Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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Regional defence diplomacy
Diversity and depth of defence diplomacy in the region
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for regional defence diplomacy.
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Regional defence diplomacy
Diversity and depth of defence diplomacy in the region
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
Weighting 40%
1
+1
76.8
Australia
2
−1
72.2
Singapore
3
70.8
United States
4
+4
46.7
Indonesia
5
−1
42.0
India
6
+10
41.6
Japan
7
−2
39.9
Malaysia
8
−2
37.9
China
9
36.6
Pakistan
10
28.9
New Zealand
11
27.1
South Korea
12
−5
26.6
Russia
13
−1
26.4
Vietnam
14
+3
24.6
Cambodia
15
24.6
Philippines
16
−3
23.8
—
Thailand
17
−3
22.3
—
Bangladesh
18
18.1
Sri Lanka
19
+2
15.4
Nepal
20
11.4
—
Mongolia
21
−2
10.0
Brunei
22
7.8
Laos
23
+1
6.4
Taiwan
24
−1
5.4
North Korea
25
+1
3.5
Papua New Guinea
26
−1
1.7
Myanmar
27
0.0
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Regional defence diplomacy
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Global defence partnerships
Diplomatic influence
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