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Political leadership (global)

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s diplomatic interests globally, 0-100 (2025)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for political leadership (global). Embed

Political leadership (global)

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s diplomatic interests globally, 0-100 (2025)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 2 Source Year
  • 1 +2 100.0 China
    100* 2025
  • 2 85.0 India
    85* 2025
  • 3 +1 72.1 Japan
    72* 2025
  • 4 +1 68.5 Singapore
    69* 2025
  • 5 +1 66.2 Australia
    66* 2025
  • 6 −5 62.9 United States
    63* 2025
  • 7 +2 61.8 Indonesia
    62* 2025
  • 8 +4 54.1 Russia
    54* 2025
  • 9 −2 51.7 South Korea
    52* 2025
  • 10 +1 49.4 — Vietnam
    49* 2025
  • 11 +4 46.0 Malaysia
    46* 2025
  • 12 −4 43.1 Philippines
    43* 2025
  • 13 +1 37.7 New Zealand
    38* 2025
  • 14 −4 30.0 Taiwan
    30* 2025
  • 15 −2 21.9 Thailand
    22* 2025
  • 16 +1 19.2 Pakistan
    19* 2025
  • 17 +7 13.7 Papua New Guinea
    14* 2025
  • 18 +4 12.4 Sri Lanka
    12* 2025
  • 19 −1 11.4 Bangladesh
    11* 2025
  • 20 −4 11.2 Mongolia
    11* 2025
  • 21 −1 9.2 Brunei
    9* 2025
  • 21 9.2 Timor-Leste
    9* 2025
  • 23 −4 6.6 Cambodia
    7* 2025
  • 24 −1 5.8 North Korea
    6* 2025
  • 25 +1 2.8 — Nepal
    3* 2025
  • 27 −2 0.0 Laos
    —* 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    —* 2025
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