Data for 2021

Government AI Readiness Index, 2021

Name: Government AI Readiness Index, 2021
Creator: Oxford Insights
License: https://oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/

Figures for 2021, as Oxford Insights published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government AI Readiness Index, 2021 covers 160 countries. United States is highest, at 88.1596; Yemen is lowest, at 17.9294. The middle country reads 44.0522. Against 2020, 156 values changed (116 up, 40 down), 4 countries joined, 16 left.

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Government AI Readiness Index · Data for 2021

HighestUnited States

88.1596

LowestYemen

17.9294

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

160countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
160distinct values8 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, 2021, as published. The rank is Oxford Insights’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government AI Readiness Index, 2021: every country, as published by Oxford Insights.

1	United States`USA`Northern America	88.1596
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	82.4568
3	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.2507
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.2337
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.5068
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.1646
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77.7309
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.2644
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.9599
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	76.5473
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.4136
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	76.1775
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.1352
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.4098
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	74.4208
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	73.3738
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	72.7993
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	71.9794
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71.5968
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	70.0084
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69.1831
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.5642
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.0841
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	68.0736
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.6765
26	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67.1803
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.0714
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.1648
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65.9543
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.1906
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.0528
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.8486
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.3111
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.4182
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.5028
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.4590
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62.2663
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.9337
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.6228
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.6353
41	Chile`CHL`South America	60.4175
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	60.0681
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.7150
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.7149
45	Colombia`COL`South America	58.9103
46	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58.5255
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.1360
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.9266
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.2581
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.2232
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	56.1060
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55.9756
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.4857
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	54.3567
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	53.5387
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	53.2236
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	52.9266
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.7132
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.6281
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.6206
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.2980
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.8198
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	50.9660
64	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.5795
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.7519
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.4278
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.2647
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.2368
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.1691
70	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47.4772
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.2041
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.2259
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.1963
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.1897
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	46.0971
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.9254
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.7126
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.5369
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.4149
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.3780
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.7264
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.9815
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.8992
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.3796
85	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42.1962
86	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	41.7070
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	41.4997
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.1171
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.8859
90	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	40.7769
91	Peru`PER`South America	40.5569
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.1942
93	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.1327
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39.6670
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.1908
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.6718
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	38.5838
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.4862
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.9237
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.6066
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.4698
102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.3471
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.1972
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.9307
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.7062
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.6085
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.5075
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.3387
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.3285
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	36.0995
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.0726
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.1581
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.1536
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.9307
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.9138
116	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.7532
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.0280
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	34.0246
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33.3528
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.1377
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.6910
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.6758
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.4109
124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.2765
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.2532
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.2434
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.9238
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.8832
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.7569
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.6209
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.5735
132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.5672
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.2144
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.5374
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.4529
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.4197
137	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.3791
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.1397
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	29.8421
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.7561
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.6239
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29.5300
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	29.3908
144	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.1490
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	28.7306
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.1382
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.9478
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.8089
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.5471
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.2347
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.9140
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.1350
153	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.8485
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	24.3781
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.0048
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	23.7171
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.3224
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.8656
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.7344
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.9294

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1United States88.1596
#2Singapore82.4568
#3United Kingdom81.2507
#4Finland79.2337
#5Netherlands78.5068

Lowest

#160Yemen17.9294
#159Central African Republic20.7344
#158Angola22.8656
#157DR Congo23.3224
#156Burundi23.7171

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.0522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −16countries joined / left
156values changed, of 156 in both
116 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brazil47.4640 → 60.6353+13.1713
Indonesia47.5280 → 58.1360+10.6080
Qatar56.7800 → 67.1803+10.4003
Türkiye46.0100 → 55.4857+9.4757
Fiji38.7280 → 48.1691+9.4411

Fell most

Lesotho35.5540 → 29.8421−5.7119
Rwanda39.5670 → 35.1581−4.4089
Gambia34.5110 → 30.4529−4.0581
Namibia37.0960 → 33.1377−3.9583
Benin31.6680 → 28.7306−2.9374

+ Central African Republic

+ Liberia

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Taiwan

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Comoros

− Djibouti

− Dominica

− Guinea-Bissau

− Grenada

− Guyana

− Kiribati

− Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Solomon Islands

− Syria

− Timor-Leste

− Tonga

− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

− Vanuatu

− Samoa

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.

How values are stored

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Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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Oxford Insights (2021). Government AI Readiness Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ai-readiness/2021

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