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Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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Comprehensive power

A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for comprehensive power. Embed

Comprehensive power

A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting 100%
  • Super Powers (70+)
  • 1 81.7 United States
  • 2 72.7 China
  • Middle Powers (10+)
  • 3 +1 39.1 India
  • 4 −1 38.9 Japan
  • 5 +1 31.9 Australia
  • 6 −1 31.1 Russia
  • 7 31.0 South Korea
  • 8 26.4 Singapore
  • 9 22.3 Indonesia
  • 10 19.8 Thailand
  • 11 19.6 Malaysia
  • 12 18.7 Vietnam
  • 13 16.3 New Zealand
  • 14 16.0 Taiwan
  • 15 +1 14.7 Philippines
  • 16 −1 14.6 Pakistan
  • 17 11.3 North Korea
  • 18 10.2 Brunei
  • Minor Powers (< 10)
  • 19 +1 9.5 Cambodia
  • 20 −1 9.4 Bangladesh
  • 21 7.7 Sri Lanka
  • 22 +1 7.0 Laos
  • 23 −1 6.7 Myanmar
  • 24 5.2 Mongolia
  • 25 4.8 Nepal
  • 26 4.3 — Timor-Leste
  • 27 4.2 Papua New Guinea
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