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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Years

Convening power

Number of visits to Index country by leaders or foreign ministers of other Index countries. Excludes attendance to rotating multilateral conferences (2024)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for convening power. Embed

Convening power

Number of visits to Index country by leaders or foreign ministers of other Index countries. Excludes attendance to rotating multilateral conferences (2024)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 64.9 China
    37* 2024
  • 2 +4 61.4 Australia
    35* 2024
  • 3 +9 49.1 Indonesia
    28* 2024
  • 4 +4 36.8 Malaysia
    21* 2024
  • 5 −1 35.1 Singapore
    20* 2024
  • 6 −3 33.3 United States
    19* 2024
  • 7 −2 31.6 Vietnam
    18* 2024
  • 8 +5 29.8 Philippines
    17* 2024
  • 9 −2 26.3 India
    15* 2024
  • 10 +6 24.6 Brunei
    14* 2024
  • 10 −8 24.6 Japan
    14* 2024
  • 10 24.6 South Korea
    14* 2024
  • 13 −2 22.8 Thailand
    13* 2024
  • 14 −5 17.5 Laos
    10* 2024
  • 14 +5 17.5 New Zealand
    10* 2024
  • 16 +1 14.0 Cambodia
    8* 2024
  • 16 −3 14.0 Russia
    8* 2024
  • 18 +4 10.5 Mongolia
    6* 2024
  • 18 −5 10.5 Papua New Guinea
    6* 2024
  • 20 −2 7.0 — Sri Lanka
    4* 2024
  • 21 5.3 Bangladesh
    3* 2024
  • 21 −2 5.3 — Timor-Leste
    3* 2024
  • 23 −1 3.5 Nepal
    2* 2024
  • 23 −1 3.5 Pakistan
    2* 2024
  • 25 −3 1.8 — Myanmar
    1* 2024
  • 25 −3 1.8 — North Korea
    1* 2024
  • 27 0.0 — Taiwan
    — 2024
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