List of countries by number of diplomatic missions
The following list sorts 61 countries according to their number of diplomatic missions in 2019. 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 2019 of the Lowy Institute.
| Rank | Country | Number of total posts | Embassies/ High Commissions | Consulates/ Consulates-General | Permanent missions | Other representations |
| 1 | 276 | 169 | 96 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2 | 273 | 168 | 88 | 9 | 8 | |
| 3 | 267 | 161 | 89 | 15 | 2 | |
| 4 | 247 | 151 | 65 | 10 | 21 | |
| 5 | 242 | 144 | 85 | 11 | 2 | |
| 6 | 235 | 140 | 81 | 12 | 2 | |
| 7 | 224 | 150 | 61 | 11 | 2 | |
| 8 | 222 | 138 | 70 | 12 | 2 | |
| 9 | 215 | 115 | 89 | 10 | 1 | |
| 10 | 209 | 122 | 75 | 5 | 3 | |
| 11 | 205 | 149 | 44 | 9 | 3 | |
| 12 | 186 | 123 | 54 | 5 | 4 | |
| 13 | 183 | 114 | 51 | 5 | 13 | |
| 14 | 157 | 86 | 62 | 7 | 2 | |
| 15 | 157 | 80 | 67 | 7 | 3 | |
| 16 | 152 | 107 | 29 | 12 | 4 | |
| 17 | 146 | 103 | 30 | 10 | 3 | |
| 18 | 144 | 96 | 36 | 10 | 2 | |
| 19 | 136 | 88 | 36 | 9 | 3 | |
| 20 | 135 | 82 | 43 | 9 | 1 | |
| 21 | 132 | 94 | 34 | 3 | 1 | |
| 22 | 131 | 86 | 35 | 7 | 3 | |
| 23 | 128 | 71 | 48 | 8 | 1 | |
| 24 | 128 | 70 | 51 | 6 | 1 | |
| 25 | 124 | 106 | 14 | 2 | 2 | |
| 26 | 118 | 82 | 22 | 9 | 5 | |
| 27 | 118 | 81 | 31 | 4 | 2 | |
| 28 | 117 | 85 | 30 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29 | 116 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 2 | |
| 30 | 114 | 96 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| 31 | 107 | 80 | 23 | 3 | 1 | |
| 32 | 107 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 89 | |
| 33 | 104 | 88 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| 34 | 104 | 77 | 20 | 6 | 1 | |
| 35 | 99 | 79 | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
| 36 | 98 | 80 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| 37 | 98 | 65 | 29 | 3 | 1 | |
| 38 | 96 | 69 | 22 | 4 | 1 | |
| 39 | 89 | 67 | 14 | 6 | 2 | |
| 40 | 87 | 66 | 14 | 6 | 1 | |
| 41 | 87 | 60 | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
| 42 | 85 | 70 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| 43 | 81 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |
| 44 | 75 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| 45 | 72 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| 46 | 67 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
| 47 | 61 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 1 | |
| 48 | 54 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |
| 49 | 52 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 50 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| 51 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 52 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 53 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 54 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 55 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 56 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 57 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 58 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 59 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| 60 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 61 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |