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China Index
2022

Measuring PRC Influence
Around the Globe.

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Overall scores measure the PRC’s overall influence in the Index countries. Click on the dropdown button to compare the PRC’s influence in each of the nine Domains.

Rank
Country
Score
1
Pakistan
242/380
2
Cambodia
233/376
3
Singapore
228/384
4
Thailand
226/384
5
Peru
219/396
5
South Africa
219/396
7
Philippines
204/380
8
Kyrgyzstan
206/384
9
Tajikistan
194/396
10
Malaysia
189/388
11
Taiwan
182/380
12
Australia
180/388
13
South Korea
175/388
14
Nigeria
178/396
15
Kazakhstan
171/384
16
Indonesia
176/396
17
Egypt
167/384
18
Tanzania
172/396
19
Germany
171/396
20
Ghana
168/396
21
United States
159/376
22
Kenya
150/372
23
Panama
141/352
24
Uzbekistan
150/380
25
Venezuela
152/388
26
New Zealand
145/376
27
United Kingdom
146/384
28
Mexico
150/396
29
Georgia
145/392
30
Chile
143/392
31
Turkey
135/372
32
Brazil
136/384
33
Italy
139/396
34
Serbia
133/380
35
Argentina
137/392
36
Bulgaria
138/396
37
Canada
137/396
38
Afghanistan
136/396
39
Costa Rica
124/380
40
Spain
124/388
41
Uruguay
123/392
42
France
121/388
43
Vietnam
113/364
44
Ukraine
115/372
45
Turkmenistan
119/388
46
Zambia
113/376
47
Sierra Leone
118/396
48
Armenia
115/388
49
Lebanon
112/388
50
Gambia
114/396
51
Hungary
105/368
52
Japan
105/380
53
Romania
107/396
54
Bangladesh
102/384
55
India
96/376
56
Ethiopia
96/384
57
Slovakia
96/392
58
Ecuador
95/388
59
Jordan
90/396
60
Bolívia
89/392
61
Belarus
84/376
62
Austria
83/388
63
Moldova
82/388
64
Poland
76/360
65
Estonia
82/392
66
Netherlands
81/388
67
Azerbaijan
78/384
68
Czech Republic
80/396
69
Greece
73/364
70
Bosnia and Herzegovina
72/380
71
Lithuania
72/396
72
Finland
71/392
73
Sweden
69/384
74
Senegal
69/388
75
Belgium
67/392
76
Nicaragua
62/396
77
Montenegro
52/388
78
Colombia
49/392
79
Latvia
46/384
80
Albania
47/396
81
North Macedonia
35/388
82
Paraguay
34/380

China Index

Doublethink Lab and the China In The World network present the China Index, the first cross-regional project to objectively measure and visualize the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s overseas influence through comparable data.

This edition ranks the PRC’s influence in 82 Country Profiles across nine Domains: Academia, Domestic Politics, Economy, Foreign Policy, Law Enforcement, Media, Military, Society, and Technology. Each Domain comprises 11 Indicators devised by the China Index Committee, a group of renowned China experts, each of which corresponds to an observable phenomenon of PRC influence.

The Indicators are distributed to local experts in Index countries who provide factual evidence for whether the phenomenon is observed or not. Local experts’ responses are reviewed, quantified, and normalized to provide Country Profile and Domain rankings. Together, the Indicators comprise the first and only research effort to compile PRC influence into a single set of observable phenomena. The Country Profiles, Domains, and Indicators will be periodically updated to assist academia, civil society, media, and policymakers in analyzing and understanding the evolving nature and impacts of the PRC’s global influence.

As of November 2022, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Singapore are ranked as most exposed to PRC influence. Paraguay, North Macedonia, and Albania are ranked as least influenced. Globally, PRC influence is assessed to be most prominent in the Domains of Technology, Foreign Policy, and Domestic Politics, and weakest in those of Military and Society.

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