Nations

The state of AI by country — research output, patent activity and private investment, measured annually since 2016. In 2024, China (mainland) led on articles with 116,434, 28% of the world total.

Countries

194

tracked

Years

2016–2026

of record

Indicators

research · patents · investment

Data points

66,825

measured

Metric

Scope

Year

Subfield

AI research articles published by authors affiliated with the country.

Rank	Country	Articles	%	vs 5yr
1	China (mainland)	116,434	27.5%	145%vs 2019
2	India	52,054	12.3%	218%vs 2019
3	United States	50,810	12.0%	27%vs 2019
4	United Kingdom	15,494	3.7%	42%vs 2019
5	Germany	12,793	3.0%	33%vs 2019
6	Japan	10,873	2.6%	17%vs 2019
7	South Korea	10,265	2.4%	95%vs 2019
8	Italy	9,123	2.2%	66%vs 2019
9	Canada	8,444	2.0%	41%vs 2019
10	France	7,681	1.8%	10%vs 2019
11	Australia	7,605	1.8%	52%vs 2019
12	Indonesia	6,750	1.6%	105%vs 2019
13	Spain	5,552	1.3%	27%vs 2019
14	Saudi Arabia	5,488	1.3%	245%vs 2019
15	Turkey	4,962	1.2%	108%vs 2019
16	Singapore	4,463	1.1%	82%vs 2019
17	Malaysia	4,243	1.0%	91%vs 2019
18	Taiwan	4,012	0.9%	53%vs 2019
19	Netherlands	3,978	0.9%	33%vs 2019
20	Pakistan	3,469	0.8%	106%vs 2019
21	Russia	3,419	0.8%	12%vs 2019
22	Switzerland	3,310	0.8%	31%vs 2019
23	Brazil	3,209	0.8%	4%vs 2019
24	Bangladesh	3,185	0.8%	185%vs 2019
25	Iran	2,968	0.7%	34%vs 2019
26	Iraq	2,787	0.7%	268%vs 2019
27	United Arab Emirates	2,718	0.6%	265%vs 2019
28	Sweden	2,519	0.6%	54%vs 2019
29	Egypt	2,390	0.6%	118%vs 2019
30	Poland	2,346	0.6%	20%vs 2019
31	Denmark	2,200	0.5%	95%vs 2019
32	Greece	2,011	0.5%	75%vs 2019
33	Portugal	1,927	0.5%	29%vs 2019
34	Vietnam	1,831	0.4%	68%vs 2019
35	Belgium	1,817	0.4%	32%vs 2019
36	Thailand	1,812	0.4%	102%vs 2019
37	Austria	1,801	0.4%	29%vs 2019
38	Norway	1,774	0.4%	72%vs 2019
39	Morocco	1,540	0.4%	113%vs 2019
40	Finland	1,512	0.4%	33%vs 2019
41	Israel	1,461	0.3%	11%vs 2019
42	Mexico	1,456	0.3%	10%vs 2019
43	Ireland	1,430	0.3%	76%vs 2019
44	Nigeria	1,369	0.3%	213%vs 2019
45	Romania	1,328	0.3%	18%vs 2019
46	Ukraine	1,251	0.3%	37%vs 2019
47	Algeria	1,228	0.3%	92%vs 2019
48	Jordan	1,175	0.3%	211%vs 2019
49	Philippines	1,133	0.3%	150%vs 2019
50	South Africa	1,117	0.3%	119%vs 2019
51	Tunisia	930	0.2%	50%vs 2019
52	Hungary	918	0.2%	59%vs 2019
53	New Zealand	906	0.2%	34%vs 2019
54	Czechia	867	0.2%	10%vs 2019
55	Colombia	685	0.2%	2%vs 2019
56	Sri Lanka	637	0.2%	119%vs 2019
57	Qatar	635	0.2%	115%vs 2019
58	Kazakhstan	632	0.1%	214%vs 2019
59	Oman	595	0.1%	520%vs 2019
60	Chile	577	0.1%	69%vs 2019

Emerging Technology Observatory · individual countries · 2024