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Australia

#19 globally

Asia-Pacific

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#6 in Asia-Pacific

↑Positive(+3)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

66/100
↑Positive(+3)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

66/100
Growing Adoption

Australia is deploying AI roughly in line with its readiness capacity.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure14/20
Talent13/20
Governance14/20
Investment12/20
Economic Readiness13/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Growing Adoption
Government Deployment
13/20
Enterprise Adoption
13/20
Talent DemandWeakest
12/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
14/20
R&D PipelineStrongest
14/20

Financial services and mining sectors lead enterprise AI adoption with growing government investment in digital transformation.

Trajectory Outlook

69
/100

by 2028

66 now→+3 pts
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Top Accelerator

Critical minerals strategy linking to AI hardware supply chains creates strategic leverage

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Top Risk

Geographic isolation and small domestic market limit organic scale and talent attraction

Pillar Detail

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AI Analysis

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◎Acceleration Phase

Australia is in the Acceleration Phase

Deploying AI at scale across key sectors. Projected score by 2028: 69/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 66

2

2025–26

AI deployed across 3+ key sectors

3

2026–27

Sovereign AI compute capacity online

4

2028

International AI partnerships active

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

◇Investment & R&D
12/20
Near

Anchor a global AI investment hub with special economic zone incentives

Mid

Co-invest with pension funds in frontier AI labs and semiconductor supply chain

◈AI Talent
13/20
Near

Expand elite research cohorts; partner with top-10 global universities

Mid

Develop specialised AI talent in healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors

⬠Economic Readiness
13/20
Near

Leverage high productivity base to fund AI adoption subsidies for SMEs

Mid

Position as regional AI services hub; target $1B+ in AI-related services exports

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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Spain

63/100 · Positive

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