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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Comprehensive power

A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for comprehensive power. Embed

Comprehensive power

A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
rank
Year
Weighting 100%
  • Super Powers (70+)
  • 1 80.5 United States
  • 2 73.7 China
  • Major Powers (40+)
  • 3 40.0 India
  • Middle Powers (10+)
  • 4 38.8 — Japan
  • 5 +1 32.1 Russia
  • 6 −1 31.8 — Australia
  • 7 31.5 South Korea
  • 8 26.8 Singapore
  • 9 22.5 Indonesia
  • 10 +1 20.6 Malaysia
  • 11 −1 20.1 Thailand
  • 12 19.9 Vietnam
  • 13 16.8 New Zealand
  • 14 15.7 Taiwan
  • 15 15.2 Philippines
  • 16 14.5 — Pakistan
  • 17 12.8 North Korea
  • 18 10.6 Brunei
  • Minor Powers (< 10)
  • 19 9.5 — Cambodia
  • 20 9.0 Bangladesh
  • 21 7.8 — Sri Lanka
  • 22 7.2 Laos
  • 23 7.1 Myanmar
  • 24 6.0 Mongolia
  • 25 5.0 Nepal
  • 26 4.8 Timor-Leste
  • 27 4.6 Papua New Guinea
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