Embassy is a diplomatic mission generally located in the capital city of another country which offers a full range of services, including consular services. Diplomatic missions are a fundamental aspect of a country’s foreign policy, serving as key role for maintaining bilateral relations, protecting citizens, promoting economic interests, towards to global cooperation and understanding. Embassies, consulates, and missions are the places where government representatives serve in foreign countries and takes place with mutual consent between countries.
Embassy and diplomatic employees have full and absolute inviolability and immunities towards host state authorities including its judiciary. The Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations, aims is to facilitate the development of friendly relations among governments through a uniform set of practices and principles, most notably, it codifies the longstanding custom of diplomatic immunity, in which diplomatic missions are granted privileges that enable diplomats to perform their functions without fear of coercion or harassment by the host country.
Here are the top 20 countries with the most embassies in the world.
Rank | Country | Embassies |
1. | China | 173 |
2. | United States | 168 |
3. | France | 158 |
4. | United Kingdom | 156 |
5. | Japan | 152 |
6. | Germany | 148 |
7. | Türkiye | 145 |
8. | Russia | 143 |
9. | Brazil | 135 |
10. | India | 135 |
11. | Italy | 124 |
12. | Spain | 114 |
13. | South Korea | 114 |
14. | Netherlands | 106 |
15. | Saudi Arabia | 104 |
16. | Switzerland | 102 |
17. | Canada | 98 |
18. | South Africa | 98 |
19. | Indonesia | 92 |
20. | Poland | 91 |
Czech Republic | 91 |