According to the government artificial intelligence (AI) readiness index rankings, the United States (U.S.) is the highest-ranked country on the worldwide index in 2024, with an index score of *****. This means that the U.S. is considered the country best situated in the world to implement AI within public services, from healthcare to education to transportation. Other noteworthy countries with high indexes were Singapore, the Republic of Korea, and France coming in at second, third, and fourth respectively. China ranks **** on the index as it only measures AI readiness instead of AI implementation. Compared to many other countries that may score more highly for AI readiness, China is advanced in implementing AI capabilities to public services as it has made this a top government priority.

According to the Latin American artificial intelligence (AI) index ranking, Chile was the highest ranked Latin American country in 2023, with an index score of *****. This means that Chile is considered the best-situated country in terms of AI infrastructure, talent, research, development, and adoption, as well as governance. Other noteworthy countries with high indexes were Brazil and Uruguay, with AI index scores of ***** and just under **, respectively.

According to the government artificial intelligence (AI) readiness index rankings, Estonia is the highest ranked Eastern European country in 2022, with an index score of *****. This means that Estonia is considered the country best situated within Eastern Europe to implement AI within public services, from healthcare to education to transportation. Other noteworthy countries with high indexes within Eastern Europe were Czechia, Poland, and Lithuania coming in at second, third, and fourth respectively.

The penetration rate of the Smart Home security segment in South Korea is estimated to be the highest worldwide by 2026 with almost ** percent, followed by Norway with **** and the Netherlands with ** percent. The biggest Smart Home security market according to revenue the United States only is estimated to only have a penetration rate of **** percent.

In 2025, it was the United States that led the world in research capacity on AI. And led with a lead of nearly ** points beyond its nearest competitor, China. Across the globe, no other nation comes close to the U.S. research capacity in AI.

Computer science still male-driven Research requires educated and skilled individuals to do it and in the modern world, computer science education is still male-dominated. Both in Europe and the United States, it is males that trend far more towards bachelor’s degrees in computer science. However, females had a higher trend toward masters in this field in Europe, whereas, in the United States, their share was similar to their share of bachelor's degrees. U.S. tech giants play a significant role One primary driver of the United States' significant lead over other nations is the fact that it houses the largest tech companies on earth. Counting giants such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon, the country has ample funds in private hands to drive AI research even without the enormous budget of the U.S. government.

Comparing the ** selected regions regarding the household penetration rate in the smart home market, the United Kingdom is leading the ranking (***** percent) and is followed by the United States with **** percent. At the other end of the spectrum is India with **** percent, indicating a difference of ***** percentage points to the United Kingdom. Find other insights concerning similar markets and segments, such as a ranking by country regarding number of users in the smart home market and a ranking of subsegments in Vietnam regarding share in the segment Smart Home. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

According to the government artificial intelligence (AI) readiness index rankings, the United Kingdom (UK) is the highest ranked Western European country in 2022, with an index score of *****. This means that the UK is considered the best-situated country in Western Europe to implement AI within public services, from healthcare to education to transportation. Other noteworthy countries with high indexes were Finland, France, and Germany coming in at second, third, and fourth respectively.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) hiring rate has been increasing across all of the sample countries from 2016 to 2020, with Brazil seeing the most change in the hiring index with *** times more AI-related occupations in 2020 than that of 2016.

The leading AI country by operating environment in 2024 was Italy, with a score of 100, followed closely by the United States with a score of **.

The statistic shows a ranking of the countries with the highest number of artificial intelligence (AI) companies. In 2017, there were 2,905 AI companies in the United States.

Singapore was the nation with the highest combined value where enterprises were exploring or had actively deployed AI within their business in 2023. China, India, and the UAE were all close behind, with over ** percent of respondents claiming exploration or deployment of AI. Western countries, in particular European mainland nations such as France, Germany, and Italy, had the highest rate of non-usage or no exploration of AI, though even the U.S. had a similar share of enterprises not engaged with AI. This may reflect the specialized industries that thrive in those countries, needing individualized human skills to operate.

Combined, China had the highest rate of exploring and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) globally in 2022. It was followed closely by India and Singapore. This lead was also marked when accounting only for the deployment of AI in organizations in China, with India following. Both nations had a nearly ** percent deployment rate. When accounting only for exploration, however, the leading nations were Canada and the United States. AI in Europe on the rise Europe contains an exceptionally vibrant technology sector. This is particularly true in the field of AI, where funding for startups specializing in this high-demand technology stood at more than *** billion U.S. dollars in late 2022. Many of Europe’s major economies are leaders in the exploration and deployment of AI and are ahead of the global curve. Opportunities for early adopters Those businesses that begin using AI early will find it easier to reap the benefits. The most desirable effect, or at least the one that directly affects most businesses, is a revenue increase as it underpins the whole of their business model. The most important benefit of AI usage in enterprises is in supply chain management and human resources. Major improvements to supply chains provide a major boost to revenue by using AI to map out idiosyncrasies and problematic stops. When it comes to human resources, the use of AI can drastically reduce time in hiring cycles by enabling AI-driven algorithms to select those candidates whose resume most aligns with the job requirements.

From 2015 to 2023, all analyzed countries showed a drastic imbalance between genders in the relative artificial intelligence (AI) skill penetration rate. While AI skills in India were 2.78 more frequent than the global average for men, they were only 1.65 for women, a figure that is lower than the fifth position in the ranking for male workers. Most countries show a gap of roughly half of the male relative penetration rate to the female.

Slovenia had the largest share of enterprises using artificial intelligence (AI) technology among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at over 11 percent in 2023. To compare, in Croatia, which ranked second, almost eight percent of businesses used any AI technology, while in Romania this figure stood at only 1.5 percent.

Between 2016 and 2021, the top-funded artificial intelligence (AI) startup company in the United States was that of the New York company UiPath, with almost *** billion U.S. dollars in total equity funding. Other noteworthy U.S. AI startups were that of Nuro, Indigo Ag, and Tempus. These were all startups with over *** billion U.S. dollars in equity funding. Many of these startups are robotic process automation (RPA) companies that are situated in a growing market. AI funding The North American artificial intelligence market, anticipated to be valued at ** billion U.S. dollars, continues to grow driven by the influx of investments it receives. Over the past decade or so, the global funding of artificial intelligence startups has grown dramatically, with the United States contributing a significant portion of the overall AI funding each quarter. Another noteworthy country for private investments in AI is China. AI in China and the U.S. China, similar to the U.S., is a country at the forefront of artificial intelligence. Of the two most valued AI unicorn companies in the world, ByteDance and UiPath, China and the U.S. maintain the headquarter locations of each of the startup. ByteDance, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that created the AI and machine learning algorithms for TikTok (known as Douyin in China), is the largest AI unicorn startup in the world, with a valuation of approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. It is worth noting that although the U.S. is considered the highest-ranked government on the worldwide index for AI readiness, China may be more advanced than the U.S. in terms of AI implementation in the public sector, as it has made implementing AI capabilities to public services a top government priority.

According to the Digital Market Outlook, the penetration rate of Smart homes control and connectivity segment in the United States is expected to be **** percent in 2022. The United Kingdom so the Outlook has an even higher adoption rate with ** percent. Germany, Australia, and South Korea all are estimated to have a market penetration of around ** percent. The Smart home control and connectivity segment has comparably low adoption rates in other major markets like Russia, Brazil, and India.

China and Germany are the countries at the forefront of the transition to electric mobility. China was the leading country for the technological development of electric vehicles, whereas Germany scored highest in terms of current customer demand. Chinese market on the road to success The E-mobility index uses three key indicators to compare the competitive positions of some of the leading automotive sales markets worldwide: technology, industry, and market. After beginning to roll back subsidies for electric vehicles, China fell behind in terms of electric vehicle market size, although China was the world's largest automotive market in 2020. It is estimated that between * and *** million electric vehicles were in use across China in 2019. South Korea claims technology top spot South Korea leads the E-mobility index for technology in 2021's ranking. South Korea is focusing on the production of fuel cell electric vehicles and aims to produce more than ******* such vehicles by 2022. The United Kingdom was the leading destination for green vehicle exports from South Korea in the first quarter of 2020.

As of 2023, most surveyed countries demonstrate concern about the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential of using it for nefarious purposes. The impact of AI on jobs and possible violation of citizens' privacy are also major points of concern, having been mentioned by at least ** percent of the respondents in nearly all surveyed countries.

According to a study that evaluates the level of preparedness for the adoption and development of cutting-edge technologies around the world, Brazil was the only country in the Latin American and Caribbean region that achieved a high level of readiness in this area. The term "frontier technologies" encompasses artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, blockchain, robotics, 3D printing, drones, gene editing, 5G, nanotechnology, and solar photovoltaics. In 2022, the highest scoring nation in the region was thus Brazil, with **** index points. A score of one indicates the highest level of readiness and zero, the lowest. This analysis also reveals that states such as Haiti, Nicaragua, and Honduras are some of the least prepared for these disruptive technologies in the Americas.

In 2024, China's plug-in electric vehicle fleet reached around ** million units. Among the countries surveyed, the second-ranked United States had approximately *** million electric vehicles in use that same year. Incentives to the shift toward electric vehicles Propelled by falling lithium-ion battery pack costs, electric vehicle sales have steadily risen over the past decade. Worldwide electric car sales are estimated to be just over ** million units in 2024. The incentives to increase the production and diversity of electric vehicles are not only based on this increase in sales volume. Road transportation makes up over ** percent of the transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. Government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States, are increasingly beginning to introduce limits on carbon dioxide emissions. Automakers are expected to be penalized if they fail to meet these limits. Trends in the Chinese market In 2021, China ranked the highest overall in the e-mobility index, along with Germany and France. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) have always been more popular than Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) in the Chinese market, with an annual sales volume of *** million and *** million units, respectively, in 2024, and accordingly a yearly production volume of just over *** million and around **** million units. In 2021, the SAIC-General Motors-Wuling joint venture was the best-selling BEV brand in the country, followed by Tesla and BYD. Tesla was the market leader in electric vehicle sales worldwide.