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Political leadership (global)

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s diplomatic interests globally, 0–100 (2019)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis 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 (2019)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 +1 100.0 Japan
    100 2019
  • 2 −1 98.9 China
    99 2019
  • 3 +3 87.7 India
    88 2019
  • 4 −1 86.3 Singapore
    86 2019
  • 5 83.1 Russia
    83 2019
  • 6 −2 70.3 New Zealand
    70 2019
  • 7 +3 55.9 Australia
    56 2019
  • 8 −1 52.5 South Korea
    53 2019
  • 9 +4 49.7 Taiwan
    50 2019
  • 10 +4 47.9 Vietnam
    48 2019
  • 11 +1 47.6 United States
    48 2019
  • 12 +5 42.7 Pakistan
    43 2019
  • 13 −2 41.5 Indonesia
    42 2019
  • 14 −6 40.2 North Korea
    40 2019
  • 15 −6 23.2 Malaysia
    23 2019
  • 15 +1 23.2 Thailand
    23 2019
  • 17 −2 16.8 Bangladesh
    17 2019
  • 18 14.8 Philippines
    15 2019
  • 19 13.9 Sri Lanka
    14 2019
  • 20 +1 5.5 Myanmar
    5 2019
  • 21 +3 4.4 — Laos
    4 2019
  • 22 3.1 Brunei
    3 2019
  • 22 −2 3.1 Cambodia
    3 2019
  • 24 −1 1.2 Mongolia
    1 2019
  • 24 +1 1.2 Nepal
    1 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2019
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