- References
The following list sorts 60 countries according to their number of diplomatic missions in 2017. 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 2017 of the Lowy Institute.[1] Rank | Country | Number of total posts | Embassies/ High Comissions | Consulates/ Consulates-General | Permanent missions | Other representations | 1 | {{USA}} | 273 | 167 | 90 | 9 | 7 | 2 | {{CHN}} | 268 | 166 | 90 | 8 | 4 | 3 | {{FRA}} | 266 | 160 | 89 | 15 | 2 | 4 | {{RUS}} | 242 | 143 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 5 | {{JPN}} | 229 | 144 | 62 | 9 | 14 | 6 | {{TUR}} | 229 | 134 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 7 | {{GBR}} | 225 | 149 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 8 | Liste deutscher Auslandsvertretungen|Deutschland}} | 224 | 149 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 9 | {{BRA}} | 221 | 137 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 10 | {{ESP}} | 215 | 115 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 11 | {{ITA}} | 205 | 122 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 12 | {{IND}} | 181 | 124 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 13 | {{KOR}} | 172 | 116 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 14 | {{MEX}} | 156 | 80 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 15 | {{ARG}} | 155 | 85 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 16 | {{CHE}} | 147 | 102 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | {{CAN}} | 147 | 100 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 18 | {{NLD}} | 144 | 103 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 19 | {{IDN}} | 133 | 95 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 20 | {{POL}} | 133 | 88 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 21 | {{GRC}} | 132 | 80 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 22 | {{CHL}} | 128 | 70 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 23 | {{PRT}} | 125 | 71 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 24 | {{ZAF}} | 124 | 106 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 25 | {{HUN}} | 123 | 81 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 26 | {{BEL}} | 116 | 78 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 27 | {{PAK}} | 116 | 85 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 28 | {{AUS}} | 116 | 79 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 29 | {{CZE}} | 114 | 90 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 30 | {{SAU}} | 112 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | {{TWN}} | 112 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 32 | {{SWE}} | 107 | 91 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 33 | {{MYS}} | 106 | 79 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 34 | {{ISR}} | 104 | 77 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 35 | {{AUT}} | 101 | 84 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 36 | {{NOR}} | 100 | 83 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 37 | {{VNM}} | 97 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 38 | {{THA}} | 96 | 65 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 39 | {{DNK}} | 93 | 70 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | {{FIN}} | 85 | 70 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 41 | {{PHL}} | 85 | 60 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 42 | {{SVK}} | 80 | 63 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 43 | {{IRL}} | 80 | 61 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 44 | {{BGD}} | 72 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 45 | {{NZL}} | 70 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 46 | {{LKA}} | 67 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | {{PRK}} | 55 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 48 | {{SGP}} | 49 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 49 | {{SVN}} | 48 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 50 | {{MNG}} | 47 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 51 | {{LVA}} | 46 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 52 | {{MMR}} | 44 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 53 | {{EST}} | 43 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 54 | {{BRN}} | 42 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 55 | {{LAO}} | 37 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 56 | {{NPL}} | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | {{KHM}} | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 58 | {{LUX}} | 31 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 59 | {{ISL}} | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 60 | {{BTN}} | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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2 : Diplomacy-related lists|Lists of diplomatic missions by sending country |