Asia

Asia has 47 countries on TermClock. The average current leader has been in office 2,842 days (about 7.8 years). The longest-serving is Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, at 11,668 days. By the Regimes of the World classification, 12 countries count as democracies and 34 as autocracies.

Country	Leader	Political system	Days in office
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	Hibatullah Akhundzada · Monarch	Closed autocracy	1,902
🇦🇲 Armenia	Nikol Pashinyan · Prime Minister	Electoral democracy	3,097
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev · President	Electoral autocracy	8,400
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Hamad II of Bahrain · Monarch	Closed autocracy	10,100
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Tarique Rahman · Prime Minister	Closed autocracy	255
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck · Monarch	Electoral democracy	6,567
🇧🇳 Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei · Monarch	—	1,606
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Norodom Sihamoni · Monarch	Electoral autocracy	8,051
🇨🇳 China	Xi Jinping · President	Closed autocracy	4,978
🇬🇪 Georgia	Irakli Kobakhidze · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	995
🇮🇳 India	Narendra Modi · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	4,540
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Prabowo Subianto · President	Electoral autocracy	740
🇮🇷 Iran	Mojtaba Khamenei · President	Electoral autocracy	236
🇮🇶 Iraq	Nizar Amidi · President	Electoral autocracy	1,474
🇮🇱 Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu · Prime Minister	Electoral democracy	1,401
🇯🇵 Japan	Sanae Takaichi · Prime Minister	Liberal democracy	374
🇯🇴 Jordan	Abdullah II of Jordan · Monarch	Closed autocracy	10,127
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev · President	Electoral autocracy	2,781
🇰🇼 Kuwait	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · Monarch	Closed autocracy	1,049
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Sooronbay Jeenbekov · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	3,852
🇱🇦 Laos	Thongloun Sisoulith · President	Closed autocracy	2,048
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Nawaf Salam · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	629
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Anwar Ibrahim · Prime Minister	Electoral democracy	1,436
🇲🇻 Maldives	Mohamed Muizzu · President	Electoral democracy	1,078
🇲🇳 Mongolia	Uchral Nyam-Osor · Prime Minister	Electoral democracy	214
🇲🇲 Myanmar	Myint Swe · President	Closed autocracy	2,097
🇳🇵 Nepal	Ram Chandra Poudel · President	Electoral democracy	1,398
🇰🇵 North Korea	Kim Jong-un · President	Closed autocracy	5,418
🇴🇲 Oman	Haitham bin Tarik Al Said · Monarch	Closed autocracy	2,484
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Shehbaz Sharif · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	1,663
🇵🇭 Philippines	Bongbong Marcos · President	Electoral autocracy	1,583
🇶🇦 Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Monarch	Closed autocracy	4,875
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud · Monarch	Closed autocracy	4,298
🇸🇬 Singapore	Lawrence Wong · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	898
🇰🇷 South Korea	Lee Jae-myung · President	Liberal democracy	513
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Anura Kurankan Dissanayake · President	Electoral democracy	767
🇸🇾 Syria	Ahmed al-Sharaa · President	Closed autocracy	639
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Lai Ching-te · President	Liberal democracy	893
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	Emomali Rahmon · President	Electoral autocracy	11,668
🇹🇭 Thailand	Paetongtarn Shinawatra · Prime Minister	Electoral autocracy	805
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	José Ramos-Horta · President	Electoral democracy	1,624
🇹🇷 Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · President	Electoral autocracy	4,446
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	Serdar Berdimuhamedow · President	Electoral autocracy	1,686
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Monarch	Closed autocracy	1,630
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Shavkat Mirziyoyev · President	Electoral autocracy	3,704
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Tô Lâm · President	Closed autocracy	891
🇾🇪 Yemen	Rashad al-Alimi · President	Closed autocracy	1,667

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