Data for 2020

Government AI Readiness Index, 2020

Name: Government AI Readiness Index, 2020
Creator: Oxford Insights
License: https://oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/

Figures for 2020, as Oxford Insights published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government AI Readiness Index, 2020 covers 172 countries. United States is highest, at 85.479; Yemen is lowest, at 19.072. The middle country reads 39.579.

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Government AI Readiness Index · Data for 2020

HighestUnited States

85.479

LowestYemen

19.072

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

172countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
172distinct values3 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, 2020, as published. The rank is Oxford Insights’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government AI Readiness Index, 2020: every country, as published by Oxford Insights.

1	United States`USA`Northern America	85.479
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.124
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.238
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.974
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.772
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.704
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.695
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.618
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.297
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.430
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	73.767
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.577
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.303
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.158
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	72.616
16	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	72.395
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69.922
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.219
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.080
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	68.825
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.244
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.230
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.146
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	68.041
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	65.391
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.024
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.920
28	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.663
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.137
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.434
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.416
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.522
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.847
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.160
35	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.631
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.584
37	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.780
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	56.226
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.986
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.983
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55.818
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.565
43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54.749
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54.082
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.864
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.431
47	Chile`CHL`South America	53.089
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	52.099
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.470
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.424
51	Colombia`COL`South America	51.262
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.782
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.754
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	50.607
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.358
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.191
57	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.901
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	48.615
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.250
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.156
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.933
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.528
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	47.464
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	46.554
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.437
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.103
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.010
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	45.117
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	44.386
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.664
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.656
72	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.387
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.995
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.944
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.894
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	42.824
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.717
78	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42.552
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41.759
80	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	41.739
81	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41.243
82	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40.802
83	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	40.388
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.324
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.991
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.591
87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.567
88	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	39.119
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.728
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.242
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.499
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.357
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.793
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.469
95	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.171
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.096
97	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.936
98	Peru`PER`South America	36.574
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.423
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.250
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	35.906
102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.810
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	35.717
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	35.714
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.695
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.554
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	35.456
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.377
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.145
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.064
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35.039
112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.007
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.511
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.156
115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.997
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.876
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.486
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.466
119	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	33.450
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.351
121	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.273
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.030
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.003
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.778
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	32.411
126	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	32.327
127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.197
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.144
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.053
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.668
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.237
132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31.179
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.015
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.007
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	30.966
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.956
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.902
138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	30.864
139	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.654
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.651
141	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.550
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.318
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.238
144	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.023
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.849
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.717
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	29.660
148	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.433
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.416
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.003
151	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.111
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.699
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.592
154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.321
155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.760
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	26.716
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.452
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.354
159	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.270
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	26.169
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.280
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.123
163	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	24.821
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	24.775
165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.687
166	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	24.677
167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	24.648
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.797
169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.789
170	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	21.107
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.330
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.072

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1United States85.479
#2United Kingdom81.124
#3Finland79.238
#4Germany78.974
#5Sweden78.772

Lowest

#172Yemen19.072
#171Syria19.330
#170Haiti21.107
#169Angola23.789
#168DR Congo23.797

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 39.579. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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