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We track 47 countries in Asia. The average current leader has been in office 2,784 days (about 7.6 years). The longest-serving is Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, at 11,608 days. By the Regimes of the World classification, 12 countries count as democracies and 34 as autocracies.

CountryLeaderPolitical systemDays in office
🇦🇫 AfghanistanHibatullah Akhundzada · MonarchClosed autocracy1,842
🇦🇲 ArmeniaNikol Pashinyan · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy3,037
🇦🇿 AzerbaijanIlham Aliyev · PresidentElectoral autocracy8,340
🇧🇭 BahrainHamad II of Bahrain · MonarchClosed autocracy10,040
🇧🇩 BangladeshTarique Rahman · Prime MinisterClosed autocracy195
🇧🇹 BhutanJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · MonarchElectoral democracy6,507
🇧🇳 BruneiHassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei · Monarch1,546
🇰🇭 CambodiaNorodom Sihamoni · MonarchElectoral autocracy7,991
🇨🇳 ChinaXi Jinping · PresidentClosed autocracy4,918
🇬🇪 GeorgiaIrakli Kobakhidze · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy935
🇮🇳 IndiaNarendra Modi · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy4,480
🇮🇩 IndonesiaPrabowo Subianto · PresidentElectoral autocracy680
🇮🇷 IranMojtaba Khamenei · PresidentElectoral autocracy176
🇮🇶 IraqNizar Amidi · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,414
🇮🇱 IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy1,341
🇯🇵 JapanSanae Takaichi · Prime MinisterLiberal democracy314
🇯🇴 JordanAbdullah II of Jordan · MonarchClosed autocracy10,067
🇰🇿 KazakhstanQasym-Zhomart Toqaev · PresidentElectoral autocracy2,799
🇰🇼 KuwaitMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · MonarchClosed autocracy989
🇰🇬 KyrgyzstanSooronbay Jeenbekov · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy3,792
🇱🇦 LaosThongloun Sisoulith · PresidentClosed autocracy1,988
🇱🇧 LebanonNawaf Salam · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy569
🇲🇾 MalaysiaAnwar Ibrahim · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy1,376
🇲🇻 MaldivesMohamed Muizzu · PresidentElectoral democracy1,018
🇲🇳 MongoliaUchral Nyam-Osor · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy154
🇲🇲 MyanmarMyint Swe · PresidentClosed autocracy2,037
🇳🇵 NepalRam Chandra Poudel · PresidentElectoral democracy1,338
🇰🇵 North KoreaKim Jong-un · PresidentClosed autocracy5,358
🇴🇲 OmanHaitham bin Tarik Al Said · MonarchClosed autocracy2,424
🇵🇰 PakistanShehbaz Sharif · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy1,603
🇵🇭 PhilippinesBongbong Marcos · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,523
🇶🇦 QatarTamim bin Hamad Al Thani · MonarchClosed autocracy4,815
🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaSalman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud · MonarchClosed autocracy4,238
🇸🇬 SingaporeLawrence Wong · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy838
🇰🇷 South KoreaLee Jae-myung · PresidentLiberal democracy453
🇱🇰 Sri LankaAnura Kurankan Dissanayake · PresidentElectoral democracy707
🇸🇾 SyriaAhmed al-Sharaa · PresidentClosed autocracy579
🇹🇼 TaiwanLai Ching-te · PresidentLiberal democracy833
🇹🇯 TajikistanEmomali Rahmon · PresidentElectoral autocracy11,608
🇹🇭 ThailandPaetongtarn Shinawatra · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy745
🇹🇱 Timor-LesteJosé Ramos-Horta · PresidentElectoral democracy1,564
🇹🇷 TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan · PresidentElectoral autocracy4,386
🇹🇲 TurkmenistanSerdar Berdimuhamedow · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,626
🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesMohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan · MonarchClosed autocracy1,570
🇺🇿 UzbekistanShavkat Mirziyoyev · PresidentElectoral autocracy3,644
🇻🇳 VietnamTô Lâm · PresidentClosed autocracy831
🇾🇪 YemenRashad al-Alimi · PresidentClosed autocracy1,607

Regime classifications follow the Regimes of the World scheme (V-Dem), via Our World in Data.