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AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, 2025

Figures for 2025, as Microsoft AI Economy Institute published them · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of people aged 15 to 64 who used a generative-AI tool — any company's chatbot or assistant — during a given period, as estimated by Microsoft's AI Economy Institute. It is one of the few measures of AI adoption that covers most of the world with a single method.

AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, 2025 covers 146 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 64.0; Cambodia is lowest, at 5.1. The middle country reads 13.6.

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AI User Share of the Working-Age Population · Data for 2025

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

64.0

LowestCambodia

5.1

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 146 countries · select a heading to sort

AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, 2025: every country, as published by Microsoft AI Economy Institute.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia64.0H2 2025Own estimate
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia60.9H2 2025Own estimate
NorwayNORNorthern Europe46.4H2 2025Own estimate
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe44.6H2 2025Own estimate
FranceFRAWestern Europe44.0H2 2025Own estimate
SpainESPSouthern Europe41.8H2 2025Own estimate
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand40.5H2 2025Own estimate
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38.9H2 2025Own estimate
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe38.9H2 2025Own estimate
QatarQATWestern Asia38.3H2 2025Own estimate
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand36.9H2 2025Own estimate
IsraelISRWestern Asia36.1H2 2025Own estimate
BelgiumBELWestern Europe36.0H2 2025Own estimate
CanadaCANNorthern America35.0H2 2025Own estimate
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34.8H2 2025Own estimate
SwedenSWENorthern Europe33.3H2 2025Own estimate
AustriaAUTWestern Europe31.4H2 2025Own estimate
South KoreaKOREastern Asia30.7H2 2025Own estimate
HungaryHUNEastern Europe29.8H2 2025Own estimate
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe28.7H2 2025Own estimate
GermanyDEUWestern Europe28.6H2 2025Own estimate
PolandPOLEastern Europe28.5H2 2025Own estimate
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia28.4H2 2025Own estimate
United StatesUSANorthern America28.3H2 2025Own estimate
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe27.8H2 2025Own estimate

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates64.0
  2. Singapore60.9
  3. Norway46.4
  4. Ireland44.6
  5. France44.0

Lowest

  1. Cambodia5.1
  2. Turkmenistanshared5.6
  3. Tajikistanshared5.6
  4. Afghanistanshared5.6
  5. Cuba6.1

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 95 distinct values among 146

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 12 countries share 9.3. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 146 countries has every column.

04The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: MIT License · what it allows, in plain words

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Microsoft AI Economy Institute (2025). AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ai-user-share/2025

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