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2020 Edition

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Armed forces

Total active military and paramilitary forces, readiness, and organisation

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

Armed forces

Total active military and paramilitary forces, readiness, and organisation

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 20%
  • 1 100.0 — India
  • 2 89.0 China
  • 3 72.1 United States
  • 4 67.2 Russia
  • 5 59.6 North Korea
  • 6 47.0 Pakistan
  • 7 42.8 South Korea
  • 8 32.7 Australia
  • 9 +1 32.3 Vietnam
  • 10 −1 30.7 Indonesia
  • 11 +1 28.2 Japan
  • 12 −1 27.5 — Singapore
  • 13 24.3 Myanmar
  • 14 +1 23.9 Taiwan
  • 15 −1 22.0 Sri Lanka
  • 16 21.5 Thailand
  • 17 16.0 New Zealand
  • 18 14.9 — Philippines
  • 19 13.1 Malaysia
  • 20 +1 11.4 Bangladesh
  • 21 +1 8.6 Cambodia
  • 22 −2 6.9 Nepal
  • 23 4.1 Laos
  • 24 3.4 Mongolia
  • 25 1.7 Brunei
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
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