This page shows a current list of world leaders 2022 and is updated regularly. Last update in January 2022. A world leader is defined as the leader of a country who controls either the executive or the legislative branch. The full list can also be downloaded as a PDF file for free. Just click here or scroll down to the bottom of the page to get to the download section.
Of the 197 independent countries in the world, 12 countries have a female president – 3 more than one year ago. These countries are Bangladesh, Barbados, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Moldova, New Zealand, Samoa, Serbia, Sweden and Tanzania.
Paul Biya, the head of state of Cameroon is currently the oldest acting head of state at an age of almost 89 years. Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland is the youngest world leader with 36 years.
The full list of world leaders 2022
By default, all countries are sorted alphabetically. You can also click on the table header to sort the table by state leaders or by continent.
| Country | Head of State (May 2022) | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Hibatullah Akhundzada | Asia |
| Albania | Edi Rama | Europe |
| Algeria | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | Africa |
| Andorra | Xavier Espot Zamora | Europe |
| Angola | João Lourenço | Africa |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Gaston Browne | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Argentina | Alberto Fernández | South America |
| Armenia | Nikol Pashinyan | Europe |
| Australia | Scott Morrison | Oceania |
| Austria | Karl Nehammer | Europe |
| Azerbaijan | Ilham Aliyev | Europe |
| Bahamas | Philip Davis | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Bahrain | Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa | Asia |
| Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Asia |
| Barbados | Mia Mottley | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Belarus | Alexander Lukashenko | Europe |
| Belgium | Alexander De Croo | Europe |
| Belize | Juan Briceño | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Benin | Patrice Talon | Africa |
| Bhutan | Lotay Tshering | Asia |
| Bolivia | Luis Arce | South America |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Christian Schmidt | Europe |
| Botswana | Mokgweetsi Masisi | Africa |
| Brazil | Jair Bolsonaro | South America |
| Brunei | Hassanal Bolkiah | Asia |
| Bulgaria | Kiril Petkov | Europe |
| Burkina Faso | Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (interim) | Africa |
| Burundi | Évariste Ndayishimiye | Africa |
| Cambodia | Hun Sen | Asia |
| Cameroon | Paul Biya | Africa |
| Canada | Justin Trudeau | North America |
| Cape Verde | José Maria Neves | Africa |
| Central African Republic | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | Africa |
| Chad | Mahamat Déby | Africa |
| Chile | Gabriel Boric | South America |
| China | Xi Jinping | Asia |
| Colombia | Iván Duque | South America |
| Comoros | Azali Assoumani | Africa |
| Costa Rica | Rodrigo Chaves Robles | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Alassane Ouattara | Africa |
| Croatia | Andrej Plenković | Europe |
| Cuba | Miguel Díaz-Canel | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Cyprus | Nicos Anastasiades | Europe |
| Czechia | Petr Fiala | Europe |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Félix Tshisekedi | Africa |
| Denmark | Mette Frederiksen | Europe |
| Djibouti | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Africa |
| Dominica | Roosevelt Skerrit | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Dominican Republic | Luis Abinader | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Ecuador | Guillermo Lasso | South America |
| Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Africa |
| El Salvador | Nayib Bukele | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Equatorial Guinea | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Africa |
| Eritrea | Isaias Afwerki | Africa |
| Estonia | Kaja Kallas | Europe |
| eSwatini | Mswati III | Africa |
| Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed | Africa |
| Fiji | Frank Bainimarama | Oceania |
| Finland | Sanna Marin | Europe |
| France | Emmanuel Macron | Europe |
| Gabon | Ali Bongo Ondimba | Africa |
| Gambia | Adama Barrow | Africa |
| Georgia | Irakli Garibashvili | Europe |
| Germany | Olaf Scholz | Europe |
| Ghana | Nana Akufo-Addo | Africa |
| Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Europe |
| Grenada | Keith Mitchell | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Guatemala | Alejandro Giammattei | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Guinea | Mamady Doumbouya | Africa |
| Guinea-Bissau | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | Africa |
| Guyana | Irfaan Ali | South America |
| Haiti | Ariel Henry (interim) | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Honduras | Xiomara Castro | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Hungary | Viktor Orbán | Europe |
| Iceland | Katrín Jakobsdóttir | Europe |
| India | Narendra Modi | Asia |
| Indonesia | Joko Widodo | Asia |
| Iran | Ali Khamenei | Asia |
| Iraq | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | Asia |
| Ireland | Micheál Martin | Europe |
| Israel | Naftali Bennett | Asia |
| Italy | Mario Draghi | Europe |
| Jamaica | Andrew Holness | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Japan | Fumio Kishida | Asia |
| Jordan | Abdullah II | Asia |
| Kazakhstan | Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev | Asia |
| Kenya | Uhuru Kenyatta | Africa |
| Kiribati | Taneti Maamau | Oceania |
| Kosovo | Albin Kurti | Europe |
| Kuwait | Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Asia |
| Kyrgyzstan | Sadyr Japarov | Asia |
| Laos | Thongloun Sisoulith | Asia |
| Latvia | Krišjānis Kariņš | Europe |
| Lebanon | Najib Mikati | Asia |
| Lesotho | Moeketsi Majoro | Africa |
| Liberia | George Weah | Africa |
| Libya | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh | Africa |
| Liechtenstein | Prince Alois | Europe |
| Lithuania | Gitanas Nausėda | Europe |
| Luxembourg | Xavier Bettel | Europe |
| Madagascar | Andry Rajoelina | Africa |
| Malawi | Lazarus Chakwera | Africa |
| Malaysia | Ismail Sabri Yaakob | Asia |
| Maldives | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | Asia |
| Mali | Assimi Goïta (interim) | Africa |
| Malta | Robert Abela | Europe |
| Marshall Islands | David Kabua | Oceania |
| Mauritania | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Africa |
| Mauritius | Pravind Jugnauth | Africa |
| Mexico | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Micronesia | David W. Panuelo | Oceania |
| Moldova | Natalia Gavrilița | Europe |
| Monaco | Albert II | Europe |
| Mongolia | Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh | Asia |
| Montenegro | Dritan Abazović | Europe |
| Morocco | Mohammed VI | Africa |
| Mozambique | Filipe Nyusi | Africa |
| Myanmar | Myint Swe | Asia |
| Namibia | Hage Geingob | Africa |
| Nauru | Lionel Aingimea | Oceania |
| Nepal | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Asia |
| Netherlands | Mark Rutte | Europe |
| New Zealand | Jacinda Ardern | Oceania |
| Nicaragua | Daniel Ortega | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Niger | Mohamed Bazoum | Africa |
| Nigeria | Muhammadu Buhari | Africa |
| North Korea | Kim Jong-un | Asia |
| North Macedonia | Dimitar Kovačevski | Europe |
| Norway | Jonas Gahr Støre | Europe |
| Oman | Haitham bin Tariq | Asia |
| Pakistan | Shehbaz Sharif | Asia |
| Palau | Surangel Whipps Jr. | Oceania |
| Panama | Laurentino Cortizo | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Papua New Guinea | James Marape | Oceania |
| Paraguay | Mario Abdo Benítez | South America |
| Peru | Pedro Castillo | South America |
| Philippines | Rodrigo Duterte | Asia |
| Poland | Mateusz Morawiecki | Europe |
| Portugal | António Costa | Europe |
| Qatar | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Asia |
| Republic of the Congo | Denis Sassou Nguesso | Africa |
| Romania | Klaus Iohannis | Europe |
| Russia | Vladimir Putin | Europe |
| Rwanda | Paul Kagame | Africa |
| Saint Lucia | Philip J. Pierre | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Samoa | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa | Oceania |
| San Marino | Oscar Mina | Europe |
| Sao Tome & Principe | Carlos Vila Nova | Africa |
| Saudi Arabia | Salman | Asia |
| Senegal | Macky Sall | Africa |
| Serbia | Ana Brnabić | Europe |
| Seychelles | Wavel Ramkalawan | Africa |
| Sierra Leone | Julius Maada Bio | Africa |
| Singapore | Lee Hsien Loong | Asia |
| Slovakia | Eduard Heger | Europe |
| Slovenia | Janez Janša | Europe |
| Solomon Islands | Manasseh Sogavare | Oceania |
| Somalia | Mohamed Hussein Roble | Africa |
| South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | Africa |
| South Korea | Yoon Suk-yeol | Asia |
| South Sudan | Salva Kiir Mayardit | Africa |
| Spain | Pedro Sánchez | Europe |
| Sri Lanka | Gotabaya Rajapaksa | Asia |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | Timothy Harris | Central America & the Caribbean |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | Ralph Gonsalves | Central America & the Caribbean |
| State of Palestine | Mahmoud Abbas | Asia |
| Sudan | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | Africa |
| Suriname | Chan Santokhi | South America |
| Sweden | Magdalena Andersson | Europe |
| Switzerland | Federal Council | Europe |
| Syria | Bashar al-Assad | Asia |
| Taiwan | Tsai Ing-wen | Asia |
| Tajikistan | Emomali Rahmon | Asia |
| Tanzania | Samia Suluhu Hassan | Africa |
| Thailand | Prayut Chan-o-cha | Asia |
| Timor-Leste | Francisco Guterres | Oceania |
| Togo | Faure Gnassingbé | Africa |
| Tonga | Siaosi Sovaleni | Oceania |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Keith Rowley | Central America & the Caribbean |
| Tunisia | Kaïs Saïed | Africa |
| Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Europe |
| Turkmenistan | Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | Asia |
| Tuvalu | Kausea Natano | Oceania |
| Uganda | Yoweri Museveni | Africa |
| Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelensky | Europe |
| United Arab Emirates | Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Asia |
| United Kingdom | Boris Johnson | Europe |
| United States of America | Joe Biden | North America |
| Uruguay | Luis Lacalle Pou | South America |
| Uzbekistan | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Asia |
| Vanuatu | Bob Loughman | Oceania |
| Vatican City | Pope Francis | Europe |
| Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro | South America |
| Vietnam | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | Asia |
| Yemen | Rashad al-Alimi | Asia |
| Zambia | Hakainde Hichilema | Africa |
| Zimbabwe | Emmerson Mnangagwa | Africa |
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This is a great resource, but is there a directory of world leaders that includes the leaders’ addresses?
Great list. Is the age of all these gizzards shown in your list?
There’s this common, but somewhat odd assumption, that “World Leaders” means heads of state of countries.
It would be at least as valid to list the heads of international agencies, notably the UN.
Why not intellectual and cultural leaders? These days some of the business leaders are more significant than leaders of small nations.
This is not a criticism of the list of heads of state (which is what I came looking for), but why do we call these “world leaders”?
thanks