Banners showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and other G20 leaders are displayed in Johannesburg on Nov. 20, 2025, ahead of that year’s summit. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images)

About this research This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ ratings of 18 G20 member states on a “feeling thermometer”.

Why did we do this?

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. These questions build on our long history of tracking the global image of countries around the world.

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How did we do this?

For this report, we surveyed 5,193 adults from Sept. 14 to 20, 2026. Everyone who took part is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel . The survey represents the views of the full U.S. adult population.

We asked each respondent to rate a random selection of four of 18 possible countries on the “feeling thermometer”.…