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Global defence partnerships

Arms trade patterns indicative of global security partnerships and collaboration across defence industries

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for global defence partnerships. Embed

Global defence partnerships

Arms trade patterns indicative of global security partnerships and collaboration across defence industries

  • Rankings
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Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 20%
  • 1 100.0 — United States
  • 2 23.4 Russia
  • 3 23.0 China
  • 4 +2 12.2 South Korea
  • 5 −1 10.7 Japan
  • 6 −1 7.1 — Australia
  • 7 5.3 — India
  • 8 2.1 Singapore
  • 9 +3 2.0 Pakistan
  • 10 +1 1.8 Indonesia
  • 11 −2 1.5 — Taiwan
  • 12 −2 1.2 — New Zealand
  • 13 +1 0.8 — North Korea
  • 14 +1 0.7 — Malaysia
  • 15 −2 0.6 — Thailand
  • 16 0.4 — Brunei
  • 17 +2 0.3 — Philippines
  • 17 0.3 — Vietnam
  • 19 −1 0.1 — Bangladesh
  • 20 0.0 — Myanmar
  • 20 +1 0.0 — Sri Lanka
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
  • 26 0.0 — Mongolia
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
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