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Asia Power Index
2025 Edition
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Multilateral power

A state’s or territory’s participation and influence in multilateral forums and organisations

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

Multilateral power

A state’s or territory’s participation and influence in multilateral forums and organisations

  • Rankings
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rank
Year
Weighting 33.3%
  • 1 99.4 United States
  • 2 94.4 China
  • 3 +1 79.9 Japan
  • 4 −1 77.9 Indonesia
  • 5 74.8 Thailand
  • 6 +1 68.4 Malaysia
  • 7 −1 66.4 Vietnam
  • 8 64.7 Cambodia
  • 9 +1 62.7 Singapore
  • 10 +3 61.6 Brunei
  • 11 61.3 Australia
  • 12 −3 60.0 India
  • 13 +1 59.5 South Korea
  • 14 −2 56.8 — Philippines
  • 15 54.3 — Laos
  • 16 +4 51.4 Myanmar
  • 17 −1 48.6 Russia
  • 18 −1 47.7 Timor-Leste
  • 19 43.0 New Zealand
  • 20 −2 39.6 Bangladesh
  • 21 +1 37.5 Pakistan
  • 22 −1 31.7 Sri Lanka
  • 23 31.2 Papua New Guinea
  • 24 +1 28.5 Mongolia
  • 25 −1 27.2 Nepal
  • 26 15.3 — North Korea
  • 27 0.3 Taiwan
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