AI Adoption by Country
This ranking compares generative-AI diffusion in Q2 2026: the share of people aged 15-64 in each economy that used a generative AI product during the period. These are adjusted telemetry-based estimates, not a census.
Latest observation: Q2 2026. Observation years are shown in the table.
Last data revision: 7 Oct 2026
Countries Tracked
145
Highest AI adoption
73.3%
United Arab Emirates
Source
Microsoft AI Economy Institute
Microsoft AI Economy Institute, AI Diffusion Report Q2 2026. The measure is derived from aggregated and anonymized Microsoft telemetry and adjusted for OS/device market share, internet penetration and population.
Generative AI adoption by country (Q2 2026)
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Country Ranking
| Rank | Country | AI adoption% | Observation year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 73.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 2 | Singapore (East Asia & Pacific) | 64.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 3 | Ireland (Europe & Central Asia) | 49.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 4 | France (Europe & Central Asia) | 49.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 5 | Norway (Europe & Central Asia) | 49.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 6 | Spain (Europe & Central Asia) | 45.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 7 | New Zealand (East Asia & Pacific) | 44.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 8 | United Kingdom (Europe & Central Asia) | 43.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 9 | Netherlands (Europe & Central Asia) | 43.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 10 | Qatar (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 43.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 11 | Australia (East Asia & Pacific) | 40.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 12 | Korea, Rep. (East Asia & Pacific) | 40.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 13 | Belgium (Europe & Central Asia) | 40.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 14 | Switzerland (Europe & Central Asia) | 39.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 15 | Israel (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 38.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 16 | Canada (North America) | 38.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 17 | Sweden (Europe & Central Asia) | 37.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 18 | Austria (Europe & Central Asia) | 35.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 19 | Hungary (Europe & Central Asia) | 33.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 20 | United States (North America) | 33.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 21 | Denmark (Europe & Central Asia) | 32.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 22 | Germany (Europe & Central Asia) | 32.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 23 | Poland (Europe & Central Asia) | 32.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 24 | Italy (Europe & Central Asia) | 31.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 31.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 26 | Czechia (Europe & Central Asia) | 31.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 27 | Jordan (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 31.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 28 | Bulgaria (Europe & Central Asia) | 30.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 29 | Finland (Europe & Central Asia) | 30.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 30 | Slovenia (Europe & Central Asia) | 30.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 31 | Costa Rica (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 29.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 32 | Viet Nam (East Asia & Pacific) | 27.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 33 | Lebanon (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 27.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 34 | Oman (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 27.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 35 | Portugal (Europe & Central Asia) | 27.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 36 | Croatia (Europe & Central Asia) | 27.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 37 | Slovak Republic (Europe & Central Asia) | 27.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 38 | Colombia (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 25.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 39 | Dominican Republic (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 25.8% | Q2 2026 |
| 40 | Uruguay (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 25.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 41 | Serbia (Europe & Central Asia) | 25.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 42 | Lithuania (Europe & Central Asia) | 25.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 43 | Jamaica (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 25.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 44 | Japan (East Asia & Pacific) | 24.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 45 | Panama (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 24.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 46 | Chile (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 24.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 47 | South Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 23.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 48 | Argentina (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 23.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe & Central Asia) | 23.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 50 | Kuwait (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 22.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 51 | Malaysia (East Asia & Pacific) | 22.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 52 | Georgia (Europe & Central Asia) | 21.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 53 | Greece (Europe & Central Asia) | 21.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 54 | Mexico (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 21.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 55 | Philippines (East Asia & Pacific) | 20.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 56 | Ecuador (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 20.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 57 | Brazil (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 20.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 58 | El Salvador (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 20.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 59 | Albania (Europe & Central Asia) | 19.2% | Q2 2026 |
| 60 | Moldova (Europe & Central Asia) | 19.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 61 | Turkiye (Europe & Central Asia) | 18.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 62 | Azerbaijan (Europe & Central Asia) | 18.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 63 | India (South Asia) | 18.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 64 | Romania (Europe & Central Asia) | 18.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 65 | Mongolia (East Asia & Pacific) | 17.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 66 | China (East Asia & Pacific) | 17.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 67 | Guatemala (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 17.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 68 | Peru (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 17.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 69 | Kazakhstan (Europe & Central Asia) | 16.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 70 | Gabon (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 15.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 71 | Egypt, Arab Rep. (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 15.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 72 | Libya (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 15.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 73 | Namibia (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 15.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 74 | Botswana (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 15.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 75 | Indonesia (East Asia & Pacific) | 14.8% | Q2 2026 |
| 76 | Nepal (South Asia) | 14.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 77 | Honduras (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 14.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 78 | Senegal (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 14.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 79 | Tunisia (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 13.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 80 | Algeria (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 13.8% | Q2 2026 |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 13.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 82 | Thailand (East Asia & Pacific) | 13.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 83 | Bolivia (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 13.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 84 | Zambia (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 13.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 85 | Iraq (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 13.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 86 | Iran, Islamic Rep. (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 12.8% | Q2 2026 |
| 87 | Paraguay (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 12.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 88 | Nicaragua (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 12.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 89 | Morocco (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 12.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 90 | Pakistan (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 11.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 91 | Gambia, The (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 11.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 92 | Angola (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 11.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 93 | Madagascar (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 11.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 94 | Mozambique (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 11.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 95 | Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 11.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 96 | Guyana (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 11.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 97 | Suriname (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 11.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 98 | Venezuela, RB (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 11.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 99 | Benin (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 100 | Burkina Faso (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 101 | Ghana (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 102 | Guinea (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 104 | Liberia (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 105 | Mali (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 106 | Myanmar (East Asia & Pacific) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 107 | Mauritania (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 108 | Niger (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 109 | Nigeria (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 110 | Sierra Leone (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 111 | Togo (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 10.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 112 | Belarus (Europe & Central Asia) | 10.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 113 | Kyrgyz Republic (Europe & Central Asia) | 10.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 114 | Lesotho (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 115 | Russian Federation (Europe & Central Asia) | 9.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 116 | Ukraine (Europe & Central Asia) | 9.5% | Q2 2026 |
| 117 | Central African Republic (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 118 | Cameroon (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 119 | Congo, Dem. Rep. (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 120 | Congo, Rep. (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 121 | Chad (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 9.1% | Q2 2026 |
| 122 | Haiti (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 8.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 123 | Kenya (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 124 | Zimbabwe (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.9% | Q2 2026 |
| 125 | Lao PDR (East Asia & Pacific) | 8.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 126 | Burundi (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 127 | Bangladesh (South Asia) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 128 | Eritrea (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 129 | Ethiopia (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 130 | Sudan (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 131 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 132 | South Sudan (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 133 | Tanzania (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 134 | Uganda (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 8.0% | Q2 2026 |
| 135 | Armenia (Europe & Central Asia) | 7.7% | Q2 2026 |
| 136 | Sri Lanka (South Asia) | 7.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea (East Asia & Pacific) | 7.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 138 | Rwanda (Sub-Saharan Africa ) | 7.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 139 | Uzbekistan (Europe & Central Asia) | 7.6% | Q2 2026 |
| 140 | Syrian Arab Republic (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 7.4% | Q2 2026 |
| 141 | Cuba (Latin America & Caribbean ) | 6.8% | Q2 2026 |
| 142 | Afghanistan (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) | 6.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 143 | Tajikistan (Europe & Central Asia) | 6.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 144 | Turkmenistan (Europe & Central Asia) | 6.3% | Q2 2026 |
| 145 | Cambodia (East Asia & Pacific) | 6.1% | Q2 2026 |
Why this matters now
AI adoption has become a major economic and social topic. This page distinguishes broad population usage from AI investment, model development or national preparedness.
Microsoft AI Economy Institute, AI Diffusion Report Q2 2026. The measure is derived from aggregated and anonymized Microsoft telemetry and adjusted for OS/device market share, internet penetration and population.