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Information flows

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

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis 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

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 30%
  • 1 100.0 — United States
  • 2 24.2 India
  • 3 22.1 China
  • 4 21.7 Russia
  • 5 18.7 Australia
  • 6 13.3 — South Korea
  • 7 12.5 Malaysia
  • 8 11.6 — Vietnam
  • 9 11.1 — Japan
  • 10 5.6 Pakistan
  • 11 4.9 — Thailand
  • 12 +2 4.8 Taiwan
  • 13 4.6 — Indonesia
  • 14 −2 4.4 Singapore
  • 15 3.9 Philippines
  • 16 +1 2.8 New Zealand
  • 17 −1 2.0 — North Korea
  • 18 0.7 — Papua New Guinea
  • 19 +1 0.7 — Bangladesh
  • 20 −2 0.4 — Sri Lanka
  • 21 −2 0.3 — Myanmar
  • 22 −1 0.2 — Nepal
  • 23 −1 0.1 — Cambodia
  • 24 0.0 — Laos
  • 25 −2 0.0 — Brunei
  • 26 0.0 — Mongolia
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