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The 2026 Index

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Top twenty-four governments by overall score, 2026 edition.
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Global AI Index synthesis methodology. Scores are produced by the Index from publicly available data, normalized to a common 0–100 scale and aggregated across four equally weighted pillars. Synthesis current as of . Full derivation, sources and indicator weights are set out in the methodology.

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All 190 governments published in the 2026 edition, with pillar scores on a 0-100 scale. Synthesis current as of 10 August 2026. Column headers are sortable.
Rank Government Region Overall Institutional Technical Human capital Governance YoY
1 United States North America 92.6 86.6 100.0 99.6 84.2 +0
2 China East Asia 78.4 82.4 88.4 80.4 62.4 +0
3 United Kingdom Western Europe 71.9 73.7 66.7 72.7 74.7 +1
4 Singapore East Asia 70.8 74.8 69.8 68.8 69.8 −1
5 Republic of Korea East Asia 68.2 68.2 75.2 68.2 61.2 +1
6 France Western Europe 66.4 67.7 63.7 65.7 68.7 +2
7 Germany Western Europe 65.7 65.0 66.0 67.0 65.0 −1
8 Canada North America 64.9 65.2 60.2 68.2 66.2 −3
9 Japan East Asia 63.5 63.5 67.5 63.5 59.5 +1
10 Israel Middle East and North Africa 62.8 58.3 66.3 72.3 54.3 +0
11 Netherlands Western Europe 62.1 63.8 58.9 60.9 64.8 −2
12 India South and Central Asia 60.4 58.9 57.9 72.9 51.9 +4
13 United Arab Emirates Middle East and North Africa 59.6 68.1 64.1 53.1 53.1 +3
14 Switzerland Western Europe 58.9 54.1 58.1 65.2 58.1 −1
15 Australia Pacific 57.8 58.8 52.8 58.8 60.8 −2
16 Saudi Arabia Middle East and North Africa 56.2 68.5 60.5 47.5 48.5 +5
17 Finland Western Europe 55.7 56.7 50.7 57.7 57.7 +0
18 Sweden Western Europe 55.1 55.4 50.4 57.4 57.4 −2
19 Denmark Western Europe 54.6 56.6 48.6 54.6 58.6 −1
20 Taiwan East Asia 54.0 51.0 63.0 56.0 46.0 +2
21 Ireland Western Europe 52.8 52.5 50.5 54.5 53.5 +1
22 Spain Western Europe 52.1 55.4 48.4 50.4 54.4 +3
23 Estonia Eastern Europe 51.4 56.6 44.6 48.6 55.6 −1
24 Norway Western Europe 50.7 51.2 46.2 52.2 53.2 +0
25 Italy Western Europe 49.6 50.4 45.4 48.4 54.4 −3
26 Belgium Western Europe 48.5 48.8 44.8 48.8 51.8 −1
27 Austria Western Europe 47.9 48.1 44.1 48.1 51.1 −2
28 Luxembourg Western Europe 47.2 47.7 47.7 43.7 49.7 +2
29 Portugal Western Europe 45.8 46.5 41.5 43.5 51.5 +1
30 Brazil Latin America and the Caribbean 44.3 46.0 40.0 45.0 46.0 +2
31 Malaysia East Asia 43.6 45.0 42.9 42.3 44.3 +4
32 Czechia Eastern Europe 43.2 44.6 41.5 43.3 43.4 +4
33 Poland Eastern Europe 43.1 42.5 43.0 41.8 45.1 +1
34 Qatar Middle East and North Africa 42.7 45.2 40.4 42.4 42.8 −5
35 Chile Latin America and the Caribbean 42.2 43.9 42.1 41.0 41.9 +4
36 Lithuania Eastern Europe 42.1 41.8 39.6 43.3 43.7 −1
37 Iceland Western Europe 41.8 42.1 40.5 42.4 42.2 −6
38 Slovenia Eastern Europe 41.7 41.7 38.3 43.6 43.2 +6
39 Latvia Eastern Europe 41.5 41.5 39.3 41.9 43.2 −3
40 Hungary Eastern Europe 41.2 42.7 38.0 43.3 40.8 −4
41 Greece Western Europe 41.1 42.2 37.8 42.1 42.3 −5
42 Cyprus Western Europe 40.7 41.1 37.7 42.7 41.3 −5
43 Croatia Eastern Europe 40.5 42.6 35.9 42.1 41.3 +3
44 Malta Western Europe 40.2 41.0 38.6 39.7 41.5 +5
45 Uruguay Latin America and the Caribbean 39.9 41.5 37.7 40.4 40.0 +6
46 Bahrain Middle East and North Africa 39.6 40.3 37.7 40.2 40.3 −6
47 Slovakia Eastern Europe 39.2 40.7 36.1 41.4 38.6 −2
48 Kuwait Middle East and North Africa 39.1 37.9 37.5 40.4 40.6 −5
49 Romania Eastern Europe 38.7 39.6 37.0 39.5 38.7 −5
50 Turkiye Middle East and North Africa 38.6 40.2 37.3 38.7 38.2 −4
51 Thailand East Asia 38.5 37.6 37.3 37.8 41.3 +1
52 Oman Middle East and North Africa 38.1 39.9 35.5 38.2 38.9 −2
53 Bulgaria Eastern Europe 37.8 37.7 36.4 39.9 37.2 +0
54 Costa Rica Latin America and the Caribbean 37.7 36.4 36.7 38.4 39.4 +5
55 Mexico Latin America and the Caribbean 37.6 38.0 35.6 36.6 40.2 +4
56 Russian Federation Eastern Europe 37.1 39.1 36.1 34.7 38.6 +3
57 Kazakhstan South and Central Asia 37.0 36.5 37.0 35.6 38.9 +2
58 Serbia Eastern Europe 36.9 36.4 35.4 37.7 38.0 −4
59 Argentina Latin America and the Caribbean 36.6 38.4 34.4 37.9 35.7 −4
60 Viet Nam East Asia 36.5 37.5 34.0 36.0 38.5 −2
61 Colombia Latin America and the Caribbean 36.4 39.1 33.0 36.7 36.8 −4
62 Indonesia East Asia 36.2 38.0 33.0 37.2 36.5 +4
63 Ukraine Eastern Europe 35.9 39.3 33.7 36.1 34.5 −4
64 Brunei Darussalam East Asia 35.8 38.6 32.6 38.0 33.9 −4
65 Philippines East Asia 35.7 37.9 33.8 36.3 34.8 +1
66 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 35.5 38.3 33.6 35.3 34.8 +6
67 Peru Latin America and the Caribbean 35.2 37.6 32.1 35.9 35.1 −3
68 Georgia Eastern Europe 35.0 36.3 33.0 35.9 34.7 −5
69 Panama Latin America and the Caribbean 34.9 37.9 32.6 36.4 32.7 −6
70 Armenia Eastern Europe 34.2 36.4 31.1 34.3 35.1 −3
71 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 34.1 35.5 31.2 34.7 35.0 +2
72 Montenegro Eastern Europe 34.0 35.0 31.0 35.9 34.0 +6
73 Jordan Middle East and North Africa 33.9 36.0 32.4 34.4 32.9 −2
74 Albania Eastern Europe 33.7 36.2 31.4 33.3 33.9 +6
75 Azerbaijan Eastern Europe 33.6 34.0 32.2 34.1 34.1 −5
76 North Macedonia Eastern Europe 33.5 33.6 32.2 36.4 31.7 +5
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe 33.2 33.6 32.1 32.9 34.2 −1
78 Belarus Eastern Europe 32.7 34.0 32.4 33.2 31.2 −1
79 Moldova Eastern Europe 32.6 36.3 30.0 33.4 30.7 −2
80 Dominican Republic Latin America and the Caribbean 32.5 34.3 31.7 32.3 31.7 −4
81 Sri Lanka South and Central Asia 32.3 33.1 31.2 31.9 33.1 −5
82 Ecuador Latin America and the Caribbean 32.2 33.1 30.4 32.7 32.5 −4
83 Paraguay Latin America and the Caribbean 32.1 35.4 29.9 32.7 30.4 +1
84 Tunisia Middle East and North Africa 31.8 34.3 29.5 31.5 31.9 +3
85 Egypt Middle East and North Africa 31.7 32.9 29.7 34.1 30.1 +0
86 Morocco Middle East and North Africa 31.6 34.3 30.8 31.4 29.9 −4
87 Lebanon Middle East and North Africa 31.3 33.3 27.9 32.1 31.9 −6
88 Mongolia East Asia 31.2 34.7 27.4 32.8 29.9 −4
89 Seychelles Sub-Saharan Africa 30.9 34.3 28.9 31.1 29.4 +4
90 Uzbekistan South and Central Asia 30.8 31.8 30.1 30.3 31.0 +6
91 Bahamas Latin America and the Caribbean 30.2 34.1 29.1 29.8 27.9 +0
92 Barbados Latin America and the Caribbean 30.1 30.8 28.3 31.4 29.9 −1
93 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America and the Caribbean 30.0 30.9 26.7 33.1 29.2 −4
94 Fiji Pacific 29.6 31.8 26.5 30.7 29.4 +0
95 Jamaica Latin America and the Caribbean 29.5 31.2 28.7 30.8 27.3 +4
96 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 29.4 32.7 25.8 31.9 27.1 +4
97 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 29.3 31.7 25.0 30.4 30.0 +6
98 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 29.2 34.4 28.1 28.1 26.2 −3
99 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 28.8 32.2 25.6 28.6 28.7 +4
100 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 28.7 33.4 24.8 30.8 25.8 +5
101 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 28.5 29.8 25.5 31.7 27.0 −4
102 Bangladesh South and Central Asia 28.3 32.4 25.0 30.5 25.4 +1
103 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 28.2 31.7 24.3 29.5 27.2 −6
104 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 28.1 30.5 25.4 29.0 27.5 +1
105 Pakistan South and Central Asia 28.0 32.5 22.9 29.2 27.5 −2
106 Bhutan South and Central Asia 27.7 29.9 24.4 28.7 27.8 −6
107 Nepal South and Central Asia 27.6 29.9 23.3 30.5 26.6 −2
108 Maldives South and Central Asia 27.2 28.9 22.9 29.1 28.0 −6
109 Lao PDR East Asia 26.9 31.0 25.0 26.6 25.1 +5
110 Cambodia East Asia 26.8 28.4 24.1 26.8 27.9 −1
111 Kyrgyzstan South and Central Asia 26.5 30.3 22.2 29.2 24.3 +2
112 Myanmar East Asia 26.4 30.4 20.9 27.9 26.3 +4
113 Tajikistan South and Central Asia 26.3 29.1 23.3 27.3 25.5 −4
114 Turkmenistan South and Central Asia 26.2 29.6 23.6 28.1 23.6 −4
115 Algeria Middle East and North Africa 25.9 27.9 23.4 27.1 25.2 +1
116 Libya Middle East and North Africa 25.8 28.6 22.0 27.0 25.6 +2
117 Iran Middle East and North Africa 25.4 27.1 23.3 25.7 25.5 +2
118 Iraq Middle East and North Africa 25.3 27.8 24.3 25.6 23.5 −3
119 Honduras Latin America and the Caribbean 25.2 29.1 22.2 25.1 24.4 −3
120 Guatemala Latin America and the Caribbean 25.1 26.8 24.3 24.8 24.4 −4
121 Bolivia Latin America and the Caribbean 25.0 27.3 21.8 26.3 24.6 +6
122 El Salvador Latin America and the Caribbean 24.9 27.1 22.6 26.1 23.7 −1
123 Guyana Latin America and the Caribbean 24.4 28.7 20.4 24.8 23.6 +6
124 Nicaragua Latin America and the Caribbean 24.3 28.3 20.6 26.2 22.1 −1
125 Belize Latin America and the Caribbean 24.1 25.7 21.2 24.9 24.5 +5
126 Suriname Latin America and the Caribbean 24.0 26.5 21.4 25.4 22.7 +3
127 Venezuela Latin America and the Caribbean 23.9 25.5 23.0 26.0 21.0 +4
128 Papua New Guinea Pacific 23.8 25.9 19.9 26.1 23.3 +1
129 Cuba Latin America and the Caribbean 23.7 27.5 21.9 23.0 22.4 +2
130 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 23.1 23.3 20.0 25.0 24.0 −5
131 Samoa Pacific 23.0 25.6 20.0 24.5 21.9 −1
132 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 22.8 24.7 18.6 25.2 22.7 −2
133 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 22.6 26.9 19.5 21.9 22.0 −5
134 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 22.5 25.5 18.2 22.5 23.8 +4
135 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 22.4 26.0 19.5 24.3 19.9 −6
136 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 22.3 24.2 20.4 21.7 22.8 +4
137 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 22.2 24.2 18.8 23.5 22.3 +5
138 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 21.9 24.6 18.7 22.3 22.1 +0
139 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 21.8 24.0 18.9 22.3 22.0 +0
140 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 21.6 23.1 18.2 23.8 21.3 +2
141 Congo Sub-Saharan Africa 21.4 23.1 19.7 22.7 20.1 −2
142 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 21.3 22.1 18.3 23.2 21.6 +1
143 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 21.2 22.4 17.8 23.3 21.3 +3
144 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 21.0 23.9 17.0 22.8 20.3 −1
145 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 20.8 21.6 18.7 22.8 20.1 +3
146 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 20.7 22.9 19.6 20.9 19.3 +4
147 Gambia Sub-Saharan Africa 20.5 23.8 16.2 22.2 19.8 −4
148 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 20.4 21.6 17.4 22.2 20.4 −5
149 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 20.1 23.3 17.1 21.6 18.4 −5
150 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 19.9 21.4 18.1 20.3 19.8 +0
151 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 19.8 19.6 17.0 22.5 20.1 −1
152 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 22.6 15.9 20.0 19.9 +5
153 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 19.5 21.9 17.6 20.3 18.2 −2
154 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 19.2 20.9 15.7 21.3 18.9 −1
155 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 19.0 20.9 16.8 20.1 18.3 −5
156 Vanuatu Pacific 18.9 20.4 18.1 18.8 18.3 +4
157 Solomon Islands Pacific 18.6 20.3 15.2 20.3 18.7 +6
158 Tonga Pacific 18.5 20.2 15.0 21.1 17.7 −6
159 Timor-Leste East Asia 18.4 18.3 14.7 21.3 19.3 +0
160 Democratic Republic of the Congo Sub-Saharan Africa 18.2 19.7 15.6 18.6 18.9 +1
161 Kiribati Pacific 18.1 21.0 15.2 19.3 16.9 +3
162 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 17.8 19.0 15.5 16.5 20.1 +2
163 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 17.6 17.7 15.6 17.9 19.2 −3
164 Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa 17.5 19.4 12.8 19.9 17.9 +2
165 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 17.4 16.7 16.5 16.3 20.0 +3
166 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 17.3 18.1 14.1 17.7 19.3 +0
167 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 17.2 18.6 13.2 16.9 20.1 −4
168 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 17.1 17.1 13.8 18.6 18.9 +3
169 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 16.6 18.7 14.4 18.4 14.9 −4
170 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 16.4 19.7 13.3 16.4 16.2 +3
171 Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 16.3 16.9 11.8 18.3 18.2 +6
172 Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa 16.1 16.5 14.8 16.8 16.3 −3
173 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 15.8 16.3 11.8 17.3 17.8 −1
174 Yemen Middle East and North Africa 15.7 17.0 11.8 15.1 18.9 −6
175 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East and North Africa 15.6 16.0 13.1 16.6 16.6 −4
176 Afghanistan South and Central Asia 15.5 16.7 10.4 17.4 17.6 −5
177 Haiti Latin America and the Caribbean 15.4 18.2 11.7 15.6 16.1 +1
178 Nauru Pacific 15.3 16.7 11.0 17.8 15.6 −1
179 Tuvalu Pacific 14.9 13.9 11.5 16.6 17.6 +3
180 Saint Lucia Latin America and the Caribbean 14.6 15.2 12.0 15.6 15.7 −3
181 Marshall Islands Pacific 14.5 17.2 10.5 14.2 16.1 −1
182 Micronesia Pacific 14.4 14.2 11.0 16.0 16.4 −6
183 Palau Pacific 14.3 15.1 13.0 14.4 14.7 −1
184 Antigua and Barbuda Latin America and the Caribbean 14.2 14.1 12.4 14.7 15.5 +1
185 Grenada Latin America and the Caribbean 14.0 16.8 8.7 16.4 14.2 +3
186 Dominica Latin America and the Caribbean 13.9 13.7 11.9 14.2 15.8 +6
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Latin America and the Caribbean 13.7 15.3 9.0 13.5 17.0 +0
188 Democratic People's Republic of Korea East Asia 13.6 14.2 10.8 14.5 14.9 +2
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis Latin America and the Caribbean 13.5 13.4 10.4 14.7 15.5 +4
190 Palestine Middle East and North Africa 12.8 15.0 7.9 12.9 15.4 −5

Regional analysis

Where the movement is.

Regional median 71.2 · 3 governments assessed

The region retains the highest technical-foundations scores in the Index, driven by compute availability and a research base that departments can draw on directly. Institutional scores are more uneven: federal structures make a single accountable owner harder to identify, and sub-national deployment often runs ahead of central oversight.

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