List of countries by number of diplomatic missions explained

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		274	173	91	8	2
2		271	168	83	11	8
3		252	145	93	12	2
4		251	152	66	10	23
5		249	158	72	18	1
6		230	143	74	10	3
7		225	156	51	11	7
8		217	148	56	11	2
9		206	124	74	8	0
10		205	135	58	12	2
11		194	135	50	5	4
12		190	114	65	10	1
13		187	114	60	5	8
14		161	80	71	8	2
15		157	98	38	11	10
16		150	87	54	7	2
17		149	106	28	10	5
-		143	132	0	8	3
18		141	102	30	7	2
19		140	87	43	7	3
20		135	91	33	9	2
21		134	85	39	9	1
22		130	92	34	3	1
23		128	104	19	4	1
24		127	75	42	9	1
25		124	85	33	4	2
26		121	89	29	3	0
27		121	73	41	6	1
28		120	91	16	7	6
29		117	63	49	5	0
30		114	98	12	2	2
31		113	83	18	8	4
32		110	12	1	1	96
33		107	80	21	5	1
34		106	78	24	3	1
35		104	83	13	6	2
36		102	87	8	7	0
37		98	71	20	6	1
38		97	65	28	3	1
39		94	67	22	4	1
40		94	63	27	4	0
41		91	74	7	9	1
42		90	74	6	7	3
43		90	66	16	6	2
44		82	63	9	8	2
45		80	58	20	2	0
46		68	49	15	3	1
47		62	42	11	8	1
48		60	46	12	1	1
49		58	43	7	7	1
50		52	42	5	4	1
51		50	33	13	1	1
52		50	29	16	4	1
53		47	38	1	7	0
54		46	38	2	6	0
55		46	38	6	2	0
56		46	35	4	6	1
57		43	39	1	3	0
58		43	28	12	3	0
59		42	35	4	3	0
60		40	32	7	1	0
61		40	26	11	3	0
62		31	23	5	3	0
63		26	17	4	5	0
64		21	16	4	1	0
65		10	6	3	1	0

Notes

• The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of Member States. As the EU is not a country, the EU is not ranked country on the list.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2024 . 2024-04-23 . globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org . en.