Asia Power Index
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Diplomatic network
The regional and global reach of a state’s or territory’s diplomatic offices
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for diplomatic network.
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Diplomatic network
The regional and global reach of a state’s or territory’s diplomatic offices
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 33.3%
1
98.7
—
China
2
96.4
—
Japan
3
81.5
—
United States
4
80.3
—
South Korea
5
69.4
—
India
6
67.2
—
Russia
7
54.4
—
Australia
8
53.7
—
Indonesia
9
47.8
—
Malaysia
10
46.2
—
Thailand
11
44.6
—
Vietnam
12
39.1
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Philippines
13
36.9
—
Pakistan
14
28.3
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Bangladesh
15
23.9
—
Singapore
16
23.3
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New Zealand
17
22.4
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Myanmar
18
20.6
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Laos
19
20.3
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Cambodia
20
19.0
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Sri Lanka
21
18.1
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Brunei
22
13.7
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Mongolia
23
10.8
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Taiwan
24
10.7
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Timor-Leste
25
8.8
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Nepal
26
5.7
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North Korea
27
0.3
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Papua New Guinea
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