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Asia Power Index
2020 Edition

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Weapons and platforms

Land, maritime and air warfare assets and capabilities

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for weapons and platforms. Embed

Weapons and platforms

Land, maritime and air warfare assets and capabilities

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 25%
  • 1 99.2 United States
  • 2 60.4 — China
  • 3 47.8 Russia
  • 4 +1 27.7 Japan
  • 5 −1 27.6 South Korea
  • 6 27.4 — India
  • 7 23.4 North Korea
  • 8 +1 16.8 Singapore
  • 9 −1 16.6 Australia
  • 10 16.1 Taiwan
  • 11 15.3 Pakistan
  • 12 10.7 — Vietnam
  • 13 8.4 — Indonesia
  • 14 +2 8.3 Thailand
  • 15 7.5 — New Zealand
  • 16 −2 7.4 — Malaysia
  • 17 5.2 — Myanmar
  • 18 +2 3.7 Brunei
  • 19 −1 3.3 — Mongolia
  • 20 +1 3.0 — Sri Lanka
  • 21 −2 2.9 — Bangladesh
  • 22 1.5 — Philippines
  • 23 1.1 — Cambodia
  • 24 +1 0.3 — Laos
  • 25 0.1 — Papua New Guinea
  • 26 −2 0.0 Nepal
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