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Asia Power Index
2020 Edition

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Naval deployment

Expert survey: Ability of the navy to deploy with speed and for a sustained period in the event of a major maritime 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 naval deployment. Embed

Naval deployment

Expert survey: Ability of the navy to deploy with speed and for a sustained period in the event of a major maritime 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
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    100 2018-20
  • 2 75.8 Australia
    76 2018-20
  • 3 +2 72.6 China
    73 2018-20
  • 4 −1 69.6 Japan
    70 2018-20
  • 5 −1 62.2 India
    62 2018-20
  • 6 59.5 — Singapore
    60 2018-20
  • 7 53.6 Russia
    54 2018-20
  • 8 −1 50.8 South Korea
    51 2018-20
  • 9 45.8 Vietnam
    46 2018-20
  • 10 42.9 — Taiwan
    43 2018-20
  • 11 −1 35.7 Malaysia
    36 2018-20
  • 12 34.3 Indonesia
    34 2018-20
  • 13 +1 31.0 Thailand
    31 2018-20
  • 14 −1 30.7 New Zealand
    31 2018-20
  • 15 +1 25.0 Pakistan
    25 2018-20
  • 16 +1 18.8 — Philippines
    19 2018-20
  • 17 −2 16.1 Myanmar
    16 2018-20
  • 18 11.1 North Korea
    11 2018-20
  • 19 9.8 Brunei
    10 2018-20
  • 20 +1 8.6 Bangladesh
    9 2018-20
  • 21 −2 6.3 Mongolia
    6 2018-20
  • 22 +3 3.6 Sri Lanka
    4 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
    — 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
    — 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
    — 2018-20
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2020
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