Data for 2023

Government AI Readiness Index, 2023

Name: Government AI Readiness Index, 2023
Creator: Oxford Insights
License: https://oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/

Figures for 2023, as Oxford Insights published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government AI Readiness Index, 2023 covers 193 countries. United States is highest, at 84.796; North Korea is lowest, at 9.197. The middle country reads 41.372. Against 2022, 181 values changed (120 up, 61 down), 12 countries joined.

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Government AI Readiness Index · Data for 2023

HighestUnited States

84.796

LowestNorth Korea

9.197

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

193countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
193distinct values9 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Oxford Insights’s rank

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Every country and every column of Government AI Readiness Index, 2023, as published. The rank is Oxford Insights’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government AI Readiness Index, 2023: every country, as published by Oxford Insights.

1	United States`USA`Northern America	84.796
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	81.971
3	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78.572
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	77.365
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77.069
6	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.075
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.645
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	75.262
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75.076
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.469
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.912
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.889
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	72.712
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.554
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.366
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.943
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.865
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	70.423
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	70.253
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.822
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.594
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.408
23	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.707
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.568
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.282
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.626
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.474
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.284
29	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.042
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.464
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65.170
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.699
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.644
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.586
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	63.332
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	63.096
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.033
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.923
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	62.635
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.578
41	Chile`CHL`South America	61.948
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.035
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.840
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.735
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.660
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.572
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	60.508
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.301
49	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.185
50	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.937
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	58.645
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.950
53	Colombia`COL`South America	57.853
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.724
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.847
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	56.131
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55.572
58	Peru`PER`South America	54.872
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.480
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.287
61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.267
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.693
63	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	52.634
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.320
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.978
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.713
67	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	50.504
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.373
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.857
70	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.342
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.123
72	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.556
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.152
74	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48.099
75	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	48.084
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.619
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.278
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.148
79	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	46.746
80	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	46.254
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.074
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.043
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.405
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.387
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.215
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.913
87	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	43.790
88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.339
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.262
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42.971
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.583
92	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.200
93	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.142
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.073
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.889
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.569
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.372
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	41.316
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41.267
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.839
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.186
102	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40.133
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.879
104	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.443
105	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	39.411
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	39.234
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.203
108	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.007
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.989
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.839
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.782
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	38.106
113	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	37.453
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	36.879
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.854
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	36.793
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.488
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.465
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.300
120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.988
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.758
122	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	35.703
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35.521
124	Suriname`SUR`South America	35.518
125	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.373
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.250
127	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	34.819
128	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	34.631
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.244
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	34.132
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.098
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	33.439
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.396
134	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.139
135	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.090
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33.054
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.863
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.781
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	32.632
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.585
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.584
142	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.577
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.360
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	31.913
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	31.877
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.711
147	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.661
148	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.168
149	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	30.912
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.767
151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.708
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.406
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.271
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.252
155	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.948
156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.771
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	29.770
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.686
159	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.200
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29.140
161	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	29.088
162	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.473
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.041
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	27.497
165	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.447
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.444
167	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	27.405
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.094
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.053
170	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	26.861
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.209
172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.623
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	25.311
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.868
175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.825
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.708
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.511
178	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.193
179	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.115
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23.438
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	22.619
182	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	22.244
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.979
184	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	21.972
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.468
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	21.269
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.873
188	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.887
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.737
190	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19.624
191	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.257
192	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.121
193	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	9.197

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1United States84.796
#2Singapore81.971
#3United Kingdom78.572
#4Finland77.365
#5Canada77.069

Lowest

#193North Korea9.197
#192Syria18.121
#191South Sudan18.257
#190Eritrea19.624
#189Central African Republic19.737

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 41.372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 181 in both
120 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iceland59.843 → 69.594+9.751
Slovakia51.226 → 60.735+9.509
Dominican Republic42.157 → 50.713+8.556
Senegal34.511 → 42.583+8.072
Afghanistan13.458 → 21.269+7.811

Fell most

New Zealand67.818 → 60.185−7.633
Israel70.116 → 65.464−4.652
Ghana36.563 → 32.584−3.979
Libya28.839 → 25.311−3.527
Philippines55.417 → 51.978−3.439

+ Dominica

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Liechtenstein

+ Monaco

+ Marshall Islands

+ Nauru

+ North Korea

+ Palestine

+ San Marino

+ Somalia

+ 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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Oxford Insights (2023). Government AI Readiness Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ai-readiness/2023

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