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Economic diplomacy

The use of economic instruments to pursue collaborative interests and beneficial geopolitical outcomes

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

Economic diplomacy

The use of economic instruments to pursue collaborative interests and beneficial geopolitical outcomes

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 30%
  • 1 100.0 — China
  • 2 64.1 United States
  • 3 62.4 Singapore
  • 4 56.9 Japan
  • 5 +2 51.4 Australia
  • 6 44.2 — South Korea
  • 7 −2 44.0 Malaysia
  • 8 36.5 New Zealand
  • 9 33.7 Vietnam
  • 10 +1 32.7 India
  • 11 −1 32.5 Thailand
  • 12 +2 28.9 Indonesia
  • 13 −1 28.9 Brunei
  • 14 −1 25.4 Philippines
  • 15 20.6 Cambodia
  • 15 20.6 Laos
  • 15 20.6 Myanmar
  • 18 18.1 — Russia
  • 19 12.6 Taiwan
  • 20 11.7 Pakistan
  • 21 8.2 — Sri Lanka
  • 22 6.2 — Papua New Guinea
  • 23 −1 3.4 — Mongolia
  • 24 −1 1.4 — Bangladesh
  • 24 −1 1.4 — Nepal
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
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