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Asia Power Index
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Comprehensive power

A country’s weighted average across eight measures of power

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis 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 Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting 100%
  • 1 81.6 United States
  • 2 76.1 — China
  • 3 41.0 Japan
  • 4 39.7 India
  • 5 33.5 Russia
  • 6 +1 32.4 Australia
  • 7 −1 31.6 South Korea
  • 8 27.4 Singapore
  • 9 +1 20.8 — Thailand
  • 10 −1 20.7 Malaysia
  • 11 19.9 Indonesia
  • 12 +1 19.2 Vietnam
  • 13 −1 19.0 New Zealand
  • 14 16.7 Taiwan
  • 15 15.2 — Pakistan
  • 16 +1 13.3 Philippines
  • 17 −1 12.3 North Korea
  • 18 9.2 Bangladesh
  • 19 9.1 — Brunei
  • 20 8.7 Myanmar
  • 21 8.3 Sri Lanka
  • 22 7.3 Cambodia
  • 23 6.0 Laos
  • 24 5.6 Mongolia
  • 25 4.4 Nepal
  • 26 3.8 — Papua New Guinea
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