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Military capability

Conventional military strength

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

Military capability

Conventional military strength

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 17.5%
  • 1 93.5 United States
  • 2 66.8 China
  • 3 52.4 Russia
  • 4 44.3 — India
  • 5 31.7 South Korea
  • 6 28.5 North Korea
  • 7 28.3 Japan
  • 8 26.9 Australia
  • 9 25.0 Pakistan
  • 10 24.4 Singapore
  • 11 20.4 — Vietnam
  • 12 20.0 — Taiwan
  • 13 16.3 — Indonesia
  • 14 14.0 — Thailand
  • 15 11.7 New Zealand
  • 16 11.0 Malaysia
  • 17 10.6 Myanmar
  • 18 7.2 Sri Lanka
  • 19 6.1 — Philippines
  • 20 5.6 — Bangladesh
  • 21 3.7 — Mongolia
  • 22 +1 3.0 — Brunei
  • 23 +1 2.8 — Cambodia
  • 24 −2 2.3 Nepal
  • 25 1.2 Laos
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
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