Dina Boluarte being sworn in as president in 2022. Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Peru.
The controversial Peruvian president, who came to power after an institutional coup, has only a two percent approval rating.
Peru’s leader, Dina Boluarte, holds the unenviable world record of being the least popular president on planet Earth, according to data from the polling firm Ipsos.
The study establishes that Dina Boluarte, whose national approval rating dropped to two percent, has definitively become the most unpopular head of state on the planet.
On Monday, local newspaper Perú21 revealed a survey conducted by Ipsos among 1,207 people from May 8 to May 9, which also showed that she maintains a 94% disapproval rating.
“It’s a historic record. We’ve been conducting surveys for 30 years, and there’s never been a trend of so many months of disapproval at such a high level. I don’t know of a record this poor anywhere in the world,” said Guillermo Loli, director of opinion research at Ipsos.
This Tuesday, the digital media outlet La Encerrona produced a graph showing that the closest record is that of the President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, with only three percent, dating back to 2023. Last month, the website Visual Capitalist showed the most unpopular leader to be the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, with eight percent.
Murder of miners dealt the final blow
Following the murder of 13 miners who had been kidnapped by criminal groups, the president’s approval rating plummeted. It was the blow needed to send social discontent to extreme levels.
“There is widespread rejection of the government’s inaction regarding what is happening in the country, such as in Pataz. The murder of Poderosa mining company workers is further fueling this backlash,” Loli added.
A week ago, the Andean country was shaken by the discovery of 13 miners in the Pataz district, La Libertad region, where they were found bound and executed. Boluarte’s response was to establish a military base and impose a curfew in the area, among other measures.
