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.
RankCountryTotal numberof postsEmbassies/High CommissionsConsulates/Consulates-GeneralPermanentmissionsOtherrepresentations1274173918222711688311832521459312242511526610235249158721816230143741037225156511178225154571229218116911011020612474801120513558122122011425054131871146058141618071821515798381110161508754721714910628105 -143132083181411023072191408743732013591339221134853991221309234312312810419412412775429125124853342261218929302712173416128120911676291176349503011498122231113831884321101211963310780215134106782431351048313623610287870379871206138976528313994672241409463274041917479142907467343906616624482639824580582020466849153147624211814860461211495843771505242541515033131152502916415347381705446382605546386205646354615743391305843281230594235430604032710614026113062312353063261745064211641065106310
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.
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