Artificial Intelligence — National Capability Index

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 10

Established 7

Transitional 14

Foundational 23

Nascent 37

Inception 105

197 nations, by capabilities

Best first on Artificial Intelligence. The group score is the unweighted mean of the capability integers beside it.

#	Nation	Region	Artificial Intelligence	Machine Learning & Foundation Models	Applied AI & Advanced Analytics	AI Safety, Security & Evaluation
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20.0Frontier	20	20	20
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17.7Advanced	19	18	16
3	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17.3Advanced	17	17	18
4	🇫🇷France	Europe	16.0Advanced	17	16	15
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16.0Advanced	16	17	15
6	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15.7Advanced	15	16	16
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	15.7Advanced	16	16	15
8	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15.7Advanced	16	17	14
9	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	15.7Advanced	16	16	15
10	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15.3Advanced	14	17	15
11	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	15.0Advanced	15	16	14
12	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14.3Established	14	16	13
13	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	13.7Established	14	16	11
14	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	13.0Established	13	14	12
15	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	12.3Established	12	15	10
16	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12.3Established	14	13	10
17	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	12.0Established	12	15	9
18	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12.0Established	13	14	9
19	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	11.7Transitional	12	13	10
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	11.3Transitional	12	13	9
21	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	11.3Transitional	11	14	9
22	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	11.3Transitional	13	12	9
23	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	13	9
24	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	11.0Transitional	11	14	8
25	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	10.3Transitional	11	12	8
26	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	10.0Transitional	10	13	7
27	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	9.7Transitional	9	13	7
28	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	9.7Transitional	11	12	6
29	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	9.7Transitional	10	11	8
30	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	9.3Transitional	10	11	7
31	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	9.0Transitional	9	12	6
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	9.0Transitional	9	12	6
33	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	8.3Foundational	8	11	6
34	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	8.3Foundational	7	13	5
35	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	8.3Foundational	9	11	5
36	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	7.7Foundational	8	10	5
37	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	7.7Foundational	7	11	5
38	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	7.7Foundational	7	10	6
39	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	7.7Foundational	8	10	5
40	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	7.3Foundational	8	10	4
41	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	7.3Foundational	8	10	4
42	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	7.3Foundational	7	10	5
43	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	7.0Foundational	7	10	4
44	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	7.0Foundational	7	10	4
45	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	7.0Foundational	6	11	4
46	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	7.0Foundational	7	9	5
47	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	6.7Foundational	7	9	4
48	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	6.7Foundational	7	9	4
49	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	6.7Foundational	8	8	4
50	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	6.7Foundational	6	9	5
51	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	6.3Foundational	6	8	5
52	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	6.3Foundational	6	9	4
53	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	6.3Foundational	6	9	4
54	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	6.0Foundational	7	8	3
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	6.0Foundational	5	9	4
56	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	5.7Nascent	5	9	3
57	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	5.7Nascent	6	8	3
58	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	5.3Nascent	5	8	3
59	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	5.3Nascent	5	8	3
60	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	5.3Nascent	5	9	2
61	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	5.3Nascent	5	8	3
62	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	6	7	3
63	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	5.3Nascent	5	8	3
64	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	5.0Nascent	4	8	3
65	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	7	3
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	5.0Nascent	5	7	3
67	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	5.0Nascent	4	8	3
68	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	4.3Nascent	4	6	3
69	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	4.3Nascent	4	6	3
70	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	4.3Nascent	4	7	2
71	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	4.3Nascent	4	7	2
72	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	4.0Nascent	4	6	2
73	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	4.0Nascent	3	7	2
74	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	4.0Nascent	3	7	2
75	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	4.0Nascent	4	6	2
76	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	4.0Nascent	3	7	2
77	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	3.7Nascent	3	6	2
78	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	3.7Nascent	4	5	2
79	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	3.7Nascent	4	5	2
80	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	3.7Nascent	3	6	2
81	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	3.7Nascent	3	6	2
82	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
83	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
84	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
85	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	3.3Nascent	3	6	1
86	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	3.3Nascent	3	6	1
87	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	3.3Nascent	3	5	2
88	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	3.0Nascent	2	5	2
89	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	3.0Nascent	3	5	1
90	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3.0Nascent	3	5	1
91	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3.0Nascent	2	5	2
92	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	3.0Nascent	2	5	2
93	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	2.7Inception	3	3	2
94	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	2.7Inception	2	4	2
95	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	2.7Inception	2	4	2
96	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	2.7Inception	3	4	1
97	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	2.7Inception	3	4	1
98	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2.7Inception	2	4	2
99	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	2.3Inception	2	4	1
100	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	2.3Inception	3	3	1
101	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	2.3Inception	2	4	1
102	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	2.3Inception	2	4	1
103	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	2.3Inception	1	5	1
104	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2.3Inception	2	4	1
105	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	2.3Inception	2	4	1
106	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	2.3Inception	2	4	1
107	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	2.3Inception	2	3	2
108	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	2.0Inception	2	3	1
109	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	2.0Inception	2	3	1
110	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	2	3	1
111	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	2.0Inception	2	4	0
112	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	2.0Inception	2	3	1
113	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2.0Inception	2	3	1
114	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2.0Inception	2	3	1
115	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	1.7Inception	1	3	1
116	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	1	3	1
117	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	1.7Inception	1	3	1
118	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	1.7Inception	1	3	1
119	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	1	3	1
120	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	1.7Inception	1	3	1
121	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1.7Inception	2	2	1
122	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	1.7Inception	2	3	0
123	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1
124	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1
125	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	1.3Inception	1	2	1
126	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	1.3Inception	1	3	0
127	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	1.3Inception	1	3	0
128	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	1.3Inception	1	3	0
129	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1.3Inception	1	3	0
130	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	1.3Inception	1	2	1
131	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1.0Inception	0	2	1
132	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	0	2	1
133	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
134	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
135	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	2	0
136	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
137	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	2	0
138	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
139	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
140	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	2	0
141	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	1.0Inception	1	2	0
142	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	1.0Inception	1	2	0
143	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	1.0Inception	1	2	0
144	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0.7Inception	0	2	0
145	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	0.7Inception	0	2	0
146	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	0.7Inception	0	2	0
147	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	0.7Inception	0	2	0
148	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	0.7Inception	1	1	0
149	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	0.7Inception	1	1	0
150	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	0.7Inception	1	1	0
151	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	0.7Inception	1	1	0
152	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	0.7Inception	1	1	0
153	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	0.7Inception	0	2	0
154	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	0.7Inception	0	2	0
155	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
156	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
157	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
158	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
159	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
160	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
161	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
162	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
163	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
164	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
165	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
166	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
167	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
168	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
169	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
170	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
171	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
172	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0.3Inception	0	1	0
173	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
175	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
176	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
177	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
178	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
179	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
180	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
181	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
182	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0.3Inception	0	1	0
183	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
184	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
185	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
186	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	0.3Inception	0	1	0
187	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	0.3Inception	0	1	0
188	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	0.3Inception	0	1	0
189	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
190	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
191	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0.3Inception	0	1	0
192	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	0.3Inception	0	1	0
193	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0
194	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0
195	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	0.0Inception	0	0	0
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0.0Inception	0	0	0