Lowy Institute
Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
  • Explore

  • Map
  • Measures
  • Past Years
  • Countries
  • Compare
  • Weightings
  • Power Gap
  • Network Power
  • Findings Report
  • More

  • About
  • Methodology
Lowy Institute

Years

Political leadership (regional)

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s diplomatic interests in Asia, 0–100 (2024)

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 (2024)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 2 Source Year
  • 1 +1 100.0 Singapore
    100* 2024
  • 2 −1 90.8 Japan
    91* 2024
  • 3 83.1 Australia
    83* 2024
  • 4 78.7 — India
    79* 2024
  • 5 77.9 China
    78* 2024
  • 6 +1 77.1 Indonesia
    77* 2024
  • 7 +1 68.7 Taiwan
    69* 2024
  • 8 +2 64.0 South Korea
    64* 2024
  • 9 +8 63.8 Philippines
    64* 2024
  • 10 −1 61.7 United States
    62* 2024
  • 11 61.5 Vietnam
    61* 2024
  • 12 +2 57.8 Malaysia
    58* 2024
  • 13 −7 48.8 New Zealand
    49* 2024
  • 14 +2 46.3 Thailand
    46* 2024
  • 15 −3 38.3 Russia
    38* 2024
  • 16 +6 31.4 Mongolia
    31* 2024
  • 17 −2 30.0 Brunei
    30* 2024
  • 17 −4 30.0 Cambodia
    30* 2024
  • 19 +1 25.5 Pakistan
    26* 2024
  • 20 −2 23.8 Bangladesh
    24* 2024
  • 21 21.4 — Timor-Leste
    21* 2024
  • 22 +2 20.4 Sri Lanka
    20* 2024
  • 23 +3 19.7 Papua New Guinea
    20* 2024
  • 24 −1 18.8 Nepal
    19* 2024
  • 25 −6 18.0 North Korea
    18* 2024
  • 26 −5 16.6 Laos
    17* 2024
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    —* 2024
Indicators