The most powerful countries on earth in 2022, ranked

Dec 31 2022 by Business Insider

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Paris in November 2018.

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US News and World Report ranked the world's most-powerful countries for 2022. The US remains number one, but global instability saw many other nations change positions. Ukraine rose by 19 places in the rankings compared to last year.

The US, China, and Russia were the planet's most powerful countries in 2022, a year marked by war and turbulent geopolitics.

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