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Defence resources 2030

Estimated future defence spending and military capability enhancements

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for defence resources 2030. Embed

Defence resources 2030

Estimated future defence spending and military capability enhancements

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 25%
  • 1 +1 89.3 China
  • 2 −1 84.9 United States
  • 3 29.5 India
  • 4 13.8 Russia
  • 5 8.7 — South Korea
  • 6 +1 5.2 — Pakistan
  • 7 −1 5.0 Japan
  • 8 5.0 — Australia
  • 9 4.7 — Indonesia
  • 10 3.6 — Vietnam
  • 11 3.3 — Taiwan
  • 12 3.0 — Myanmar
  • 13 2.6 — Thailand
  • 14 2.4 — Singapore
  • 15 2.3 — Malaysia
  • 16 1.9 — Philippines
  • 17 +1 1.5 — Bangladesh
  • 18 −1 1.3 — Sri Lanka
  • 19 1.0 — North Korea
  • 20 +1 0.4 — Cambodia
  • 21 +1 0.4 — Nepal
  • 22 −2 0.3 — New Zealand
  • 23 0.2 — Brunei
  • 24 0.0 — Mongolia
  • 25 0.0 — Laos
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
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