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Regional investment ties

Ability to influence other countries through foreign direct investment flows and relative dependencies

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for regional investment ties. Embed

Regional investment ties

Ability to influence other countries through foreign direct investment flows and relative dependencies

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 35%
  • 1 +1 97.0 China
  • 2 −1 90.2 United States
  • 3 63.1 Japan
  • 4 +1 26.1 — South Korea
  • 5 −1 23.0 India
  • 6 +1 17.0 Singapore
  • 7 +1 16.0 — Thailand
  • 8 −2 15.7 Australia
  • 9 +1 12.5 Taiwan
  • 10 −1 11.0 Malaysia
  • 11 +1 6.2 Vietnam
  • 12 −1 6.1 Russia
  • 13 4.3 Indonesia
  • 14 3.2 Philippines
  • 15 1.6 — New Zealand
  • 16 1.1 — Pakistan
  • 17 0.9 — Myanmar
  • 18 +2 0.6 — Bangladesh
  • 19 −1 0.6 — Cambodia
  • 20 −1 0.4 — Sri Lanka
  • 21 0.3 — Laos
  • 22 0.2 — Mongolia
  • 23 0.2 — Nepal
  • 24 0.2 — Papua New Guinea
  • 25 −1 0.1 — Brunei
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
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