โ† Dimensions
Dimension

Structural Dependence

How far one nation relies on the other: for trade, security, finance, energy or technology. Higher is a nation more reliant on its partner. It is the dimension that most often differs between the two sides.
Leading nations, mean
3.2550 nations
Wider world, mean
2.99168 nations
Gap between the two sides
0.25mean, leading nations
Ratings
30,4811.70 to 4.40

How the scores fall

Each panel's ratings at each score, to the nearest tenth, as a share of that panel's ratings.

Leading nations: the network of dependence

Each nation is a dot, coloured by region and sized by its mean dependence. Lines join the pairs highest on it. Point at a nation for its name; select one to open its page.

Wider world: the network of dependence

Each nation is a dot, coloured by region and sized by its mean dependence. Lines join the pairs highest on it. Point at a nation for its name; select one to open its page.

The pairs at either end

Both sides together; under Seen differently, the side that rates it higher first.

Highest

NationPartnerIts sidePartnerโ€™sGapBoth
JapanUnited States4.404.25+0.15
4.33
TaiwanUnited States4.354.30+0.05
4.32
GermanyUnited States4.154.10+0.05
4.13
United KingdomUnited States4.054.20โˆ’0.15
4.13
IsraelUnited States4.204.05+0.15
4.13
South KoreaUnited States4.104.15โˆ’0.05
4.13
United Arab EmiratesUnited States4.054.15โˆ’0.10
4.10
ChinaUnited States4.004.15โˆ’0.15
4.08
IndiaUnited States4.154.00+0.15
4.08
CanadaUnited States4.203.90+0.30
4.05

Lowest

NationPartnerIts sidePartnerโ€™sGapBoth
ChinaUzbekistan2.00โ€“โ€“
2.00
AustraliaNorth Korea2.102.05+0.05
2.08
NorwayNorth Korea2.402.00+0.40
2.20
North KoreaSweden2.252.20+0.05
2.23
MyanmarUkraine2.302.25+0.05
2.28
GreeceMyanmar2.302.300.00
2.30
MoroccoNorth Korea2.302.300.00
2.30
BelgiumNorth Korea2.202.40โˆ’0.20
2.30
PolandNorth Korea2.302.35โˆ’0.05
2.32
GreeceNorth Korea2.152.50โˆ’0.35
2.33

Seen differently

NationPartnerIts sidePartnerโ€™sGapBoth
IndiaChina4.002.00+2.00
3.00
PakistanChina4.002.00+2.00
3.00
IranChina4.052.10+1.95
3.08
North KoreaChina3.601.70+1.90
2.65
NigeriaChina3.902.00+1.90
2.95
VietnamChina3.751.90+1.85
2.83
EthiopiaChina3.601.90+1.70
2.75
MyanmarChina3.601.90+1.70
2.75
ThailandChina3.752.10+1.65
2.93
EgyptChina3.652.00+1.65
2.83

Nations, highest and lowest

NationMean
United States3.68
Germany3.51
United Arab Emirates3.49
France3.49
United Kingdom3.48
ยท ยท ยท
Colombia3.01
Ethiopia3.01
DR Congo2.87
Myanmar2.77
North Korea2.60
Every nation, in the Index