World most Powerful Countries

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These countries project their influence on the world stage. The United States and China head this list.

Best Countries for Power

The world’s most powerful countries also are the ones that consistently dominate news headlines, preoccupy policymakers and shape global economic patterns. Their foreign policies and military budgets are tracked religiously. When they make a pledge, at least some in the international community trustthey will keep it.

The 2021 Best Countries rankings, formed in partnership with BAV Group, a unit of global marketing communications company VMLY&R, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are based on a study that surveyed more than 17,000 people from four regions to assess perceptions of 78 countries on 76 different metrics.

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The Power subranking is based on an equally weighted average of scores from five country attributes that related to a country's power: a leader, economically influential, politically influential, strong international alliances and strong military. The Power subranking score had a 6.09% weight in the overall Best Countries ranking.

Although there was little change this year in the 10 countries seen as being the most powerful, many shuffled positions. The United States is perceived to be the most powerful country again, and has the world’s largest economy and biggest military budget, spending over $732 billion on military hardware and personnel in 2019. The country is a leader in the so-called war on terror, is by far the largest contributor to NATO and cements alliances by giving out billions of dollars in military aid to nations worldwide. The U.S. spent more than $33 billion in economic aid and about $13 billion in military aid in 2019, the most recent year data is available.

China overtakes Russia to be seen as the second-most powerful country. Both countries are among the world’s top military spenders. Following the top three are Germany, the U.K., Japan and France – countries that have large economies and give out large amounts of international aid, while Japan and France traded positions this year. South Korea and Saudi Arabia each moved up one position this year, to No. 8 and No. 9 respectively. The United Arab Emirates moved to the No. 10 position while Israel fell out of the top 10.

Countries perceived to be less powerful tended to be smaller nations with medium to small economies. Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe, is viewed as the least powerful nation, followed by Slovenia. Baltic countries Latvia and Lithuania and Southeastern Europe’s Bulgaria round out the bottom five.


Power Rankings

  • United States

    #1 in Power Rankings

    No Change in Rank from 2020

    GDP

    $21.4 trillion

    POPULATION

    328 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $65,298
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  • China

    #2 in Power Rankings

    #3 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $14.3 trillion

    POPULATION

    1.40 billion

    GDP PC, PPP

    $10,217
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  • Russia

    #3 in Power Rankings

    #2 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $1.70 trillion

    POPULATION

    144 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $11,585
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  • Germany

    #4 in Power Rankings

    No Change in Rank from 2020

    GDP

    $3.86 trillion

    POPULATION

    83.1 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $46,445
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  • United Kingdom

    #5 in Power Rankings

    No Change in Rank from 2020

    GDP

    $2.83 trillion

    POPULATION

    66.8 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $42,330
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  • Japan

    #6 in Power Rankings

    #7 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $5.08 trillion

    POPULATION

    126 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $40,247
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  • France

    #7 in Power Rankings

    #6 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $2.72 trillion

    POPULATION

    67.1 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $40,494
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  • South Korea

    #8 in Power Rankings

    #9 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $1.65 trillion

    POPULATION

    51.7 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $31,846
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  • Saudi Arabia

    #9 in Power Rankings

    #10 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $793 billion

    POPULATION

    34.3 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $23,140
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  • United Arab Emirates

    #10 in Power Rankings

    #11 out of 73 in 2020

    GDP

    $421 billion

    POPULATION

    9.77 million

    GDP PC, PPP

    $43,103
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