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Global Diplomacy Index 2024 - Key Findings
The fifth iteration of our interactive map of the world’s most significant diplomatic networks includes 66 countries or territories in Asia, the G20 and the OECD, visualising how they invest in diplomacy and where they seek to project influence.
26 February 2024
Global Diplomacy Index 2024 - Key Findings Report
Key Findings
- Superpowers neck and neck: China is ahead in Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific, while the United States has the edge in the Americas, Europe, and South Asia.
- The price of war: Russia’s war in Ukraine has come at a heavy cost to its global diplomatic reach.
- Middle powers rising: Türkiye and India have rapidly expanded their diplomatic networks in a more multipolar world.
- Diplomatic backsliding: Taiwan has lost ground to China on formal recognition.
- Hosts with the most: European cities top the list of the busiest diplomatic capitals, Damascus saw the most embassy re-openings, and Kabul experienced the greatest number of closures.
- A rush to the Pacific: Geopolitical competition has driven a surge of new diplomatic missions in Pacific Islands countries.
- Asia in focus: Japan is a global diplomatic heavyweight, while Indonesia leads for its diplomatic network among Southeast Asian countries.
- Australia: Near the bottom of the G20 but leading the charge in the South Pacific.
