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Area denial capabilities

Expert survey: Air defence, anti-naval, and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities, 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 area denial capabilities. Embed

Area denial capabilities

Expert survey: Air defence, anti-naval, and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities, 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 2018-19
  • 2 92.9 China
    93 2018-19
  • 3 86.5 Russia
    87 2018-19
  • 4 84.8 Japan
    85 2018-19
  • 5 +1 78.7 Singapore
    79 2018-19
  • 6 −1 77.0 Australia
    77 2018-19
  • 7 73.1 South Korea
    73 2018-19
  • 8 +1 70.1 India
    70 2018-19
  • 9 −1 68.8 Taiwan
    69 2018-19
  • 10 53.1 Vietnam
    54 2018-19
  • 11 51.5 Pakistan
    52 2018-19
  • 12 44.5 North Korea
    45 2018-19
  • 13 33.7 New Zealand
    34 2018-19
  • 14 33.0 Indonesia
    34 2018-19
  • 15 +1 30.6 Thailand
    31 2018-19
  • 16 −1 29.9 Malaysia
    31 2018-19
  • 17 19.3 Myanmar
    20 2018-19
  • 18 14.9 Brunei
    16 2018-19
  • 19 10.0 Bangladesh
    11 2018-19
  • 20 +2 7.7 Philippines
    9 2018-19
  • 21 7.2 Mongolia
    8 2018-19
  • 22 −2 6.2 Sri Lanka
    7 2018-19
  • 23 +2 1.2 Laos
    2 2018-19
  • 23 1.2 — Papua New Guinea
    2 2020
  • 25 −2 0.9 Cambodia
    2 2018-19
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
    1 2018-19
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