Data for 2024

Government AI Readiness Index, 2024

Name: Government AI Readiness Index, 2024
Creator: Oxford Insights
License: https://oxfordinsights.com/ai-readiness/

Figures for 2024, as Oxford Insights published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Government AI Readiness Index, 2024 covers 188 countries. United States is highest, at 87.032; Yemen is lowest, at 14.622. The middle country reads 43.313. Against 2023, 188 values changed (157 up, 31 down), 5 left.

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Government AI Readiness Index · Data for 2024

HighestUnited States

87.032

LowestYemen

14.622

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

188countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
188distinct 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, 2024, as published. The rank is Oxford Insights’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government AI Readiness Index, 2024: every country, as published by Oxford Insights.

1	United States`USA`Northern America	87.032
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	84.249
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	79.978
4	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.358
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78.883
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.175
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.230
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.898
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	76.485
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	76.447
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.120
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75.749
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.658
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.403
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.710
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	74.580
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74.522
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.180
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.836
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.688
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	72.619
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	72.356
23	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.010
24	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.400
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	71.217
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	70.928
27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.626
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.233
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.820
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.420
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69.252
32	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	68.221
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.798
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	67.511
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.169
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.889
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.853
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.851
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	64.717
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.982
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	63.690
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.643
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.632
44	Chile`CHL`South America	63.193
45	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.910
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.807
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.209
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.871
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.568
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.501
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.415
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	60.640
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	60.628
54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	60.570
55	Colombia`COL`South America	59.333
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.507
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.486
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	58.082
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.698
60	Peru`PER`South America	57.112
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.850
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.404
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.034
64	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	55.906
65	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	55.626
66	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	55.450
67	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	54.436
68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54.328
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.943
70	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.452
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	53.286
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.912
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.692
74	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.623
75	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	51.594
76	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	51.407
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	51.260
78	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.253
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.430
80	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	47.119
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.919
82	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.668
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.108
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.466
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.295
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.123
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	44.770
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.513
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.390
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.219
91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.881
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.679
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.557
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.325
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.302
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.968
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.434
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.361
99	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.032
100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.874
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.778
102	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	41.617
103	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	41.612
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.456
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.400
106	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41.109
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.906
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.671
109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.472
110	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	40.140
111	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.924
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.539
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.239
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.107
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.057
116	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.038
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	38.775
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.631
119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.336
120	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.164
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	37.963
122	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.791
123	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	37.624
124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37.587
125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.533
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.235
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	37.160
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	37.017
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	36.874
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.846
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.715
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36.654
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.632
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.555
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.414
136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.225
137	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.082
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.193
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.081
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.687
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.631
142	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	34.453
143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.259
144	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.147
145	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.087
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.678
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.460
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.282
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.250
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	33.139
151	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.079
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	32.708
153	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.638
154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.592
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.266
156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.432
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.316
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30.212
159	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.835
160	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29.634
161	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.317
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	29.277
163	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.205
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.804
165	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.531
166	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28.212
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.093
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.947
169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.908
170	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.647
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25.745
172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	25.709
173	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.336
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.320
175	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.116
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.629
177	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.223
178	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	23.122
179	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	22.660
180	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	22.197
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.098
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	21.134
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.262
184	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	20.058
185	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	18.581
186	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.945
187	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.925
188	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.622

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

#1United States87.032
#2Singapore84.249
#3South Korea79.978
#4France79.358
#5United Kingdom78.883

Lowest

#188Yemen14.622
#187Afghanistan16.925
#186Syria16.945
#185South Sudan18.581
#184Haiti20.058

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43.313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −5countries joined / left
188values changed, of 188 in both
157 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania27.094 → 41.400+14.306
Moldova42.971 → 56.034+13.063
Ghana32.584 → 43.302+10.718
Uzbekistan43.790 → 53.452+9.663
Zambia32.360 → 41.874+9.514

Fell most

Azerbaijan48.152 → 39.924−8.228
Yemen19.887 → 14.622−5.265
Afghanistan21.269 → 16.925−4.344
Jamaica41.316 → 37.791−3.525
Gambia30.252 → 26.947−3.304

− Dominica

− Monaco

− Nauru

− 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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Oxford Insights (2024). Government AI Readiness Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ai-readiness/2024

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