China has established itself as the leader in global diplomatic outreach with 173 embassies worldwide, edging out the United States, which maintains 168 foreign missions. This reflects China's strategic expansion of its diplomatic footprint across continents, emphasizing its growing influence on the world stage.
- China tops the list with 173 embassies globally, narrowly surpassing the United States, which has 168 foreign missions.
- France and the UK, former colonial powers, occupy the third and fourth positions respectively, with France having 158 embassies and the UK with 156.
- Japan follows closely in fifth place with 152 embassies.
- Germany is ranked sixth with 148 embassies, while Turkey closely trails with 145.
- Russia holds 143 embassies, securing the eighth position.
- Brazil and India share the ninth place with 135 embassies each.
- Italy follows with 124 embassies, ranking eleventh.
- Spain and South Korea tie with 114 embassies each, occupying the twelfth position.
- The Netherlands maintains 106 embassies, securing the fourteenth position.
- Saudi Arabia and Switzerland have 104 and102 embassies respectively, placing them fifteenth and sixteenth on the list.
- Canada and South Africa share the seventeenth position with 98 embassies each.
- Indonesia follows with 92 embassies, ranking nineteenth.
- Poland and the Czech Republic tie with 91 embassies each, placing them twentieth and twenty-first respectively.
- Pakistan and Argentina share the twenty-second position with 89 embassies each.
- Hungary and Sweden tie with 87 embassies each, rounding out the list of top twenty-five countries by embassy count.