The country that dislikes the Queen the most
Overall, the monarch is the second most admired woman in the world according to a new poll
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Your support makes all the difference.Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the history between the UK and Argentina, the south American country has the least amount of admiration for Queen Elizabeth II in comparison with other countries.
In YouGov's poll of the world's most admired people of 2016, the monarch was named the second most admired woman in a survey of 30 countries.
However, when specifically applied to Argentina, the Queen was ranked 18th out of 20 in a list that also includes Shakira, Victoria Beckham and Kate Middleton. She was most admired in the UK as well as other commonwealth countries like New Zealand, Canada and Australia. China and Germany also ranked her as the most admired woman, with the latter placing her one position in front of their Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The map below shows the countries in which the Queen was given a high position in the shortlist of 20 'most admired women' and the countries where she was given a lower ranking.
The most admired woman in the world was Angelina Jolie who has established herself as a prominent campaigner against gender and sexual violence in war zones and continually voicing the plight of refugees.
Other countries more aligned with Argentina’s view of the long-reigning Royal were Mexico and Brazil, who ranked her towards the end of the top 20.
Overall, 17 countries placed Queen Elizabeth in their top five, including the UAE, Russia and South Africa.
Russian president Vladimir Putin, who was ranked higher than Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama in the list of most admired men in the world, was unsurprisingly ranked highest in Russia.
Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia and Morocco also hailed him as someone to admire, while the UK, Canada, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore placed him further down in the rankings.
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