Hillary Clinton again leads Gallup's list of most admired women

Hillary Rodham Clinton wasn't on a ballot, doesn't have her own TV network or magazine, and didn't win a Nobel Prize this year.

But for the 13th year in a row, Clinton is the most admired woman in the world in an annual Gallup Poll. The former secretary of State, who just might run for president in 2016, was mentioned by 12% of Gallup respondents when they were asked whom do you admire the most.

Clinton topped Oprah Winfrey, the multi-hyphenated media mogul who was mentioned by 8% of respondents, and Malala Yousafzai, the teenager from Pakistan who risked her life so girls could have the right to an education. Malala, the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was named most admired woman by 5% of the Gallup respondents.

This is the 17th time in the last 18 years — and 19th overall — that Clinton has been named most admired woman in the Gallup Poll. Laura Bush toppled Clinton in 2001 for the top spot on the Gallup list.

Despite a challenging year for President Obama, he was named the most admired man in the world by 19% of Gallup respondents. Obama has occupied the top spot in the Gallup Poll for each of the last seven years, since he was first elected president in 2008. Pope Francis came in second this year (6%) and Bill Clinton was third on the 2014 Gallup list (3%).

The survey of 805 adults was taken Dec. 8-11 and has an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.