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Asia Power Index
2020 Edition

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Ground forces deployment

Expert survey: Ability of ground forces to deploy with speed and for a sustained period in the event of a major continental military confrontation in the Asia-Pacific region, two-year rolling average, 0–100 (2018-19)

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

Ground forces deployment

Expert survey: Ability of ground forces to deploy with speed and for a sustained period in the event of a major continental military confrontation in the Asia-Pacific region, two-year rolling average, 0–100 (2018-19)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 +1 100.0 United States
    97 2018-20
  • 2 +2 91.9 China
    89 2018-20
  • 3 +2 89.4 Russia
    87 2018-20
  • 4 −3 87.7 South Korea
    85 2018-20
  • 5 +2 86.9 India
    84 2018-20
  • 6 85.7 Pakistan
    83 2018-20
  • 7 −4 80.4 North Korea
    78 2018-20
  • 8 −1 73.1 Vietnam
    71 2018-20
  • 9 64.5 Australia
    63 2018-20
  • 10 +2 53.5 Singapore
    52 2018-20
  • 11 −2 53.2 Thailand
    52 2018-20
  • 12 −1 45.6 Japan
    44 2018-20
  • 13 +1 38.7 Indonesia
    38 2018-20
  • 14 +3 33.6 Taiwan
    33 2018-20
  • 15 −2 33.4 Malaysia
    32 2018-20
  • 16 −2 30.6 Myanmar
    30 2018-20
  • 17 +1 28.0 Mongolia
    27 2018-20
  • 18 −2 23.0 Bangladesh
    22 2018-20
  • 19 +1 17.8 New Zealand
    17 2018-20
  • 20 −2 17.2 Nepal
    17 2018-20
  • 21 −1 14.1 Sri Lanka
    14 2018-20
  • 22 10.8 Cambodia
    10 2018-20
  • 23 −1 9.8 Philippines
    9 2018-20
  • 24 +1 4.3 Laos
    4 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Brunei
    — 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2020
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