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Signature capabilities
Capabilities that confer significant or asymmetric tactical and strategic advantages in warfare
Distribution of Asia Power Index countries
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for signature capabilities.
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Signature capabilities
Capabilities that confer significant or asymmetric tactical and strategic advantages in warfare
Rankings
Indicators
Rank
Score
Trend
Country / Territory
Weighting 25%
1
97.2
United States
2
69.3
Russia
3
68.9
China
4
34.6
Singapore
5
+1
33.9
Japan
6
−1
33.7
Australia
7
31.9
—
South Korea
8
30.4
India
9
27.7
Taiwan
10
+1
23.9
North Korea
11
−1
23.0
Pakistan
12
20.2
Vietnam
13
16.5
New Zealand
14
16.1
—
Indonesia
15
+1
12.4
—
Thailand
16
−1
11.5
Malaysia
17
7.7
—
Myanmar
18
5.0
Brunei
19
+2
4.6
—
Philippines
20
4.0
Sri Lanka
21
−2
3.6
Bangladesh
22
2.1
Mongolia
23
0.8
Cambodia
24
0.2
—
Laos
25
0.1
—
Nepal
26
0.0
—
Papua New Guinea
Dataset
2020
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