List of countries by number of diplomatic missions

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.

Rank	Land	Number of total posts	Embassies/ High Commissions	Consulates/ Consulates-General	Permanent missions	Other representations
1	China	274	173	91	8	2
2	Vereinigte Staaten	271	168	83	11	8
3	Türkei	252	145	93	12	2
4	Japan	251	152	66	10	23
5	Frankreich	249	158	72	18	1
6	Russland	230	143	74	10	3
7	Vereinigtes Königreich	225	156	51	11	7
8	Deutschland	217	148	56	11	2
9	Italien	206	124	74	8	0
10	Brasilien	205	135	58	12	2
11	Indien	194	135	50	5	4
12	Spanien	190	114	65	10	1
13	Südkorea	187	114	60	5	8
14	Mexiko	161	80	71	8	2
15	Kanada	157	98	38	11	10
16	Argentinien	150	87	54	7	2
17	Niederlande	149	106	28	10	5
-	European Union	143	132	0	8	3
18	Schweiz	141	102	30	7	2
19	Ungarn	140	87	43	7	3
20	Polen	135	91	33	9	2
21	Griechenland	134	85	39	9	1
22	Indonesien	130	92	34	3	1
23	Saudi-Arabien	128	104	19	4	1
24	Portugal	127	75	42	9	1
25	Australien	124	85	33	4	2
26	Pakistan	121	89	29	3	0
27	Chile	121	73	41	6	1
28	Tschechische Republik	120	91	16	7	6
29	Kolumbien	117	63	49	5	0
30	Südafrika	114	98	12	2	2
31	Belgien	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	Österreich	104	83	13	6	2
36	Schweden	102	87	8	7	0
37	Irland	98	71	20	6	1
38	Thailand	97	65	28	3	1
39	Vietnam	94	67	22	4	1
40	Philippinen	94	63	27	4	0
41	Norwegen	91	74	7	9	1
42	Finnland	90	74	6	7	3
43	Dänemark	90	66	16	6	2
44	Slowakei	82	63	9	8	2
45	Bangladesch	80	58	20	2	0
46	Neuseeland	68	49	15	3	1
47	Litauen	62	42	11	8	1
48	Sri Lanka	60	46	12	1	1
49	Slowenien	58	43	7	7	1
50	Costa Rica	52	42	5	4	1
51	Mongolei	50	33	13	1	1
52	Singapur	50	29	16	4	1
53	Lettland	47	38	1	7	0
54	Estland	46	38	2	6	0
55	Myanmar	46	38	6	2	0
56	Luxemburg	46	35	4	6	1
57	North Korea	43	39	1	3	0
58	Kambodscha	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	Island	26	17	4	5	0
64	Papua-Neuguinea	21	16	4	1	0
65	Bhutan	10	6	3	1	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.