# 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 | Country | Total number of 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 | Republic of China (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 |