The image of the United States in other wealthy democracies has plunged to all-time lows over its response to the coronavirus, with widespread doubts about President Donald Trump's leadership, according to a survey.

A 13-nation survey by the Pew Research Centre found that only one country — South Korea — still had mostly favorable views of the United States, and even there it was only 59 per cent.

In historic US ally Britain, 41pc said they had a positive view of the United States, the lowest since the center started polling two decades ago, AFP reported.

Favorability toward the US slumped to 31pc in France and 26pc in Germany, around the same levels recorded at the time of the Iraq invasion in 2003. “Part of the decline over the past year is linked to how the US had handled the coronavirus pandemic,” the study said.

Only 15pc of the people surveyed around the world thought the United States — which has suffered the highest Covid-19 death toll at nearly 200,000 — has done a good job handling the pandemic.