Modi ranked among top 3 world leaders in Gallup survey, ahead of Putin and Xi

The top ranking in the survey went to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by French president Emmanuel Macron.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Switzerland for Davos summit, an international survey has ranked him among the top three leaders of the world.

The survey rated Prime Minister Modi ahead of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Theresa May and Benjamin Netanyahu. (PTI)

An annual survey by Gallup International has put Prime Minister Modi at number three among the global leaders.

The respondents in the survey, which was conducted among the people across 50 countries, had rated Prime Minister Modi ahead of China’s Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu amongst others.

The top ranking in the survey went to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by French president Emmanuel Macron.

Prime Minister Modi will be on a two-day visit to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting between January 22 and 23.