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Defence dialogues

Number of bilateral and plurilateral defence diplomacy meetings held between Index countries (2024)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for defence dialogues. Embed

Defence dialogues

Number of bilateral and plurilateral defence diplomacy meetings held between Index countries (2024)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    319* 2024
  • 2 87.5 Japan
    279* 2024
  • 3 +1 38.2 Indonesia
    122* 2024
  • 3 +2 38.2 Singapore
    122* 2024
  • 5 −2 37.6 Australia
    120* 2024
  • 6 +3 37.3 Vietnam
    119* 2024
  • 7 36.4 Philippines
    116 2024
  • 8 −2 32.9 Thailand
    105* 2024
  • 9 +2 29.8 South Korea
    95 2024
  • 10 29.5 India
    94* 2024
  • 11 +1 29.2 Cambodia
    93* 2024
  • 12 +2 25.4 Brunei
    81 2024
  • 13 −5 24.5 Malaysia
    78 2024
  • 14 −1 22.6 China
    72* 2024
  • 15 +2 16.9 Russia
    54* 2024
  • 16 −1 16.6 Laos
    53 2024
  • 17 +1 14.1 New Zealand
    45 2024
  • 18 +1 10.3 Pakistan
    33 2024
  • 19 −3 7.8 Sri Lanka
    25* 2024
  • 20 7.2 Mongolia
    23 2024
  • 21 +1 6.9 Myanmar
    22 2024
  • 22 −1 3.4 Bangladesh
    11 2024
  • 23 +1 2.2 Timor-Leste
    7 2024
  • 24 +1 1.9 — Nepal
    6 2024
  • 25 −3 1.6 Papua New Guinea
    5 2024
  • 26 0.6 — North Korea
    2 2024
  • 27 0.0 — Taiwan
    — 2024
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