Subfield · Artificial Intelligence
Top Countries in Artificial Intelligence Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 90 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 100.0 | 20.2% | 132k | 865k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.6 | 21.1% | 67k | 553k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 75.6 | 14.6% | 49k | 218k | #6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 69.2 | 23.7% | 15k | 135k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 64.2 | 20.8% | 17k | 115k | #4 |
| 6 | Australia | 60.2 | 28.8% | 7.7k | 87k | #7 |
| 7 | Canada | 56.8 | 21.8% | 9.3k | 75k | #5 |
| 8 | Italy | 53.8 | 21.5% | 12k | 70k | #8 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 51.2 | 32.5% | 4.8k | 50k | #19 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 48.8 | 33.0% | 3.8k | 51k | #16 |
| 11 | South Korea | 46.7 | 23.2% | 8.8k | 70k | #15 |
| 12 | Singapore | 44.8 | 32.1% | 3.6k | 51k | #14 |
| 13 | France | 43.0 | 15.2% | 11k | 53k | #9 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 41.4 | 18.4% | 6.7k | 37k | #20 |
| 15 | Spain | 39.8 | 22.1% | 7.1k | 47k | #11 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 38.4 | 24.3% | 4.7k | 37k | #10 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 37.0 | 18.8% | 4.7k | 29k | #25 |
| 18 | Jordan | 35.8 | 31.7% | 2k | 22k | #31 |
| 19 | Japan | 34.6 | 12.0% | 13k | 51k | #12 |
| 20 | Iran | 33.4 | 21.0% | 4.3k | 34k | #23 |
| 21 | Pakistan | 32.3 | 22.7% | 3.4k | 28k | #33 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 31.3 | 30.1% | 2.2k | 23k | #35 |
| 23 | Egypt | 30.3 | 23.2% | 2.9k | 29k | #34 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 29.4 | 25.0% | 3.2k | 29k | #13 |
| 25 | ?? | 28.5 | 15.4% | 6.5k | 35k | #32 |
| 26 | Greece | 27.6 | 23.2% | 2.5k | 17k | #28 |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 26.8 | 20.7% | 3k | 19k | #43 |
| 28 | Taiwan | 25.9 | 19.4% | 3.9k | 24k | #21 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 25.2 | 4.0% | 35k | 41k | #40 |
| 30 | Sweden | 24.4 | 23.1% | 2.7k | 21k | #24 |
| 31 | Austria | 23.7 | 21.8% | 2.4k | 18k | #18 |
| 32 | Finland | 23.0 | 23.0% | 1.7k | 15k | #29 |
| 33 | Norway | 22.3 | 24.1% | 1.7k | 14k | #36 |
| 34 | Brazil | 21.6 | 10.9% | 6.4k | 22k | #26 |
| 35 | Poland | 21.0 | 16.0% | 3.6k | 18k | #30 |
| 36 | Portugal | 20.4 | 20.7% | 2.4k | 13k | #37 |
| 37 | Israel | 19.8 | 19.5% | 2.2k | 17k | #17 |
| 38 | Morocco | 19.2 | 20.4% | 2.5k | 13k | #48 |
| 39 | South Africa | 18.6 | 20.7% | 1.5k | 12k | #45 |
| 40 | Iraq | 18.0 | 12.2% | 3.2k | 13k | #49 |
| 41 | Russia | 17.5 | 7.2% | 7.9k | 18k | #38 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 16.9 | 15.1% | 2.5k | 11k | #46 |
| 43 | Denmark | 16.4 | 21.0% | 1.8k | 12k | #27 |
| 44 | Belgium | 15.9 | 19.5% | 2.1k | 12k | #22 |
| 45 | Czechia | 15.4 | 14.9% | 1.8k | 11k | #44 |
| 46 | Romania | 14.9 | 15.4% | 1.7k | 7.7k | #50 |
| 47 | Mexico | 14.4 | 13.7% | 2.2k | 9.7k | #41 |
| 48 | Qatar | 14.0 | 31.6% | 512 | 7.9k | #51 |
| 49 | Ireland | 13.5 | 22.5% | 1.3k | 9.1k | #39 |
| 50 | Macau | 13.1 | 28.0% | 870 | 6.8k | #53 |
| 51 | Thailand | 12.6 | 14.6% | 1.8k | 7.9k | #52 |
| 52 | New Zealand | 12.2 | 23.7% | 933 | 7.3k | #42 |
| 53 | Hungary | 11.8 | 15.5% | 1.3k | 6.1k | #47 |
| 54 | Nigeria | 11.4 | 11.6% | 2.2k | 8.2k | #58 |
| 55 | Algeria | 10.9 | 12.4% | 1.5k | 6.3k | #56 |
| 56 | Tunisia | 10.5 | 17.5% | 1k | 5.3k | #59 |
| 57 | Serbia | 10.2 | 17.9% | 744 | 3.5k | #60 |
| 58 | Oman | 9.8 | 22.2% | 417 | 2.7k | #64 |
| 59 | Ukraine | 9.4 | 6.5% | 2k | 3.3k | #61 |
| 60 | Cyprus | 9.0 | 22.9% | 463 | 3k | #63 |
| 61 | Philippines | 8.6 | 8.8% | 1.2k | 3.4k | #72 |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 8.3 | 20.9% | 431 | 3.1k | #77 |
| 63 | Lebanon | 7.9 | 24.8% | 379 | 3.2k | #68 |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 7.6 | 13.8% | 775 | 2.2k | #75 |
| 65 | Ghana | 7.2 | 22.8% | 383 | 2.6k | #70 |
| 66 | Palestine | 6.9 | 23.5% | 246 | 1.8k | #74 |
| 67 | Chile | 6.6 | 15.6% | 740 | 3.3k | #55 |
| 68 | Croatia | 6.2 | 13.3% | 588 | 2.7k | #66 |
| 69 | Slovakia | 5.9 | 12.8% | 664 | 2.4k | #62 |
| 70 | Lithuania | 5.6 | 20.5% | 305 | 2k | #73 |
| 71 | Slovenia | 5.3 | 16.1% | 623 | 2.9k | #54 |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 5.0 | 24.2% | 400 | 2.3k | #57 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 4.7 | 12.1% | 665 | 1.6k | #79 |
| 74 | Estonia | 4.4 | 21.4% | 363 | 2k | #67 |
| 75 | Ecuador | 4.1 | 15.3% | 481 | 1.7k | #78 |
| 76 | Kuwait | 3.8 | 23.8% | 258 | 1.7k | #76 |
| 77 | Colombia | 3.5 | 13.3% | 712 | 2.6k | #69 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3.2 | 7.3% | 942 | 2k | #71 |
| 79 | Peru | 2.9 | 11.1% | 490 | 1.5k | #85 |
| 80 | Yemen | 2.6 | 19.2% | 265 | 1.9k | #81 |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 2.3 | 11.5% | 585 | 1.6k | #80 |
| 82 | Bahrain | 2.1 | 18.3% | 268 | 1.3k | #84 |
| 83 | Argentina | 1.8 | 8.2% | 648 | 2.2k | #65 |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 1.5 | 12.4% | 307 | 723 | #83 |
| 85 | Nepal | 127.0 | 7.9% | 564 | 1.3k | #87 |
| 86 | Kenya | 101.0 | 9.9% | 354 | 973 | #90 |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 75.3 | 15.7% | 206 | 917 | #88 |
| 88 | Latvia | 49.9 | 11.3% | 240 | 614 | #82 |
| 89 | Cameroon | 24.8 | 11.7% | 243 | 1.1k | #92 |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0 | 6.3% | 230 | 341 | #91 |
countries ranked worldwide in Artificial Intelligence (90). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 132k works
- 2 United States 67k works
- 3 India 49k works
- 4 Indonesia 35k works
- 5 Germany 17k works
- 6 United Kingdom 15k works
- 7 Japan 13k works
- 8 Italy 12k works
- 9 France 11k works
- 10 Canada 9.3k works
- 11 South Korea 8.8k works
- 12 Russia 7.9k works