Malala and Imran Khan Are Among the “World’s Most Admired” People

A market research company YouGov, has published its latest findings on “the world’s most admired people” and has ranked several noted personalities based on opinions of 37,000 people from 35 countries.

Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates and well-famed actress Angelina Jolie made it to the top of the list as the world’s most admired people and some Pakistani people, including Imran Khan and Malala Yousafzai also made it to the global rankings. The list mainly consists of actors and celebrities but political figures, such as Barack Obama and Vladmir Putin are included as well.

The researcher interviewed 37,000 people and based its final calculations on their responses to two questions – first, whether the interviewee admires the person in question and second if the interviewee admired the particular person the most.

Local Rankings

YouGov’s research also classifies admiration levels country-wise and shows which person is admired the most locally. For Pakistan, Tariq Jameel and Bilquis Edhi are at the first spot and are admired the most by Pakistani people. Imran Khan comes third and interestingly, Malala Yousafzai comes 6th below Angelina Jolie and Aafia Siddiqui.

Men (Top 10 – measured by %share of admiration) 

1. Tariq Jamil – 17.60% admiration score
2. Raheel Sharif – 13.70% admiration score
3. Imran Khan – 12.80% admiration score
4. Bill Gates – 7.70% admiration score
5. Pervez Musharraf – 5.10% admiration score
6. Shahid Afridi – 4.20% admiration score
7. Aamir Khan – 3.80% admiration score
8. Recep Tayyip Erdogan – 3.40% admiration score
9. Justin Trudeau – 3.10% admiration score
10. Nawaz Sharif – 2.60% admiration score

Women (Top 10 – measured by %share of admiration)

1. Bilquis Edhi – 22.10% admiration score
2. Aafia Siddiqui – 10.80% admiration score
3. Angelina Jolie – 6.70% admiration score
4. Farhat Hashmi – 5.60% admiration score
5. Muniba Mazari – 4.90% admiration score
6. Malala Yousafzai – 4.00% admiration score
7. Hillary Clinton – 3.50% admiration score
8. Queen Elizabeth II – 3.30% admiration score
9. Mahira Khan – 3.30% admiration score
10. Maryam Nawaz – 3.20% admiration score

International Rankings

The list of most admired men across the world mostly includes political and humanitarian workers. Among the list, veteran Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and China’s Jackie Chan are also present. Women’s list mostly consists of celebrities and actresses with Angelina Jolie, a part-actress part-humanitarian, at the top.

Men (Top 10 – measured by %share of admiration)

1. Bill Gates – 9.9% admiration score
2. Barack Obama – 9.7% admiration score
3. Jackie Chan – 5.5% admiration score
4. Xi Jinping – 5.5% admiration score
5. Jack Ma – 4.4% admiration score
6. Vladimir Putin – 4.1% admiration score
7. Dalai Lama – 3.9% admiration score
8. Narendra Modi – 3.9% admiration score
9. Amitabh Bachchan – 3.1% admiration score
10. Cristiano Ronaldo – 3.1% admiration score

Women (Top 10 – measured by %share of admiration)

1. Angelina Jolie – 8.2% admiration score
2. Michelle Obama – 8.0% admiration score
3. Oprah Winfrey – 7.1% admiration score
4. Queen Elizabeth II – 6.0% admiration score
5. Hillary Clinton – 4.5% admiration score
6. Emma Watson – 3.9% admiration score
7. Malala Yousafzai – 3.8% admiration score
8. Angela Merkel – 3.3% admiration score
9. Taylor Swift – 3.0% admiration score
10. Madonna – 2.9% admiration score

You can check out the study in detail for yourself here.