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Taiwan

#4 globally

Asia-Pacific

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#3 in Asia-Pacific

↑↑Strong Positive(+5)
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?

78/100
↑↑Strong Positive(+5)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

83/100
High Adoption

Taiwan's adoption score (83) is 5 points above its readiness score (78) — deploying AI faster than its capacity would predict.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

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

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure17/20
Talent16/20
Governance14/20
Investment17/20
Economic Readiness14/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

High Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
16/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
17/20
Talent DemandWeakest
16/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
17/20
R&D PipelineStrongest
17/20

TSMC semiconductor dominance and dense electronics manufacturing ecosystem make Taiwan a global AI hardware production leader.

Trajectory Outlook

83
/100

by 2028

78 now+5 pts

Top Accelerator

TSMC semiconductor manufacturing monopoly — Taiwan makes the chips that run every major AI system globally

Top Risk

Geopolitical risk — China's claim over Taiwan creates existential threat to the world's most critical AI hardware infrastructure

Pillar Detail

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

Leadership Phase

Taiwan is in the Leadership Phase

Setting global norms and frontier research. Projected score by 2028: 83/100.

2028 Timeline

Now

Score 78

2

2025–26

Contributing to global AI safety standards

3

2026–27

Frontier research output in top 10 globally

4

2028

AI sector generating >2% of GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

Governance & Policy
14/20
Near

Lead multilateral AI safety standards at G20 / GPAI forums

Mid

Establish domestic AI audit and certification infrastructure for high-risk systems

Economic Readiness
14/20
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

AI Talent
16/20
Near

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

Mid

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

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

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