Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Military capability
Conventional military strength
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for military capability.
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Military capability
Conventional military strength
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 17.5%
1
88.9
United States
2
70.6
China
3
55.4
Russia
4
48.0
India
5
33.2
—
South Korea
6
+1
31.1
North Korea
7
−1
30.1
Japan
8
26.1
Australia
9
25.0
Singapore
10
23.6
Pakistan
11
20.8
Taiwan
12
19.9
Vietnam
13
15.9
—
Indonesia
14
14.8
Thailand
15
10.3
New Zealand
16
+1
10.2
Philippines
17
−1
10.1
Malaysia
18
+1
6.1
—
Myanmar
19
−1
6.1
—
Sri Lanka
20
+1
5.6
Cambodia
21
−1
5.2
—
Bangladesh
22
5.0
Brunei
23
3.0
Nepal
24
2.3
—
Mongolia
25
1.9
—
Laos
26
+1
0.6
Papua New Guinea
27
−1
0.3
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Timor-Leste
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