Countries with the Most Diplomatic Missions 2024
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Diplomatic Missions 2024China now has the world's most extensive diplomatic network with 274 posts, narrowly ahead of the United States at 271 - a reversal that reflects China's rapid expansion of embassies and consulates over the past decade, especially across Africa and Asia. Turkey (252) has surged into third place, overtaking Japan (251) and France (249) as it deepens ties with Africa and Central Asia. Russia (230) and the United Kingdom (225) remain major diplomatic powers, followed by a cluster of European and emerging economies: Spain (218), Germany (217), Italy (206), Brazil (205) and India (201). The tight spacing among the top powers shows that global diplomatic presence is becoming more contested, with rising states rapidly closing the gap on traditional Western leaders.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2024
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 12 observations
- Measure
- Number of Diplomatic Posts (2024)
- Last updated
- 13 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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