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Political leadership (regional)

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

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

Political leadership (regional)

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

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 2 Source Year
  • 1 +4 100.0 China
    100* 2025
  • 2 −1 94.7 Singapore
    95* 2025
  • 3 89.7 Australia
    90* 2025
  • 4 −2 89.4 Japan
    89* 2025
  • 5 −1 86.1 India
    86* 2025
  • 6 +6 83.4 Malaysia
    83* 2025
  • 7 +4 78.5 Vietnam
    79* 2025
  • 8 −2 76.1 Indonesia
    76* 2025
  • 9 −1 61.1 South Korea
    61* 2025
  • 10 −1 56.8 Philippines
    57* 2025
  • 11 +2 50.8 New Zealand
    51* 2025
  • 12 +3 49.9 Russia
    50* 2025
  • 13 −3 49.1 United States
    49* 2025
  • 14 −7 37.9 Taiwan
    38* 2025
  • 15 +6 32.8 Timor-Leste
    33* 2025
  • 16 +1 32.5 Brunei
    32* 2025
  • 17 +2 29.1 Pakistan
    29* 2025
  • 18 −4 28.0 Thailand
    28* 2025
  • 19 −2 26.9 Cambodia
    27* 2025
  • 20 +3 21.6 Papua New Guinea
    22* 2025
  • 21 −5 20.4 Mongolia
    20* 2025
  • 22 −2 15.1 Bangladesh
    15* 2025
  • 23 +2 14.1 North Korea
    14* 2025
  • 24 −2 12.8 Sri Lanka
    13* 2025
  • 25 +1 3.3 Laos
    3* 2025
  • 26 −2 2.6 Nepal
    3* 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    —* 2025
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