Data for 2025

Government AI Readiness Index, 2025

Figures for 2025, as Oxford Insights published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government AI Readiness Index, 2025 covers 195 countries. United States is highest, at 88.36; Guinea-Bissau is lowest, at 12.12. The middle country reads 40.19. Against 2024, 188 values changed (45 up, 143 down), 7 countries joined.

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Government AI Readiness Index · Data for 2025

HighestUnited States

88.36

LowestGuinea-Bissau

12.12

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

195countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
192distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Oxford Insights’s rank

The table

Every country and every column of Government AI Readiness Index, 2025, as published. The rank is Oxford Insights’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government AI Readiness Index, 2025: every country, as published by Oxford Insights.

1	United StatesUSANorthern America	88.36
2	FranceFRAWestern Europe	80.81
3	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	77.75
4	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	77.18
5	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	76.89
6	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	76.78
7	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	76.42
8	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	76.27
9	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	75.73
10	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	74.84
11	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	74.75
12	CanadaCANNorthern America	74.66
13	SpainESPSouthern Europe	74.22
14	JapanJPNEastern Asia	72.24
15	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	71.57
16	IsraelISRWestern Asia	71.32
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	70.58
18	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	70.30
19	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	69.86
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	69.72
21	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	69.56
22	BrazilBRASouth America	69.55
23	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	69.45
24	PolandPOLEastern Europe	69.14
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	68.81
26	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	66.95
27	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	66.55
28	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	66.09
29	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	65.31
30	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	65.17
31	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	64.81
32	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	64.56
33	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	64.28
34	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	63.22
35	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	63.17
36	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	62.71
37	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	62.70
38	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	62.34
39	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	61.48
40	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	60.96
41	UkraineUKREastern Europe	60.84
42	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	60.51
43	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	60.51
44	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	60.49
45	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	59.98
46	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	59.87
47	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	59.71
48	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	59.57
49	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	59.57
50	ChileCHLSouth America	59.30
51	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	59.14
52	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	59.10
53	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	58.91
54	QatarQATWestern Asia	58.61
55	UruguayURYSouth America	58.47
56	ArgentinaARGSouth America	58.25
57	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	56.73
58	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	56.70
59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	56.60
60	PeruPERSouth America	56.52
61	OmanOMNWestern Asia	56.29
62	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	56.11
63	JordanJORWestern Asia	56.07
64	ColombiaCOLSouth America	56.02
65	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	53.94
66	EcuadorECUSouth America	53.04
67	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	52.76
68	KenyaKENEastern Africa	52.55
69	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	51.91
70	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	50.79
71	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	50.59
72	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	49.79
73	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	48.55
74	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	48.54
75	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	48.37
76	IranIRNSouthern Asia	48.34
77	MexicoMEXCentral America	48.33
78	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	47.42
79	Costa RicaCRICentral America	45.92
80	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	45.60
81	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	45.38
82	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	43.90
83	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	43.79
84	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	43.73
85	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	43.44
86	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	43.06
87	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	42.75
88	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	42.23
89	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	42.05
90	BeninBENWestern Africa	41.71
91	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	41.58
92	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	41.51
93	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	41.45
94	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	40.86
95	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	40.74
96	SenegalSENWestern Africa	40.64
97	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	40.51
98	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	40.19
99	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	40.09
100	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	39.90
101	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	39.38
102	PanamaPANCentral America	39.30
103	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	38.95
104	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	38.88
105	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	38.62
106	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38.50
107	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	37.57
108	FijiFJIMelanesia	37.26
109	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	37.10
110	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	37.08
111	ParaguayPRYSouth America	36.84
112	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	35.89
113	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	35.76
114	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	35.67
115	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	35.54
116	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	34.91
117	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34.26
118	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	33.91
119	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	33.28
120	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	32.73
121	BelarusBLREastern Europe	32.47
122	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	32.16
123	BahamasBHSCaribbean	31.18
124	TogoTGOWestern Africa	30.59
125	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29.92
126	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	29.53
127	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	29.45
128	IraqIRQWestern Asia	29.37
129	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	29.34
130	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	29.08
131	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	28.95
132	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	28.55
133	GabonGABMiddle Africa	28.41
134	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	28.38
135	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	27.98
136	CubaCUBCaribbean	27.92
137	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	27.70
138	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	27.58
139	BoliviaBOLSouth America	27.48
140	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	27.24
141	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	27.09
142	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	26.66
143	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	26.39
144	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	25.62
145	VenezuelaVENSouth America	25.55
146	GuyanaGUYSouth America	25.47
147	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	25.04
148	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	24.52
149	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	24.22
150	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	23.90
151	PalauPLWMicronesia	23.80
152	MaliMLIWestern Africa	23.78
153	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	23.64
154	SamoaWSMPolynesia	23.46
155	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	23.33
156	TongaTONPolynesia	23.11
157	HondurasHNDCentral America	22.96
158	BelizeBLZCentral America	22.68
159	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	22.50
160	NauruNRUMicronesia	22.48
161	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	22.31
162	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	22.28
163	NicaraguaNICCentral America	22.23
164	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	21.82
165	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	21.72
166	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	21.50
167	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	21.15
168	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	20.93
169	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	20.87
170	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	20.85
171	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	20.67
172	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	20.60
173	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	20.54
174	DominicaDMACaribbean	19.76
175	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	19.68
176	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	19.36
177	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	18.92
178	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	18.60
179	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	18.39
180	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	18.37
181	SurinameSURSouth America	18.37
182	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	18.31
183	GuineaGINWestern Africa	17.81
184	NigerNERWestern Africa	17.44
185	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	17.22
186	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	16.21
187	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	16.18
188	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	15.72
189	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	15.65
190	HaitiHTICaribbean	14.94
191	YemenYEMWestern Asia	14.48
192	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.80
193	EritreaERIEastern Africa	12.70
194	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	12.20
195	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12.12

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1United States88.36
#2France80.81
#3United Kingdom77.75
#4Netherlands77.18
#5South Korea76.89

Lowest

#195Guinea-Bissau12.12
#194South Sudan12.20
#193Eritrea12.70
#192Central African Republic12.80
#191Yemen14.48

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
188values changed, of 188 in both
45 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan39.92 → 51.91+11.99
Ecuador41.46 → 53.04+11.58
Kenya43.56 → 52.55+8.99
Nigeria43.33 → 50.79+7.46
Tanzania35.08 → 41.45+6.37

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis41.62 → 20.85−20.77
Marshall Islands37.62 → 18.92−18.70
Grenada37.96 → 19.36−18.60
Suriname36.87 → 18.37−18.50
Barbados41.11 → 23.33−17.78

+ Dominica

+ Micronesia

+ Monaco

+ Nauru

+ Palau

+ North Korea

+ Tuvalu

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

192 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 60.51. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The rank is Oxford Insights’s
Printed exactly as the publisher ranked the countries. This site does not re-rank them.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

05The files

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Oxford Insights (2025). Government AI Readiness Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ai-readiness/2025

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