U.S. President Donald Trump finds himself unpopular and distrusted, according to polling | Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Trump more distrusted than Putin, Xi: poll Only 29 percent of people worldwide are confident in US president to do the right thing.

Donald Trump is more distrusted worldwide than Russian President Vladimir Putin or China’s Xi Jinping, according to a new poll.

The survey of people in more than 30 countries by Pew Research Center showed the U.S. president had the most negative ratings out of five world leaders when participants were asked whether they trusted them to do the right thing in world affairs.

Sixty-four percent said they had no confidence in Trump, compared with 57 percent for Putin and 43 percent for Xi. Just 29 percent had confidence in Trump.

“As has been the case throughout his presidency, U.S. President Donald Trump receives largely negative reviews from publics around the world,” the report said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the most trusted of the five leaders, with 46 percent of respondents saying they had confidence in her and 29 percent expressing no confidence, followed by French President Emmanuel Macron with 41 percent confidence.

Pew found that in nearly all nations where trends were available, Trump received lower ratings than his predecessor, Barack Obama.

“Anti-Trump sentiments are especially common in Western Europe,” the report said, with at least three in four people from Germany, Sweden, France, Spain and the Netherlands expressing a lack of trust in him.

Trust in Trump was lowest in Mexico where just 8 percent of people said they had confidence in him.

In only six countries did a majority indicate trust that Trump would do the right thing: the Philippines (77 percent), Israel (71 percent), Kenya (65 percent), Nigeria (58 percent), India (56 percent) and Poland (51 percent).

While support for Trump is low worldwide, the report noted approval of the U.S. as a country is generally higher. Still, Pew noted favorable ratings for the United States have declined since Trump took office.

Unpopular policies

Trump’s worldwide unpopularity can be attributed in part to his policies, according to the report’s authors.

The survey, conducted last year between May and October, showed a majority of people disagreed with his decisions to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, to withdraw from international climate pacts, and to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

The only Trump policy that recorded more support than opposition was his approach to North Korea, with 41 percent saying they agreed with this compared with 36 percent who didn’t.

Still, even in predominantly anti-Trump countries, the president enjoyed considerable support among those who hold views associated with right-wing populist parties. In the U.K., for example, 63 percent of respondents with a favorable view of UKIP had confidence in Trump.

Similarly, among Fidesz supporters in Hungary 48 percent approved of the American president, as did 43 percent of people who expressed positive views about France’s National Rally.