List of countries by number of diplomatic missions information
The following list sorts 65 countries according to their number of diplomatic missions in 2024. 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 2024 of the Lowy Institute.[1]
Rank
Country
Number of total posts
Embassies/ High Commissions
Consulates/ Consulates-General
Permanent missions
Other representations
1
China
274
173
91
8
2
2
United States
271
168
83
11
8
3
Turkey
252
145
93
12
2
4
Japan
251
152
66
10
23
5
France
249
158
72
18
1
6
Russia
230
143
74
10
3
7
United Kingdom
225
156
51
11
7
8
Germany
217
148
56
11
2
9
Italy
206
124
74
8
0
10
Brazil
205
135
58
12
2
11
India
194
135
50
5
4
12
Spain
190
114
65
10
1
13
South Korea
187
114
60
5
8
14
Mexico
161
80
71
8
2
15
Canada
157
98
38
11
10
16
Argentina
150
87
54
7
2
17
Netherlands
149
106
28
10
5
-
European Union
143
132
0
8
3
18
Switzerland
141
102
30
7
2
19
Hungary
140
87
43
7
3
20
Poland
135
91
33
9
2
21
Greece
134
85
39
9
1
22
Indonesia
130
92
34
3
1
23
Saudi Arabia
128
104
19
4
1
24
Portugal
127
75
42
9
1
25
Australia
124
85
33
4
2
26
Pakistan
121
89
29
3
0
27
Chile
121
73
41
6
1
28
Czech Republic
120
91
16
7
6
29
Colombia
117
63
49
5
0
30
South Africa
114
98
12
2
2
31
Belgium
113
83
18
8
4
32
Taiwan
110
12
1
1
96
33
Israel
107
80
21
5
1
34
Malaysia
106
78
24
3
1
35
Austria
104
83
13
6
2
36
Sweden
102
87
8
7
0
37
Ireland
98
71
20
6
1
38
Thailand
97
65
28
3
1
39
Vietnam
94
67
22
4
1
40
Philippines
94
63
27
4
0
41
Norway
91
74
7
9
1
42
Finland
90
74
6
7
3
43
Denmark
90
66
16
6
2
44
Slovakia
82
63
9
8
2
45
Bangladesh
80
58
20
2
0
46
New Zealand
68
49
15
3
1
47
Lithuania
62
42
11
8
1
48
Sri Lanka
60
46
12
1
1
49
Slovenia
58
43
7
7
1
50
Costa Rica
52
42
5
4
1
51
Mongolia
50
33
13
1
1
52
Singapore
50
29
16
4
1
53
Latvia
47
38
1
7
0
54
Estonia
46
38
2
6
0
55
Myanmar
46
38
6
2
0
56
Luxembourg
46
35
4
6
1
57
North Korea
43
39
1
3
0
58
Cambodia
43
28
12
3
0
59
Brunei
42
35
4
3
0
60
Nepal
40
32
7
1
0
61
Laos
40
26
11
3
0
62
Timor-Leste
31
23
5
3
0
63
Iceland
26
17
4
5
0
64
Papua New Guinea
21
16
4
1
0
65
Bhutan
10
6
3
1
0
^"Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2024". globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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