World Leader Power Rankings

Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on March 22.

Rank	Leader	Country	Previous Rank
1	Jacida Ardern	New Zealand	6
2	Xi Jingping	China	1
3	Lee Hsien Loong	Singapore	2
4	Moon Jae-in	South Korea	3
5	Angela Merkel	Germany	Not Ranked
6	Vladimir Putin	Russia	4
7	Shinzo Abe	Japan	9
8	Katrin Jakobsdottir	Iceland	Not Ranked
9	Nguyen Phu Trong	Vietnam	Not Ranked
10	Giorgi Gakharim	Georgia	Not Ranked

1. As coronavirs-19 continues to stay in the forefront of everything, Ardern has again succeeded. All the more impressive is that her country is doing so well as a democracy. She nipped it int he bud and didn't need to use the heavy-handed tactics of Xi in China.

2. For the first time since this list began, Xi has slipped out of the top spot. It seemed like only a new American president would be able to accomplish the feat, but Xi's covering up of the severity of the virus has been devastating to the world. It's hard to justify keeping him number one. Plus his buddy Kim Jong-un seems to be on death's door.

3. Lee has needed the tactics of an autocrat to battle the virus, but by most accounts, the country is fighting it effectively.

4. South Korea has been at the forefront of testing for the virus. Moon's country even sold the U.S. state of Maryland tests when the American federal government turned the state away.

5. Merkel has come a long way back up this list. Her scientific background and honest statements about what she knows and doesn't know has given her rave reviews.

6. While Putin has tried to extend his rule for life, the coronavirus may have other plans. Putin can control the media, but not the virus.

7. Abe hasn't been perfect and Japanese society tends to be disciplined and good at disasters, but the country has to be dealing with the virus well.

8. Iceland doesn't have too many people, but they're taken an active role in trying to help understand the virus. Katrin's country has also done well to staunch the spread of the virus.

9. Trong's Vietnam has also done well to combat the virus. Restrictions were eased without a single virus-related death.

10. Even the country of Georgeia has done better than some so-called developed nations.