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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Information flows

The regional appeal of a country’s media outlets and universities

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for information flows. Embed

Information flows

The regional appeal of a country’s media outlets and universities

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rank
Year
Weighting 30%
  • 1 96.3 United States
  • 2 17.6 Russia
  • 3 11.3 Australia
  • 4 9.6 China
  • 5 8.4 Japan
  • 6 +1 6.1 South Korea
  • 7 +1 5.5 Malaysia
  • 8 −2 5.3 India
  • 9 +5 3.7 Taiwan
  • 10 −1 3.4 Vietnam
  • 11 3.0 Thailand
  • 12 3.0 Singapore
  • 13 −3 1.8 Indonesia
  • 14 −1 1.7 Pakistan
  • 15 1.1 — New Zealand
  • 16 1.0 — North Korea
  • 17 0.8 Philippines
  • 18 +3 0.8 Timor-Leste
  • 19 +3 0.6 — Laos
  • 20 +5 0.5 — Nepal
  • 21 +6 0.4 — Mongolia
  • 22 +4 0.3 — Cambodia
  • 23 −5 0.1 — Bangladesh
  • 24 −1 0.1 — Brunei
  • 25 −1 0.1 — Papua New Guinea
  • 26 −7 0.1 — Sri Lanka
  • 27 −7 0.1 — Myanmar
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