election Makes U.S. More Popular in Europe, Less Popular in China and Russia (Morning Consult)
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