{"id":355334,"date":"2026-02-04T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355334"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:10:54","slug":"power-gap-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/power-gap-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Gap Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Economic survey 2025-26 has cited data from the Power Gap Index\u00a0to explain how India is a victim of geopolitics and a strategic power gap and is operating below its full strategic potential.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Power Gap Index<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-02-114355.png?resize=600%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Knowledge Nugget: What Power Gap Index tells about India\u2019s strategic potential?\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">It is a secondary analysis<strong> derived from the Asia Power Index.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Released by:<\/strong> Australia-based Lowy Institute.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<strong>\u00a0reveals the difference between a country\u2019s expected influence, based on its resources, and its actual influence in the region.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This insight also helps analysts and policymakers assess how effectively a country converts that strength into regional influence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What does positive power gap shows:<\/strong> A positive Power Gap score means a country exerts more influence than its resources would predict. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It suggests effective conversion of resources into influence through diplomacy, alliances and economic statecraft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What does negative power gap shows:<\/strong> A negative Power Gap score indicates underperformance.\u00a0 It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highlights a disconnect, where a country possesses significant capabilities but is not leveraging them fully in geopolitics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>How the Power Gap Index is calculated: It<\/strong>\u00a0consists of eight measures of power, 30 thematic sub-measures and 131 indicators.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Index scores 27 countries\u2019 comprehensive power using a weighted average across eight thematic measures.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>eight measures of power<\/strong>, consists of\u00a0<strong>four resource measures<\/strong>, which look at what countries have, and\u00a0<strong>four influence measures<\/strong>, which look at what countries do with what they have.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are combined into a weighted score out of 100.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is then derived by comparing this overall power score with an expected score based solely on a country\u2019s resource base.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Findings of the Index\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The Index shows that <strong>India is not fully utilizing its strategic potential<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">India has a <strong>Power Gap score of \u20134.0<\/strong>, the lowest in Asia (excluding Russia and North Korea), indicating a gap between its capabilities and actual influence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Japan<\/strong> has a <strong>Power Gap score of 11.3<\/strong>, which reflects its position as a <strong>\u201csmart power.\u201d <\/strong>Japan effectively uses limited resources to achieve strong <strong>diplomatic, economic, and cultural influence<\/strong> in the region.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">North Korea has a <strong>Power Gap score of \u20138.2<\/strong>. It\u00a0derives most of its power from its <strong>military strength and nuclear weapons<\/strong>. However, its <strong>diplomatic and economic isolation<\/strong> limits its regional influence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Many <strong>developing countries<\/strong> show <strong>influence shortfalls<\/strong>. This reflects <strong>unrealized potential<\/strong> and <strong>internal constraints<\/strong> that prevent them from projecting power internationally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Economic survey 2025-26 has cited data from the Power Gap Index\u00a0to explain how India is a victim of geopolitics and a strategic power gap and is operating below its full strategic potential. About Power Gap Index It is a secondary analysis derived from the Asia Power Index. Released by: Australia-based Lowy Institute. It\u00a0reveals the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/power-gap-index\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Power Gap Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1305,12039,1],"tags":[11872,10503],"class_list":["post-355334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-business-standard","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}