The Definitive Ranking Of Outfits World Leaders Have Forced Each Other To Wear At APEC

The ~fashion~ is clearly the best part of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Clearly.

One of the under-appreciated highlights of each year is the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. During the summit, leaders from countries who have a coast on the Pacific gather to discuss important economic matters and pressing issues.

Together these men and women lead a group that is responsible for 40% of the world's population, 44% of global trade, and more than half of the world's GDP, according to APEC's website.

But what clearly matters is the fact that every year, these powerful people bow to the whims of the host country and don whatever items of clothing are demanded of them.

They are then forced to pose in what is actually referred to as a "family photo" while wearing the host country's garments of choice. Here is the ranking of the best of these amazing outfits over the years.

25. 2011 — Vladivostok, Russian Federation

24. 2015 — Manila, Philippines

23. 2012 — Honolulu, United States

22. 2010 — Yokohama, Japan

21. 1999 — New Auckland, New Zealand

20. 1997 — Vancouver, Canada

19. 1995 — Osaka, Japan

18. 2009 — Singapore

17. 2016 - Lima, Peru

16. 2000 — Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei Darussalam

15. 2017 — Da Nang, Viet Nam

14. 2007 — Sydney, Australia

13. 2005 — Los Cabos, Mexico

12. 1996 — Subic, Philippines

11. 1993 — Seattle, United States

10. 2005 — Busan, South Korea

9. 1998 — Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

8. 2003 — Bangkok, Thailand

7. 2006 — Hanoi, Vietnam

6. 2014 — Beijing, China

5. 2013 — Bali, Indonesia

4. 1994 — Bogor, Indonesia

3. 2001 — Shanghai, China

2. 2004 — Santiago, Chile

1. 2008 — Lima, Peru

These rankings have been adjusted accordingly after correcting an earlier version of this post where the photo for the Sydney meeting originally showed that year's Finance Ministers Meeting. Peru's ponchos remain number one.

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