List of countries by number of diplomatic missions

The following list sorts 70 countries according to their number of diplomatic missions in 2022. Also indicated are the number of different missions abroad such as embassies, consulates, permanent missions and of other diplomatic representations. All data is from the Global Diplomacy Index 2021 of the Lowy Institute.[1]

Rank  | Country  | Number of total posts  | Embassies/
High Commissions  | Consulates/
Consulates-General  | Permanent missions  | Other
representations

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1  |  China | 275  | 171  | 92  | 10  | 8
2  |  United States | 267  | 167  | 82  | 11  | 3
3  |  France | 264  | 161  | 89  | 15  | 2
4  |  Japan | 258  | 153  | 70  | 13  | 22
5  |  Turkey[2] | 254  | 146  | 93  | 13  | 2
6  |  Russia | 243  | 144  | 85  | 11  | 2
7  |  Germany | 227[3] | 153  | 61  | 12  | 1
8  |  Brazil | 222  | 138  | 70  | 12  | 2
9  |  Spain | 215  | 115  | 89  | 10  | 1
10  |  United Kingdom | 209  | 151  | 45  | 10  | 3
11  |  India | 206[4] | 139  | 54  | 5  | 4
12  |  Italy | 205  | 122  | 75  | 5  | 3
13  |  South Korea | 202  | 128  | 55  | 6  | 13
14  |  Argentina | 172  | 92  | 67  | 10  | 3
15  |  Mexico | 157  | 80  | 67  | 7  | 3
16  |  Netherlands | 153  | 94  | 49  | 8  | 2
17  |  Sweden | 152  | 107  | 29  | 12  | 4
18  |  Libya | 149  | 119  | 22  | 8  | 0
19  |  Switzerland | 146  | 103  | 30  | 10  | 3
\-  |  European Union | 145  | 0  | 0  | 145  | 0
20  |  Canada | 144  | 96  | 36  | 10  | 2
21  |  Iran | 140  | 99  | 35  | 4  | 2
22  |  Australia | 136  | 88  | 36  | 9  | 3
23  |  Greece | 135  | 82  | 43  | 9  | 1
24  |  Indonesia | 132  | 94  | 34  | 3  | 1
25  |  Hungary | 131  | 86  | 35  | 7  | 3
26  |  Portugal | 129  | 72  | 48  | 8  | 1
27  |  Chile | 128  | 70  | 51  | 6  | 1
28  |  Saudi Arabia | 127  | 102  | 22  | 2  | 1
29  |  South Africa | 124  | 106  | 14  | 2  | 2
30  |  Romania | 119  | 82  | 23  | 9  | 5
31  |  Poland | 118  | 81  | 31  | 4  | 2
32  |  Pakistan | 117  | 85  | 30  | 2  | 0
32  |  Czech Republic | 116  | 90  | 19  | 5  | 2
33  |  Malaysia | 108  | 80  | 23  | 4  | 1
35  |  Taiwan | 107  | 15  | 2  | 1  | 89
36  |  Belgium | 106  | 89  | 9  | 7  | 1
37  |  Israel | 104  | 77  | 20  | 6  | 1
38  |  Bulgaria | 101  | 77  | 17  | 6  | 1
39  |  Norway | 100  | 80  | 9  | 10  | 1
40  |  Austria | 99  | 80  | 10  | 7  | 2
41  |  Thailand | 98  | 65  | 29  | 3  | 1
42  |  Vietnam | 96  | 69  | 22  | 4  | 1
43  |  New Zealand | 92  | 56  | 30  | 6  | 0
44  |  Denmark | 89  | 67  | 14  | 6  | 2
45  |  Ireland | 88  | 67  | 14  | 6  | 1
46  |  Philippines | 87  | 60  | 23  | 4  | 0
47  |  Finland | 85  | 70  | 6  | 6  | 3
48  |  Slovakia | 81  | 63  | 8  | 8  | 2
49  |  Bangladesh | 75  | 57  | 16  | 2  | 0
50  |  Croatia | 72  | 50  | 17  | 4  | 1
51  |  Sri Lanka | 67  | 51  | 13  | 2  | 1
52  |  Lithuania | 61  | 40  | 12  | 8  | 1
53  |  Cyprus | 59  | 43  | 7  | 8  | 1
54  |  Nigeria | 56  | 42  | 6  | 7  | 1
55  |  Slovenia | 54  | 41  | 5  | 7  | 1
56  |  North Korea | 52  | 47  | 3  | 2  | 0
57  |  Singapore | 50  | 28  | 17  | 4  | 1
58  |  Latvia | 49  | 39  | 3  | 7  | 0
59  |  Estonia | 48  | 40  | 2  | 6  | 0
60  |  Egypt | 47  | 38  | 5  | 3  | 1
61  |  Myanmar | 46  | 38  | 6  | 2  | 0
62  |  Malta | 45  | 30  | 7  | 7  | 1
63  |  Algeria | 44  | 28  | 8  | 6  | 2
64  |  Mongolia | 43  | 30  | 11  | 1  | 1
65  |  Brunei | 42  | 35  | 4  | 3  | 0
66  |  Nepal | 40  | 32  | 7  | 1  | 0
67  |  Laos | 39  | 26  | 10  | 3  | 0
68  |  Cambodia | 38  | 25  | 10  | 3  | 0
69  |  Luxembourg | 37  | 26  | 7  | 3  | 1
70  |  Iceland | 25  | 16  | 4  | 5  | 0
71  |  Bhutan | 9  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 0

## Notes[edit]

* ^1 The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 Member States. As the EU is not a country, the EU is not ranked country on the list.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Global Diplomacy Index – Country Rank". Retrieved 2019-03-29.
2. ^ "From Rep. Of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs".
3. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "The German Missions Abroad". German Federal Foreign Office. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
4. ^ "Ministry of External Affairs". MEA Performance Dashboard. Retrieved 2023-11-17.