Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Diplomatic influence
The extent and standing of a state’s foreign relations
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for diplomatic influence.
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Diplomatic influence
The extent and standing of a state’s foreign relations
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Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 10%
1
97.7
China
2
85.4
Japan
3
82.7
United States
4
70.8
India
5
+1
67.2
Indonesia
6
−1
66.5
—
South Korea
7
65.7
Australia
8
59.5
Vietnam
9
+2
58.8
Malaysia
10
57.7
Russia
11
−2
56.9
—
Singapore
12
52.1
—
Thailand
13
48.8
—
Philippines
14
+1
37.8
New Zealand
15
−1
34.8
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Cambodia
16
33.5
Brunei
17
32.8
Pakistan
18
+1
27.9
Laos
19
−1
26.5
Bangladesh
20
25.3
Timor-Leste
21
+3
24.6
Myanmar
22
−1
21.2
Sri Lanka
23
19.7
Mongolia
24
−2
16.6
Taiwan
25
+1
15.1
Papua New Guinea
26
−1
13.5
Nepal
27
12.2
North Korea
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