AI Trajectory Index

SATURDAY, OCT 31, 20262026 EDITION · 17 INDICATORS

AI ADOPTION SCORECARD · 2026

Which countries are actually using AI?

Having the infrastructure and talent to build AI is not the same as actually using it. This scorecard measures real deployment — in government services, businesses, and everyday life — across 186 countries.

READINESS SCORE

Can this country build AI?

Measures the underlying capacity — digital infrastructure, AI talent, investment, governance frameworks, and economic strength.

ADOPTION SCORE

Is this country using AI now?

Measures active deployment — AI in public services, businesses, labour markets, and consumer apps.

HIGHEST ADOPTION

🇺🇸 United States

92/100

GLOBAL AVERAGE

out of 100

BIGGEST LEAPFROGGER

🇪🇪 Estonia

+13 pts above readiness

BIGGEST UNDERUTILISER

🇨🇭 Switzerland

-7 pts below readiness

Adoption InsightsComputed from live data

🚀Adoption Leader

🇺🇸 United States leads global AI adoption at 92/100

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⚡Biggest Leapfrogger

🇪🇪 Estonia adopts AI 13 pts above its readiness capacity

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🌍Regional Leader

Europe has the highest avg adoption at 48/100 — 11 pts above global

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🏛️Gov. Deployment

🇨🇳 China leads in government AI deployment with 19/20

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⚠️Underutiliser

🇨🇭 Switzerland is 7 pts below its readiness — strong foundations, slow deployment

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Why the gap between readiness and adoption matters

LEAPFROGGERS ↑

Countries adopting AI faster than their readiness predicts. Often driven by mobile-first technology — Kenya's M-Pesa, the Philippines' GCash, Bangladesh's bKash embedded AI into daily financial life before broadband or desktop infrastructure arrived.

ALIGNED ≈

Countries where deployment roughly matches capacity. The US, UK, and China are broadly aligned — their high readiness scores translate into correspondingly high real-world AI use.

UNDERUTILISERS ↓

Countries with strong AI foundations that are slow to deploy. Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy consistently underperform their readiness — due to conservative adoption culture, regulatory caution, or legacy enterprise systems resisting change.

The Gap Matrix

Readiness vs Adoption — where each country actually sits · Click any dot to open country profile

AI Leaders

Leapfroggers

Underutilisers

Laggards

Parity line

AI Leaders

High readiness + High adoption

Leapfroggers

Low readiness + High adoption

Underutilisers

High readiness + Low adoption

Laggards

135

Low readiness + Low adoption

186 of 186 countries

TIER:

ALL COUNTRIES · ADOPTION RANKINGS

Click any column header to sort. Click a country name to see its full profile.

Country	Tier	#↑	Score	Gap	Gov	Biz	Talent	Users	R&D
🇺🇸 United States Americas	High	#1	92	+1	18	19	17	19	19
🇨🇳 China Asia-Pacific	High	#2	90	+8	19	18	16	20	17
🇰🇷 South Korea Asia-Pacific	High	#3	85	+11	17	18	16	18	16
🇸🇬 Singapore Asia-Pacific	High	#4	84	+5	19	17	15	17	16
🇮🇱 Israel Middle East & Africa	High	#5	84	+10	16	17	17	16	18
🇹🇼 Taiwan Asia-Pacific	High	#6	83	+5	16	17	16	17	17
🇦🇪 UAE Middle East & Africa	High	#7	81	+8	19	17	14	17	14
🇬🇧 United Kingdom Europe	High	#8	79	+3	16	16	15	16	16
🇪🇪 Estonia Europe	High	#9	76	+13	18	15	14	15	14
🇮🇳 India Asia-Pacific	High	#10	75	+10	16	14	15	17	13
🇨🇦 Canada Americas	High	#11	73	0	14	15	14	14	16
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Middle East & Africa	High	#12	70	+4	16	14	12	15	13
🇳🇱 Netherlands Europe	Growing	#13	69	-5	13	15	13	14	14
🇨🇭 Switzerland Europe	Growing	#14	69	-7	13	15	13	14	14
🇫🇷 France Europe	Growing	#15	67	-2	14	14	13	13	13
🇸🇪 Sweden Europe	Growing	#16	67	-5	13	14	13	13	14
🇦🇺 Australia Asia-Pacific	Growing	#17	66	0	13	13	12	14	14
🇩🇪 Germany Europe	Growing	#18	65	-5	12	14	12	13	14
🇯🇵 Japan Asia-Pacific	Growing	#19	65	-6	12	14	12	14	13
🇷🇺 Russia Europe	Growing	#20	65	+1	14	13	12	14	12
🇮🇪 Ireland Europe	Growing	#21	64	-3	12	14	12	13	13
🇩🇰 Denmark Europe	Growing	#22	64	-6	12	14	12	13	13
🇫🇮 Finland Europe	Growing	#23	63	-5	13	13	12	13	12
🇳🇴 Norway Europe	Growing	#24	63	-2	12	13	12	13	13
🇻🇳 Vietnam Asia-Pacific	Growing	#25	60	+8	12	12	11	15	10
🇶🇦 Qatar Middle East & Africa	Growing	#26	60	-2	13	12	10	13	12
🇱🇺 Luxembourg Europe	Growing	#27	59	-3	11	13	11	12	12
🇪🇸 Spain Europe	Growing	#28	58	-5	11	12	11	12	12
🇧🇪 Belgium Europe	Growing	#29	58	-6	11	12	11	12	12
🇮🇩 Indonesia Asia-Pacific	Growing	#30	58	+8	12	12	10	15	9
🇳🇿 New Zealand Asia-Pacific	Growing	#31	58	-2	11	12	11	12	12
🇲🇾 Malaysia Asia-Pacific	Growing	#32	57	0	11	12	10	12	12
🇵🇭 Philippines Asia-Pacific	Growing	#33	56	+10	11	10	10	16	9
🇵🇱 Poland Europe	Growing	#34	55	-4	10	12	11	11	11
🇧🇷 Brazil Americas	Growing	#35	55	-1	10	11	10	13	11
🇮🇹 Italy Europe	Growing	#36	54	-7	10	11	10	12	11
🇦🇹 Austria Europe	Growing	#37	54	-6	10	12	10	11	11
🇨🇿 Czech Republic Europe	Growing	#38	53	-5	10	11	11	11	10
🇧🇭 Bahrain Middle East & Africa	Growing	#39	52	0	11	11	9	11	10
🇰🇪 Kenya Middle East & Africa	Growing	#40	51	+10	11	9	8	16	7
🇵🇹 Portugal Europe	Growing	#41	51	-3	9	11	10	11	10
🇲🇽 Mexico Americas	Growing	#42	51	0	9	10	10	12	10
🇷🇼 Rwanda Middle East & Africa	Growing	#43	51	+9	13	9	8	13	8
🇳🇬 Nigeria Middle East & Africa	Growing	#44	50	+8	9	10	9	15	7
🇹🇷 Turkey Europe	Growing	#45	50	-3	10	10	9	11	10
🇹🇭 Thailand Asia-Pacific	Growing	#46	50	0	9	11	9	12	9
🇿🇦 South Africa Middle East & Africa	Early	#47	49	0	9	10	8	14	8
🇨🇱 Chile Americas	Early	#48	49	-1	9	10	9	11	10
🇬🇷 Greece Europe	Early	#49	48	-2	9	10	9	10	10
🇮🇸 Iceland Europe	Early	#50	48	-4	10	10	9	10	9
🇰🇼 Kuwait Middle East & Africa	Early	#51	48	0	10	10	8	11	9
🇬🇭 Ghana Middle East & Africa	Early	#52	48	+10	10	9	8	14	7
🇭🇺 Hungary Europe	Early	#53	47	-3	9	10	9	10	9
🇱🇹 Lithuania Europe	Early	#54	47	-3	9	10	9	10	9
🇷🇴 Romania Europe	Early	#55	46	-2	8	10	9	10	9
🇦🇷 Argentina Americas	Early	#56	46	0	8	9	10	10	9
🇯🇴 Jordan Middle East & Africa	Early	#57	46	0	9	9	8	11	9
🇪🇬 Egypt Middle East & Africa	Early	#58	46	0	9	9	8	12	8
🇺🇦 Ukraine Europe	Early	#59	45	-1	8	9	9	10	9
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Asia-Pacific	Early	#60	45	-1	9	9	8	10	9
🇮🇷 Iran Middle East & Africa	Early	#61	45	+1	9	9	8	10	9
🇷🇸 Serbia Europe	Early	#62	44	-2	8	9	9	9	9
🇦🇲 Armenia Asia-Pacific	Early	#63	44	+1	8	9	9	9	9
🇴🇲 Oman Middle East & Africa	Early	#64	44	0	9	9	7	10	9
🇲🇦 Morocco Middle East & Africa	Early	#65	44	0	9	9	7	11	8
🇸🇮 Slovenia Europe	Early	#66	43	-5	9	9	8	9	8
🇧🇩 Bangladesh Asia-Pacific	Early	#67	43	+9	9	8	7	13	6
🇱🇻 Latvia Europe	Early	#68	42	-4	8	9	8	9	8
🇲🇹 Malta Europe	Early	#69	42	-4	8	9	8	9	8
🇨🇾 Cyprus Europe	Early	#70	42	-2	8	9	8	9	8
🇨🇴 Colombia Americas	Early	#71	42	0	7	8	8	10	9
🇸🇰 Slovakia Europe	Early	#72	41	-3	8	9	8	8	8
🇺🇾 Uruguay Americas	Early	#73	41	0	8	8	8	9	8
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Asia-Pacific	Early	#74	41	-1	8	8	7	10	8
🇭🇷 Croatia Europe	Early	#75	40	-4	8	8	7	9	8
🇵🇰 Pakistan Asia-Pacific	Early	#76	40	+3	7	7	7	11	8
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Asia-Pacific	Early	#77	40	0	7	8	7	10	8
🇬🇪 Georgia Asia-Pacific	Early	#78	40	0	8	8	7	9	8
🇹🇳 Tunisia Middle East & Africa	Early	#79	40	0	7	8	7	10	8
🇲🇺 Mauritius Middle East & Africa	Early	#80	40	0	8	8	7	9	8
🇨🇷 Costa Rica Americas	Early	#81	39	0	7	8	8	9	7
🇹🇿 Tanzania Middle East & Africa	Early	#82	39	+9	9	7	6	12	5
🇸🇳 Senegal Middle East & Africa	Early	#83	39	+5	9	7	6	12	5
🇧🇬 Bulgaria Europe	Early	#84	38	-4	7	8	8	8	7
🇧🇳 Brunei Asia-Pacific	Early	#85	38	0	7	8	7	8	8
🇺🇬 Uganda Middle East & Africa	Early	#86	38	+10	8	7	6	12	5
🇵🇪 Peru Americas	Early	#87	37	0	7	7	7	9	7
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Asia-Pacific	Early	#88	36	0	7	7	6	9	7
🇩🇿 Algeria Middle East & Africa	Early	#89	35	0	6	7	6	9	7
🇪🇨 Ecuador Americas	Early	#90	34	0	6	7	6	8	7
🇵🇦 Panama Americas	Early	#91	33	0	6	7	6	8	6
🇪🇹 Ethiopia Middle East & Africa	Early	#92	33	+1	7	6	5	9	6
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast Middle East & Africa	Early	#93	33	+1	6	6	6	9	6
🇧🇾 Belarus Europe	Early	#94	32	0	6	7	6	7	6
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago Americas	Early	#95	32	0	6	6	6	7	7
🇧🇼 Botswana Middle East & Africa	Early	#96	32	0	6	7	6	7	6
🇱🇧 Lebanon Middle East & Africa	Early	#97	31	0	5	6	7	8	5
🇨🇲 Cameroon Middle East & Africa	Early	#98	30	+2	5	6	5	8	6
🇳🇦 Namibia Middle East & Africa	Early	#99	30	0	6	6	5	7	6
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic Americas	Nascent	#100	29	0	5	6	5	7	6
🇲🇪 Montenegro Europe	Nascent	#101	28	-1	5	6	5	6	6
🇧🇧 Barbados Americas	Nascent	#102	28	0	5	6	5	6	6
🇸🇨 Seychelles Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#103	28	0	5	6	5	6	6
🇦🇱 Albania Europe	Nascent	#104	27	-1	5	6	5	6	5
🇧🇴 Bolivia Americas	Nascent	#105	27	0	5	5	5	7	5
🇲🇳 Mongolia Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#106	27	0	5	5	5	7	5
🇲🇩 Moldova Europe	Nascent	#107	26	0	5	5	5	6	5
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Nascent	#108	26	-1	5	5	5	6	5
🇯🇲 Jamaica Americas	Nascent	#109	26	-1	5	5	5	6	5
🇰🇭 Cambodia Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#110	26	+1	5	5	4	7	5
🇮🇶 Iraq Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#111	26	0	5	5	5	7	4
🇦🇴 Angola Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#112	26	0	5	5	4	7	5
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#113	26	+1	5	5	4	7	5
🇿🇲 Zambia Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#114	26	0	5	5	5	7	4
🇨🇻 Cape Verde Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#115	26	0	5	5	4	7	5
🇲🇰 North Macedonia Europe	Nascent	#116	25	-1	5	5	5	6	4
🇵🇾 Paraguay Americas	Nascent	#117	25	0	5	5	4	6	5
🇧🇸 Bahamas Americas	Nascent	#118	25	-1	5	5	4	6	5
🇳🇵 Nepal Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#119	25	+1	4	5	4	7	5
🇸🇻 El Salvador Americas	Nascent	#120	24	0	5	5	4	6	4
🇬🇾 Guyana Americas	Nascent	#121	24	0	5	5	4	5	5
🇲🇲 Myanmar Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#122	24	+2	4	4	4	7	5
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#123	24	0	5	5	4	6	4
🇬🇦 Gabon Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#124	24	0	5	5	4	6	4
🇽🇰 Kosovo Europe	Nascent	#125	23	-1	4	5	5	5	4
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein Europe	Nascent	#126	23	-1	5	5	4	5	4
🇬🇹 Guatemala Americas	Nascent	#127	23	-1	4	5	4	6	4
🇦🇩 Andorra Europe	Nascent	#128	22	0	4	5	4	5	4
🇲🇨 Monaco Europe	Nascent	#129	22	+1	4	5	4	5	4
🇻🇪 Venezuela Americas	Nascent	#130	22	0	4	4	4	6	4
🇸🇷 Suriname Americas	Nascent	#131	22	0	4	4	4	5	5
🇵🇸 Palestine Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#132	22	0	4	4	5	5	4
🇩🇯 Djibouti Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#133	22	0	4	4	4	6	4
🇨🇺 Cuba Americas	Nascent	#134	21	0	4	4	4	5	4
🇧🇹 Bhutan Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#135	21	0	4	4	3	5	5
🇫🇯 Fiji Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#136	21	0	4	4	3	5	5
🇭🇳 Honduras Americas	Nascent	#137	20	0	3	4	4	5	4
🇧🇿 Belize Americas	Nascent	#138	20	0	4	4	3	5	4
🇲🇻 Maldives Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#139	20	0	4	4	3	5	4
🇧🇯 Benin Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#140	20	0	4	4	3	5	4
🇹🇬 Togo Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#141	20	0	4	4	3	5	4
🇸🇩 Sudan Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#142	20	0	3	4	4	5	4
🇸🇲 San Marino Europe	Nascent	#143	19	-1	4	4	3	4	4
🇳🇮 Nicaragua Americas	Nascent	#144	19	0	3	4	3	5	4
🇱🇦 Laos Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#145	19	0	3	4	3	5	4
🇹🇯 Tajikistan Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#146	19	0	3	4	3	5	4
🇲🇬 Madagascar Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#147	19	+1	3	4	3	5	4
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#148	18	0	3	4	3	4	4
🇱🇾 Libya Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#149	18	0	3	4	3	5	3
🇸🇿 Eswatini Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#150	18	0	3	4	3	5	3
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#151	16	0	3	3	2	5	3
🇰🇵 North Korea Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#152	16	0	4	3	3	2	4
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#153	16	0	3	3	3	4	3
🇬🇲 Gambia Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#154	16	0	3	3	2	5	3
🇲🇼 Malawi Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#155	16	0	3	3	3	5	2
🇲🇱 Mali Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#156	16	0	3	3	3	5	2
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#157	16	0	3	3	3	5	2
🇲🇷 Mauritania Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#158	16	0	3	3	3	5	2
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#159	16	0	3	3	3	5	2
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#160	15	0	3	3	2	4	3
🇬🇳 Guinea Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#161	15	0	3	3	2	4	3
🇨🇩 DR Congo Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#162	15	0	3	3	2	5	2
🇱🇸 Lesotho Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#163	15	0	3	3	2	4	3
🇦🇫 Afghanistan Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#164	14	0	2	3	2	5	2
🇸🇾 Syria Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#165	14	0	2	3	3	4	2
🇱🇷 Liberia Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#166	14	0	2	3	2	4	3
🇳🇪 Niger Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#167	14	0	2	3	2	4	3
🇭🇹 Haiti Americas	Nascent	#168	13	0	2	2	2	4	3
🇼🇸 Samoa Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#169	13	0	2	3	2	4	2
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#170	13	0	2	3	2	4	2
🇹🇩 Chad Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#171	13	0	2	3	2	4	2
🇾🇪 Yemen Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#172	12	0	2	2	2	4	2
🇪🇷 Eritrea Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#173	12	0	2	2	2	4	2
🇰🇲 Comoros Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#174	12	0	2	2	2	4	2
🇧🇮 Burundi Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#175	12	0	2	2	2	4	2
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#176	11	0	2	2	2	3	2
🇻🇺 Vanuatu Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#177	11	0	2	2	2	3	2
🇹🇴 Tonga Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#178	11	0	2	2	2	3	2
🇵🇼 Palau Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#179	11	0	2	2	2	3	2
🇸🇴 Somalia Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#180	11	0	2	2	2	4	1
🇸🇸 South Sudan Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#181	10	0	2	2	1	3	2
🇨🇫 Central African Republic Middle East & Africa	Nascent	#182	10	0	2	2	1	3	2
🇰🇮 Kiribati Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#183	9	0	2	2	1	2	2
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#184	9	0	2	2	1	2	2
🇳🇷 Nauru Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#185	8	0	1	2	1	2	2
🇹🇻 Tuvalu Asia-Pacific	Nascent	#186	8	0	1	2	1	2	2

186 countries·Click column header to sort·Gap = Adoption minus Readiness score