Indo-Pacific Profile

The ‘Indo-Pacific’ is a geo-political and strategic construct used internationally by policy makers, strategists, and historians. Its emergence as an analytical tool reflects the significance of the evolving balance of power and interdependencies amongst littoral states in the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the 21st century.

The Institute has brought together on this page statistics from various research sources under the headings of political, military and peace, human and social, and economic and social.

Click each sub-heading box to provide the related statistics, which can be revealed by then scrolling over each state.

 

Political

  • Freedom
  • Press Freedom
  • Gender Inequality
  • Corruption
  • Diplomacy
  • Source:
    Freedom House – Global Freedom Scores 2025

    Notes:
    Scored 0 – 100. Higher numbers indicating the most freedom.

  • Source:
    World Economic Forum – Global Gender Gap Report 2025

    Notes:
    Ranking of 143 countries on a value scale of 0 – 1, with higher numbers indicating most inequality.

  • Source:
    Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index 2024

    Notes:
    Scored 0 – 100. Higher numbers indicating least amount of perceived corruption.

  • Source:
    Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2024

    Notes:
    Ranked 1 – 66. Highest number of posts indicating size and geographic reach of each country’s global diplomatic network.

  • Source:
    RSF Press – Freedom Global Scores 2025

    Notes:
    Scored 0 – 100. Highest number indicating most amount of press freedom.

Military & Peace

  • Military Expenditure (USD$M)
  • Peace Index
  • Terrorism Index
  • Notes:
    Aggregate spending in US Dollars.

  • Source:
    Vision of Humanity – Global Peace Index 2025

    Notes:
    Lower number indicating being most peaceful.

  • Source:
    Vision of Humanity – Global Terrorism Index 2024

    Notes:
    GTI is a composite measure made up of four indicators: incidents, fatalities, injuries and hostages.
    The higher the number the worse terrorism impact.

Human & Social

  • Human Development
  • Happiness
  • Water Scarcity
  • Disaster Resilience
  • Notes:
    The Human Development Index measures average achievement in 3 dimensions: long and healthy life, knowledge, and standard of living. Ranking of 193 countries on a value scale of 0 – 1, with higher values indicating higher HDI.

  • Notes:
    World Happiness Evaluation: Ranking of 147 countries and individual citizen happiness on a scale 0 – 10, 10 representing the best possible life.

  • Source:
    UNDRR – Global Assessment Report 2025

    Notes:
    Measured on a scale from 0 to 10 with higher values indicating greater scarcity of freshwater resources.
    Regions with severe water scarcity often struggle with food production, leading to higher rates of child malnutrition.

  • Source:
    UNDRR – Global Assessment Report 2025

    Notes:
    Global well-being and resilience score up to 100, with 100 being most resilient.
    Resillience is the ability to withstand the physical impacts of natural hazards and people’s capacity to safeguard their well-being during and after shocks.

Economic

  • GDP Per Capita (USD$)
  • Economic Complexity
  • Innovation
  • Environmental Performance
  • Source:
    International Monetary Fund – GDP per capita, current prices

    Notes:
    Gross domestic product on a purchasing power parity basis. Measured in USD.

  • Source:
    Harvard University – The Atlas of Economic Complexity 2023

    Notes:
    Ranking of 145 countries, with 1st rank having the highest knowledge intensity and complexity of activities in its economy.

  • Notes:
    Ranking of 133 countries, with 1st rank having the highest level of innovation.

  • Source:
    EPI, Yale Centre for Enviomental Law & Policy – Environmental Performance Index 2024

    Notes:
    The 2024 EPI combines 58 indicators across 11 issue categories. Ranking of 180 countries on a value scale of 0 – 100, with higher scores indicating high environmental health and ecosystem vitality.

 

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