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Economic Statecraft

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s economic interests globally, 0-100 (2025)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for economic statecraft. Embed

Economic Statecraft

Expert survey: Efficacy of political leaders in advancing their country’s economic interests globally, 0-100 (2025)

  • Rankings
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rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    100 2025
  • 2 88.7 — Singapore
    89 2025
  • 3 85.4 — Japan
    85 2025
  • 4 77.2 — Vietnam
    77 2025
  • 5 74.9 — United States
    75 2025
  • 6 74.8 — South Korea
    75 2025
  • 7 67.4 — Australia
    67 2025
  • 7 67.4 — Taiwan
    67 2025
  • 9 65.2 — India
    65 2025
  • 10 58.2 — Malaysia
    58 2025
  • 11 48.3 — Indonesia
    48 2025
  • 12 44.7 — New Zealand
    45 2025
  • 13 39.1 — Russia
    39 2025
  • 14 33.0 — Thailand
    33 2025
  • 15 27.6 — Philippines
    28 2025
  • 16 21.6 — Brunei
    22 2025
  • 17 18.7 — Bangladesh
    19 2025
  • 18 17.3 — Cambodia
    17 2025
  • 18 17.3 — Pakistan
    17 2025
  • 20 14.5 — Laos
    15 2025
  • 21 12.9 — Timor-Leste
    13 2025
  • 22 12.8 — Mongolia
    13 2025
  • 23 11.7 — Sri Lanka
    12 2025
  • 24 11.2 — Papua New Guinea
    11 2025
  • 25 7.7 — Nepal
    8 2025
  • 26 6.7 — North Korea
    7 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Myanmar
    — 2025
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