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
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

    • ^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

    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.
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