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Cultural projection

Cultural influences and exports that help to enhance a country’s reputation abroad

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for cultural projection. Embed

Cultural projection

Cultural influences and exports that help to enhance a country’s reputation abroad

  • Rankings
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Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 40%
  • 1 94.8 United States
  • 2 76.5 Japan
  • 3 63.2 China
  • 4 51.2 India
  • 5 32.7 South Korea
  • 6 31.5 — Australia
  • 7 29.6 Singapore
  • 8 23.8 Malaysia
  • 9 +1 22.1 — Russia
  • 10 −1 20.2 Thailand
  • 11 16.7 — Indonesia
  • 12 13.8 New Zealand
  • 13 +1 12.2 — Vietnam
  • 14 −1 12.2 — Taiwan
  • 15 10.2 — Philippines
  • 16 7.1 — Brunei
  • 17 +1 2.8 Sri Lanka
  • 18 −1 2.3 — Pakistan
  • 19 1.5 — Papua New Guinea
  • 20 +4 1.2 — Mongolia
  • 21 −1 1.1 Cambodia
  • 22 −1 0.9 Bangladesh
  • 23 0.8 — Myanmar
  • 24 −2 0.7 — Nepal
  • 25 −6 0.4 North Korea
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
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