Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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People exchanges
The depth and influence of a country’s people-to-people links in the region
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for people exchanges.
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People exchanges
The depth and influence of a country’s people-to-people links in the region
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 30%
1
99.7
China
2
+1
62.8
India
3
+1
59.5
Malaysia
4
−2
56.4
Thailand
5
54.3
United States
6
+5
53.8
Japan
7
−1
50.1
Australia
8
−1
46.1
Indonesia
9
−1
45.3
South Korea
10
42.9
Vietnam
11
−2
41.1
Singapore
12
+1
28.1
Philippines
13
−1
24.7
Taiwan
14
+1
21.9
Myanmar
15
+1
20.6
Cambodia
16
−2
19.1
Bangladesh
17
+1
17.1
New Zealand
18
−1
16.9
Sri Lanka
19
+1
15.7
Brunei
20
−1
15.4
Nepal
21
+1
13.6
Laos
22
−1
12.4
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Russia
23
9.2
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Pakistan
24
6.4
Mongolia
25
+2
5.4
Timor-Leste
26
−1
5.2
Papua New Guinea
27
−1
2.0
North Korea
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Cultural influence
Cultural projection
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People exchanges
Diaspora influence
Migrant drawing power
Regional travel destination
Regional travel connectivity