@narendramodi – is now world leader no 2 , #obama at 6.6 . #bjp #congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was placed No 2, behind Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a list of 30 top-performing world leaders by a Japanese market research firm.

German chancellor Angela Merkel was on the third place in the list that also measured the confidence of citizens in their leaders.

The survey of more than 26,000 respondents, conducted this fall by Tokyo-based GMO Research rated Xi, Modi, and Merkel the top-performing world leaders, with scores of 7.5, 7.3, and 7.2 respectively on a scale of one to 10.

The survey results were published by Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Centre for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and were analyzed by Anthony Saich, a China expert at the school.

The top three were followed by French President Francois Hollande (6.3), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (6.1), and Putin (6.0) at the bottom.

Obama (6.6) received middling marks, just ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron (6.5).