Asia Power Index
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International leverage
Resources that give governments enhanced financial, legal and sanctioning powers abroad
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for international leverage.
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International leverage
Resources that give governments enhanced financial, legal and sanctioning powers abroad
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 20%
1
100.0
—
United States
2
85.0
China
3
25.3
Japan
4
11.2
Singapore
5
9.7
—
South Korea
6
8.1
—
India
7
+5
7.1
Indonesia
8
−1
6.0
—
Taiwan
9
−1
5.1
—
Australia
10
−1
4.2
—
Russia
11
−1
2.7
—
Thailand
12
−1
1.5
—
Malaysia
13
+1
1.2
—
Philippines
14
−1
1.2
—
Vietnam
15
0.5
—
New Zealand
16
0.5
—
Brunei
17
0.2
—
Bangladesh
18
+1
0.1
—
Cambodia
19
−1
0.1
—
Timor-Leste
20
0.1
—
Pakistan
21
0.1
—
Nepal
22
0.0
—
Myanmar
23
0.0
—
North Korea
24
+2
0.0
—
Sri Lanka
25
0.0
—
Mongolia
26
−2
0.0
—
Papua New Guinea
27
0.0
—
Laos
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