Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Armed forces
Total active military and paramilitary forces, readiness, and organisation
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for armed forces.
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Armed forces
Total active military and paramilitary forces, readiness, and organisation
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
Weighting 20%
1
99.3
India
2
85.4
China
3
70.3
Russia
4
65.5
—
United States
5
57.4
North Korea
6
43.9
Pakistan
7
38.8
—
South Korea
8
28.6
Australia
9
27.7
Japan
10
+1
27.3
Vietnam
11
−1
26.7
Indonesia
12
25.3
Singapore
13
+1
24.2
Thailand
14
−1
21.1
Taiwan
15
+3
17.4
Philippines
16
13.9
Myanmar
17
13.3
—
New Zealand
18
−3
12.9
—
Sri Lanka
19
12.2
Malaysia
20
+1
9.5
Cambodia
21
−1
8.7
—
Bangladesh
22
7.3
Brunei
23
6.5
Nepal
24
3.2
—
Laos
25
2.8
—
Mongolia
26
1.4
Timor-Leste
27
0.8
Papua New Guinea
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Armed forces
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Organisation: Combat experience
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