List of state leaders in 1181

1180 state leaders - Events of 1181 - 1182 state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

Asia

• China (Jin Dynasty) - Emperor Shizong (1161–1189)
• China (Southern Song Dynasty) - Emperor Xiaozong (1162–1189)
• Japan (Heian period)
  • Monarch - Emperor Antoku (1180–1183)
  • Cloistered ruler - Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Jōkō of Japan (1158–1192)
  • de facto -
    1. Taira no Kiyomori (1159–1181)
    2. Taira no Munemori (1181–1185)
• Kara-Khitan Khanate (Western Liao) - Yelü Zhilugu (1178–1211)
• Khmer Empire - Jayavarman VII (Mahaparamasangata?) (1181-1220?)
• Korea (Goryeo Kingdom) - Myeongjong (1170–1197)
• Sultanate of Rûm - Kilij Arslan II (1156–1192)
• Western Xia - Emperor Renzong (1139–1193)

Europe

• Kingdom of Aragon - Alfonso II (1162–1196)
• Kingdom of Castile - Alfonso VIII (1158–1214)
• Kingdom of Denmark - Valdemar I (1157–1182)
• Kingdom of England - Henry II (1154–1189)
• Kingdom of France - Philip II (1180–1223)
• Holy Roman Empire - Frederick I Barbarossa (1152–1190)
  • Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen - Siegfried, Count of Anhalt (1180–1184)
  • County of Holland - Floris III (1157–1190)
• Kingdom of Hungary - Béla III (1172–1196)
• Kingdom of Norway - Magnus V (1161–1184)
• Kingdom of Portugal - Afonso I Henriques (1128–1185)
• Kingdom of Scotland - William I (1165–1214)
• Kingdom of Sicily - William II (1166–1189)
• Kingdom of Sweden - Canute I (1167–1195)