Trust in Political Leaders Plummets Worldwide

In early November 2024, PULSAR, the academic observatory of the University of Buenos Aires,  and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), published a Spanish-language report that analyzed the social approval of national governments in 16 countries across Western Europe, North America, and Latin America. The document compiled approval ratings of presidents and prime ministers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United States, and Uruguay, based on 2,385 published approval records and reports conducted by 2,260 specialized consulting firms between 2020–the onset of the COVID pandemic–and 2024.