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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Maritime warfare: Sea control

Proxy: Principal surface combatants — frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and carriers (2025)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for maritime warfare: sea control. Embed

Maritime warfare: Sea control

Proxy: Principal surface combatants — frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and carriers (2025)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 98.4 United States
    122* 2025
  • 2 82.3 China
    102* 2025
  • 3 43.5 Japan
    54* 2025
  • 4 28.2 Russia
    35* 2025
  • 5 23.4 — India
    29* 2025
  • 6 +1 21.0 South Korea
    26* 2025
  • 6 21.0 — Taiwan
    26* 2025
  • 8 +1 8.9 Pakistan
    11* 2025
  • 9 −1 8.1 Australia
    10* 2025
  • 10 6.5 — Thailand
    8* 2025
  • 11 5.6 — Indonesia
    7* 2025
  • 12 4.8 — Singapore
    6* 2025
  • 13 4.0 — Bangladesh
    5* 2025
  • 13 4.0 — Myanmar
    5* 2025
  • 15 1.6 — Malaysia
    2* 2025
  • 15 1.6 — New Zealand
    2* 2025
  • 15 1.6 — North Korea
    2* 2025
  • 15 1.6 — Philippines
    2* 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Brunei
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Cambodia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Laos
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Mongolia
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Nepal
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Sri Lanka
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Timor-Leste
    — 2025
  • 27 0.0 — Vietnam
    — 2025
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