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Multilateral power

A state’s or territory’s participation and influence in multilateral forums and organisations

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

Multilateral power

A state’s or territory’s participation and influence in multilateral forums and organisations

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 33.3%
  • 1 100.0 — United States
  • 2 91.0 China
  • 3 73.7 Japan
  • 4 64.0 Indonesia
  • 5 +1 62.0 India
  • 6 −1 61.4 Thailand
  • 7 +4 61.0 Malaysia
  • 8 −1 55.6 Russia
  • 9 −1 54.1 Australia
  • 10 −1 51.9 South Korea
  • 11 −1 51.1 — Vietnam
  • 12 +2 47.9 Singapore
  • 13 −1 46.0 Brunei
  • 14 +1 45.5 Philippines
  • 15 +2 43.4 — Cambodia
  • 16 41.2 Laos
  • 17 +4 39.7 Bangladesh
  • 18 39.6 New Zealand
  • 19 −6 39.1 Sri Lanka
  • 20 +2 38.8 Myanmar
  • 21 +2 37.7 Pakistan
  • 22 −3 36.3 Nepal
  • 23 −3 29.3 Mongolia
  • 24 28.0 — Papua New Guinea
  • 25 −1 20.0 — North Korea
  • 26 0.0 — Taiwan
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