AI Tools & Applications — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 17

Established 18

Transitional 28

Foundational 29

Nascent 55

Inception 48

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
4	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
6	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
7	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.83
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
19	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
21	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
22	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
24	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
25	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
26	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
27	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
28	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
29	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
30	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
33	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
34	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
35	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
36	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.83
37	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
38	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
39	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
40	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
41	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
43	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
44	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
46	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
48	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
49	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
54	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.83
55	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
60	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
62	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.83
63	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
65	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
67	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
68	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
69	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
70	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.09
71	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
72	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
74	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
75	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
78	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
79	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
80	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.83
83	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
84	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
85	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
86	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
87	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
88	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
91	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.00
93	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
94	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
96	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.87
98	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
101	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.00
102	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.71
103	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±1.23
106	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
108	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.71
111	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
112	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
118	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
120	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±1.12
123	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
124	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
125	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
129	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.71
131	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
132	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
134	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
137	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
141	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
144	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
145	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
146	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
149	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
151	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
152	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
154	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
155	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
156	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
158	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
159	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
161	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
163	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
164	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
166	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
167	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
169	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
170	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
171	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
172	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
173	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
174	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
175	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
176	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
178	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
179	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
180	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
182	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
183	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
189	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
195	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
197	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Communications & Digital Infrastructure

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Subsea Cables & International Gateways	9.9	1–19	Singapore, United States
Core & Backbone Networks	9.7	2–19	South Korea
Mobile & Wireless Networks	10.7	1–20	South Korea
Spectrum & Broadcasting	9.8	3–18	South Korea, United States
Data Centres, Compute & Cloud	7.5	1–20	United States
Data Resources	8.7	2–19	United States