This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, compares approval ratings for Beijing and Washington using survey results from more than 42,000 respondents across 36 countries.

China Now Leads in Global Favorability

Public opinion in many countries has shifted in China's favor amid changes in U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy.

In 27 of the 36 countries surveyed, China received a higher approval rating than the United States. These include U.S. allies and neighbors such as Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

The following table lists 2026 approval ratings for China and the U.S. across all 36 countries surveyed.

Pakistan has the largest favorability gap. China has a 90% approval rating among Pakistanis, compared with 15% for the United States, a difference of 75 percentage points.