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Military capability
Conventional military strength
Distribution of Asia Power Index countries
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
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
Dataset
2020
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