According to a new Gallup poll, US approval ratings in other countries have rebounded from all-time lows during the Trump administration.

A sample of people in 46 countries shows approval of the US standing at 49%, comparable to where it was at the start of the Obama administration, and far higher than the 30% approval rating at the end of Trump's presidency.

On the downside, the 36% disapproval is higher than it was under Obama. Nevertheless, it compares well with Trump's record-high 44% disapproval.

The Philippines is the country whose population is most favorable to the US under Biden, and the one with the greatest swing in opinion from the Trump years. A whopping 71% of Filipinos now think well of the US, with only 23% having an unfavorable opinion.

Portugal shows the greatest swing in opinion, with 64% now thinking well of the US. This represents a 52-point swing in opinion over the Trump-era rating.

Russia and Serbia showed the greatest dislike for the US, with only 13% of Russians and 16% of Serbs having a good opinion of the US.

China, a rival of the US for economic and political dominance, was not polled for this survey.

Gallup warned that global approval ratings for the US may change as it completes its 2021 fieldwork in more countries. The fallout from the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan has yet to be surveyed, the pollsters said.

However, according to Gallup, substantial gains in popularity across so many countries halfway through 2021 make it unlikely that the final rating for Biden's first year in office could retreat to Trump's levels.

Missed opportunities to engage with the rest of the world during all four Trump years – particularly during the pandemic – overshadowed any potential goodwill that resulted from Trump brokering a deal between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors.

In contrast, on his first day in office Biden, rejoined the Paris climate accord and halted Trump's decision to leave the World Health Organization. And in his first foreign policy speech as president, Biden vowed to repair US alliances through diplomacy.

These words and actions likely reassured many longtime US allies and the international community at large, Gallup said, and may have contributed to the surge in approval ratings across most of the 46 countries and territories surveyed through the first half of 2021.