Latin American presidents' approval rates 2022

Among selected Latin American heads of state in April 2022, Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, had the highest approval rate, reaching 83 percent. After two months as the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro had an approval rate of 61 percent.

Approval rates of selected presidents in Latin America and the Caribbean as of April 2022

Characteristic	Approval rate
Nayib Bukele (El Salvador)	83%
Luis Alberto Lacalle (Uruguay)	74%
Luis Abinader (Dominican Republic)	66%
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico)	63%
Xiomara Castro (Honduras)	61%
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (Bolivia)*	47%
Luis Lacalle Pou (Uruguay)	47%
Iván Duque Márquez (Colombia)	44%
Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua)**	38%
Laurentino Cortizo (Panama)**	34%
Guillermo Lasso Mendoza (Ecuador)*	34%
Gabriel Boric (Chile)	28%
Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil)	28%
Alejandro Giammattei (Guatemala)	21%
Pedro Castillo (Peru)	19%
Alberto Fernández (Argentina)*	17%
Carlos Alvarado (Costa Rica)*	15%

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Release date

June 2022

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LAC

Survey time period

April 2022

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Approval rates in their own countries of origin/public office

Supplementary notes

The source gathered the approval rates from national surveys published in electronic medias from different countries.
*Survey conducted in March 2022
**Survey conducted in February 2022.

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