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We track 47 countries in Asia. The average current leader has been in office 2,785 days (about 7.6 years). The longest-serving is Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, at 11,609 days. By the Regimes of the World classification, 12 countries count as democracies and 34 as autocracies.

CountryLeaderPolitical systemDays in office
🇦🇫 AfghanistanHibatullah Akhundzada · MonarchClosed autocracy1,843
🇦🇲 ArmeniaNikol Pashinyan · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy3,038
🇦🇿 AzerbaijanIlham Aliyev · PresidentElectoral autocracy8,341
🇧🇭 BahrainHamad II of Bahrain · MonarchClosed autocracy10,041
🇧🇩 BangladeshTarique Rahman · Prime MinisterClosed autocracy196
🇧🇹 BhutanJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · MonarchElectoral democracy6,508
🇧🇳 BruneiHassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei · Monarch1,547
🇰🇭 CambodiaNorodom Sihamoni · MonarchElectoral autocracy7,992
🇨🇳 ChinaXi Jinping · PresidentClosed autocracy4,919
🇬🇪 GeorgiaIrakli Kobakhidze · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy936
🇮🇳 IndiaNarendra Modi · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy4,481
🇮🇩 IndonesiaPrabowo Subianto · PresidentElectoral autocracy681
🇮🇷 IranMojtaba Khamenei · PresidentElectoral autocracy177
🇮🇶 IraqNizar Amidi · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,415
🇮🇱 IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy1,342
🇯🇵 JapanSanae Takaichi · Prime MinisterLiberal democracy315
🇯🇴 JordanAbdullah II of Jordan · MonarchClosed autocracy10,068
🇰🇿 KazakhstanQasym-Zhomart Toqaev · PresidentElectoral autocracy2,800
🇰🇼 KuwaitMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · MonarchClosed autocracy990
🇰🇬 KyrgyzstanSooronbay Jeenbekov · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy3,793
🇱🇦 LaosThongloun Sisoulith · PresidentClosed autocracy1,989
🇱🇧 LebanonNawaf Salam · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy570
🇲🇾 MalaysiaAnwar Ibrahim · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy1,377
🇲🇻 MaldivesMohamed Muizzu · PresidentElectoral democracy1,019
🇲🇳 MongoliaUchral Nyam-Osor · Prime MinisterElectoral democracy155
🇲🇲 MyanmarMyint Swe · PresidentClosed autocracy2,038
🇳🇵 NepalRam Chandra Poudel · PresidentElectoral democracy1,339
🇰🇵 North KoreaKim Jong-un · PresidentClosed autocracy5,359
🇴🇲 OmanHaitham bin Tarik Al Said · MonarchClosed autocracy2,425
🇵🇰 PakistanShehbaz Sharif · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy1,604
🇵🇭 PhilippinesBongbong Marcos · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,524
🇶🇦 QatarTamim bin Hamad Al Thani · MonarchClosed autocracy4,816
🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaSalman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud · MonarchClosed autocracy4,239
🇸🇬 SingaporeLawrence Wong · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy839
🇰🇷 South KoreaLee Jae-myung · PresidentLiberal democracy454
🇱🇰 Sri LankaAnura Kurankan Dissanayake · PresidentElectoral democracy708
🇸🇾 SyriaAhmed al-Sharaa · PresidentClosed autocracy580
🇹🇼 TaiwanLai Ching-te · PresidentLiberal democracy834
🇹🇯 TajikistanEmomali Rahmon · PresidentElectoral autocracy11,609
🇹🇭 ThailandPaetongtarn Shinawatra · Prime MinisterElectoral autocracy746
🇹🇱 Timor-LesteJosé Ramos-Horta · PresidentElectoral democracy1,565
🇹🇷 TurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan · PresidentElectoral autocracy4,387
🇹🇲 TurkmenistanSerdar Berdimuhamedow · PresidentElectoral autocracy1,627
🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesMohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan · MonarchClosed autocracy1,571
🇺🇿 UzbekistanShavkat Mirziyoyev · PresidentElectoral autocracy3,645
🇻🇳 VietnamTô Lâm · PresidentClosed autocracy832
🇾🇪 YemenRashad al-Alimi · PresidentClosed autocracy1,608

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