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Future resources

Projected distribution of future economic, military and demographic resources

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

Future resources

Projected distribution of future economic, military and demographic resources

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 10%
  • 1 85.7 — China
  • 2 75.5 United States
  • 3 49.2 India
  • 4 18.9 — Russia
  • 5 13.1 — Indonesia
  • 6 12.0 Japan
  • 7 12.0 Pakistan
  • 8 11.7 South Korea
  • 9 10.4 Australia
  • 10 7.7 — Vietnam
  • 11 +1 7.4 Malaysia
  • 12 −1 7.2 — Singapore
  • 13 +1 6.4 Taiwan
  • 14 −1 6.1 North Korea
  • 15 5.9 Philippines
  • 16 5.4 — Thailand
  • 17 5.1 — Bangladesh
  • 18 4.1 — Myanmar
  • 19 3.8 New Zealand
  • 20 2.4 — Sri Lanka
  • 21 +3 1.8 — Brunei
  • 22 +1 1.2 — Cambodia
  • 23 −2 1.2 Mongolia
  • 24 −2 0.9 Laos
  • 25 0.8 — Nepal
  • 26 0.3 — Papua New Guinea
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