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Strategic ambition

Expert survey: Extent to which political leaders demonstrate strategic ambition, two-year rolling average, 0–100 (2018-19)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for strategic ambition. Embed

Strategic ambition

Expert survey: Extent to which political leaders demonstrate strategic ambition, two-year rolling average, 0–100 (2018-19)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    100 2018-19
  • 2 +1 83.6 Russia
    84 2018-19
  • 3 −1 82.4 Japan
    82 2018-19
  • 4 80.0 India
    80 2018-19
  • 5 +2 72.8 Singapore
    73 2018-19
  • 6 −1 67.4 North Korea
    67 2018-19
  • 7 −1 60.6 South Korea
    61 2018-19
  • 8 51.6 New Zealand
    52 2018-19
  • 9 +3 49.1 United States
    49 2018-19
  • 10 +1 45.7 Australia
    46 2018-19
  • 11 +2 44.8 Vietnam
    45 2018-19
  • 12 −2 42.6 Indonesia
    43 2018-19
  • 13 +1 36.7 Taiwan
    37 2018-19
  • 14 +1 36.5 Pakistan
    37 2018-19
  • 15 −6 31.1 Malaysia
    31 2018-19
  • 16 21.9 Philippines
    22 2018-19
  • 17 18.7 Thailand
    19 2018-19
  • 18 17.3 Bangladesh
    17 2018-19
  • 19 11.2 Myanmar
    11 2018-19
  • 20 +2 10.6 Sri Lanka
    11 2018-19
  • 21 +4 6.8 Laos
    7 2018-19
  • 22 −2 6.5 — Cambodia
    6 2018-19
  • 23 −2 5.8 — Mongolia
    6 2018-19
  • 24 −1 5.6 Brunei
    6 2018-19
  • 25 0.4 — Nepal
    0 2018-19
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2018-19
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