How does the United States rank for overall influence in each Southeast Asian country?
Overall influence Southeast Asia
64.4
The United States is the second-most influential partner for Southeast Asia, after China. However, unlike China, which generally ranks in the top three partners for every country, US influence varies greatly, from the Philippines and Singapore where it is the top-ranked partner, to Laos, Brunei, and Myanmar where it does not rank in the top five partners. Overall, the United States is the leading source of cultural influence and defence cooperation for Southeast Asia, the latter by a very substantial margin, ahead of next-ranked partner Australia. But its diplomatic engagement is patchy, and its economic relationships are far outstripped by China, a gap that has grown since 2017.