Asia Power Index
2024 Edition
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2024
Embassies (global)
Number of embassies, high commissions and permanent missions globally (2024)
This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for embassies (global).
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Embassies (global)
Number of embassies, high commissions and permanent missions globally (2024)
Rankings
Indicators
rank
score
trend
Country / Territory
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
Weighting × 1
Source
Year
1
100.0
China
181
2024
2
99.4
United States
180
2024
3
88.7
Japan
162
2024
4
83.3
Russia
153
2024
5
75.6
India
140
2024
6
63.1
—
South Korea
119
2024
7
48.8
—
Indonesia
95
2024
8
+1
47.0
Pakistan
92
2024
9
−1
45.2
Australia
89
2024
10
40.5
—
Malaysia
81
2024
11
34.5
—
Vietnam
71
2024
12
32.7
Thailand
68
2024
13
32.1
Philippines
67
2024
14
28.0
Bangladesh
60
2024
15
+1
23.2
New Zealand
52
2024
16
−1
20.2
Sri Lanka
47
2024
17
17.3
North Korea
42
2024
18
16.1
Myanmar
40
2024
19
14.9
Brunei
38
2024
20
+1
12.5
Mongolia
34
2024
21
−1
11.9
Nepal
33
2024
21
11.9
Singapore
33
2024
23
10.7
Cambodia
31
2024
24
9.5
Laos
29
2024
25
7.7
—
Timor-Leste
26
2024
26
2.4
Papua New Guinea
17
2024
27
0.0
—
Taiwan
13
2024
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Defence networks
Diplomatic influence
Diplomatic network
Embassies (regional)
Embassies (global)
Second‑tier diplomatic network (regional)
Multilateral power
Foreign policy
Cultural influence