Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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People exchanges
The depth and influence of a country’s people-to-people links in the region
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for people exchanges.
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People exchanges
The depth and influence of a country’s people-to-people links in the region
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
Weighting 30%
1
60.9
China
2
53.9
Thailand
3
48.9
India
4
+1
48.4
Malaysia
5
−1
48.4
United States
6
47.9
Australia
7
+5
44.0
Indonesia
8
−1
37.8
South Korea
9
−1
37.0
Singapore
10
+1
35.0
Vietnam
11
−2
31.2
Japan
12
−2
29.2
Taiwan
13
25.8
Philippines
14
20.5
Bangladesh
15
19.1
Myanmar
16
+2
19.1
Cambodia
17
−1
17.6
Sri Lanka
18
+2
14.3
New Zealand
19
13.9
Nepal
20
+1
13.1
Brunei
21
−4
12.9
Russia
22
12.1
Laos
23
8.8
Pakistan
24
5.2
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Mongolia
25
3.8
Papua New Guinea
26
0.2
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North Korea
27
0.0
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People exchanges
Diaspora influence
Migrant drawing power
Regional travel destination
Regional travel connectivity