Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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Cultural influence
Ability to shape international public opinion through cultural appeal and interaction
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for cultural influence.
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Cultural influence
Ability to shape international public opinion through cultural appeal and interaction
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Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
Weighting 10%
1
80.9
—
United States
2
47.0
—
China
3
42.5
Japan
4
38.7
—
India
5
35.4
Australia
6
28.9
Malaysia
7
+1
27.7
Thailand
8
−1
27.2
South Korea
9
26.7
Singapore
10
+1
22.5
Indonesia
11
−1
20.5
Russia
12
16.0
Vietnam
13
13.0
—
Taiwan
14
12.5
Philippines
15
10.6
New Zealand
16
7.1
Bangladesh
17
+2
6.8
Sri Lanka
18
+3
6.8
Cambodia
19
−2
6.7
Brunei
20
−2
6.4
Myanmar
21
−1
5.2
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Pakistan
22
4.7
Nepal
23
3.9
Laos
24
2.2
—
Mongolia
25
1.8
—
Papua New Guinea
26
1.0
North Korea
27
0.9
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