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Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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Years

Military capability

Conventional military strength

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for military capability. Embed

Military capability

Conventional military strength

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting 17.5%
  • 1 90.0 United States
  • 2 69.7 China
  • 3 54.8 Russia
  • 4 45.2 India
  • 5 33.4 — South Korea
  • 6 29.0 Japan
  • 7 +1 27.3 North Korea
  • 8 −1 27.0 Australia
  • 9 24.5 — Singapore
  • 10 22.5 Pakistan
  • 11 22.0 — Taiwan
  • 12 18.3 Vietnam
  • 13 15.7 Indonesia
  • 14 13.1 Thailand
  • 15 11.1 — New Zealand
  • 16 9.2 Malaysia
  • 17 8.0 Philippines
  • 18 6.0 — Sri Lanka
  • 19 5.9 — Myanmar
  • 20 5.3 Bangladesh
  • 21 +1 3.9 Cambodia
  • 22 −1 3.9 Brunei
  • 23 +2 2.1 Nepal
  • 24 −1 2.0 Mongolia
  • 25 −1 1.7 Laos
  • 26 0.2 — Timor-Leste
  • 27 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
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