The race for competitive advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) is not just the domain of companies and organizations. Countries vie with each other for dominance in the space of AI, seeking competitive advantages for their industrial ecosystem, military and defense, academic institutions, and areas of private and public sector enterprise. Countries that can take advantage of the tremendous transformation presented by AI and cognitive technologies can position themselves for global competitiveness in the future.  In this report, Cognilytica tracks the strategic positioning of countries with respect to their AI initiatives across five main factors: the country’s overall AI strategy, government investments in AI, research and academic activity originating from the country’s researchers and research institutions, venture capital and entrepreneurial activity, and established enterprise investment and implementation of AI systems.

Key Findings:

• The countries with the strongest overall AI strategies are France, Israel, United Kingdom, and United States, followed closely behind by China, Canada, Germany, Japan, and South Korea.
• India and Sweden tie for third place ranking, with Denmark, Netherlands, and Russia tied for fourth.
• Fourteen out of the top fifteen ranked countries rate extremely strongly in research activity, which would imply that research activity strongly correlates with equally strong government funding, startup and venture capital activity, and enterprise activity.
• Strong government funding does not, on its own, correlate in the same manner with strong activity in other areas.
• Likewise a well-developed country strategy on AI is not necessary for overall strategic leadership.

Report Details:

• 83 Pages
• One Table per country

• Executive Summary 7
• Key Findings 7
• Methods for Measuring Competitive Strength 8
  • Overall Country-Level Strategy Definition and Duration 8
  • Level of Government Funding 8
  • Research and Academic Activity 9
  • Venture Capital and Startup Activity 10
  • Enterprise Activity 12
• Analysis of AI Strategies 13
  • Afghanistan 13
  • Albania 13
  • Algeria 13
  • Andorra 14
  • Angola 14
  • Antigua and Barbuda 14
  • Argentina 14
  • Armenia 15
  • Australia 15
  • Austria 16
  • Azerbaijan 16
  • Bahamas 17
  • Bahrain 17
  • Bangladesh 17
  • Barbados 18
  • Belarus 18
  • Belgium 18
  • Belize 19
  • Benin 19
  • Bhutan 19
  • Bolivia 20
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 20
  • Botswana 20
  • Brazil 21
  • Brunei 21
  • Bulgaria 21
  • Burkina Faso 22
  • Burundi 22
  • Cambodia 22
  • Cameroon 23
  • Canada 23
  • Cape Verde 23
  • Central African Republic 24
  • Chad 24
  • Chile 24
  • China 25
  • Colombia 25
  • Comoros 26
  • Democratic Republic of Congo 26
  • Republic of Congo 26
  • Costa Rica 26
  • Croatia 27
  • Cuba 27
  • Cyprus 27
  • Czech Republic 28
  • Denmark 28
  • Djibouti 28
  • Dominica 29
  • Dominican Republic 29
  • East Timor 29
  • Ecuador 30
  • Egypt 30
  • El Salvador 30
  • Equatorial Guinea 31
  • Eritrea 31
  • Estonia` 31
  • Ethiopia 32
  • Fiji 32
  • Finland 32
  • France 33
  • Gabon 33
  • Gambia 33
  • Georgia 34
  • Germany 34
  • Ghana 35
  • Greece 35
  • Grenada 35
  • Guatemala 36
  • Guinea 36
  • Guinea-Bissau 36
  • Guyana 37
  • Haiti 37
  • Honduras 37
  • Hungary 38
  • Iceland 38
  • India 38
  • Indonesia 39
  • Iran 39
  • Iraq 39
  • Ireland 39
  • Israel 40
  • Italy 40
  • Ivory Coast 41
  • Jamaica 41
  • Japan 41
  • Jordan 42
  • Kazakhstan 42
  • Kenya 42
  • Kiribati 43
  • Kuwait 43
  • Kyrgyzstan 43
  • Laos 44
  • Latvia 44
  • Lebanon 44
  • Lesotho 44
  • Liberia 45
  • Libya 45
  • Liechtenstein 45
  • Lithuania 46
  • Luxembourg 46
  • Madagascar 46
  • Malawi 47
  • Malaysia 47
  • Maldives 47
  • Mali 48
  • Malta 48
  • Marshall Islands 48
  • Mauritania 48
  • Mauritius 49
  • Mexico 49
  • Federated States of Micronesia 49
  • Moldova 50
  • Monaco 50
  • Mongolia 50
  • Montenegro 51
  • Morocco 51
  • Mozambique 51
  • Myanmar 52
  • Namibia 52
  • Nauru 52
  • Nepal 53
  • Netherlands 53
  • New Zealand 53
  • Nicaragua 54
  • Niger 54
  • Nigeria 54
  • North Korea 55
  • North Macedonia 55
  • Norway 55
  • Oman 56
  • Pakistan 56
  • Palau 56
  • Palestine 57
  • Panama 57
  • Papua New Guinea 57
  • Paraguay 58
  • Peru 58
  • Philippines 58
  • Poland 58
  • Portugal 59
  • Qatar 59
  • Romania 60
  • Russia 60
  • Rwanda 60
  • Saint Kitts & Nevis 61
  • Saint Lucia 61
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61
  • Samoa 62
  • San Marino 62
  • São Tomé and Príncipe 62
  • Saudi Arabia 62
  • Senegal 63
  • Serbia 63
  • Seychelles 63
  • Sierra Leone 64
  • Singapore 64
  • Slovakia 64
  • Slovenia 65
  • Solomon Islands 65
  • Somalia 65
  • South Africa 66
  • South Korea 66
  • South Sudan 66
  • Spain 67
  • Sri Lanka 67
  • Sudan 67
  • Suriname 68
  • Swaziland 68
  • Sweden 68
  • Switzerland 69
  • Syria 69
  • Taiwan 69
  • Tajikistan 70
  • Tanzania 70
  • Thailand 70
  • Togo 71
  • Tonga 71
  • Trinidad and Tobago 71
  • Tunisia 72
  • Turkey 72
  • Turkmenistan 72
  • Tuvalu 73
  • Uganda 73
  • Ukraine 73
  • United Arab Emirates 74
  • United Kingdom 74
  • United States 75
  • Uruguay 76
  • Uzbekistan 76
  • Vanuatu 77
  • Vatican City 77
  • Venezuela 77
  • Vietnam 78
  • Yemen 78
  • Zambia 78
  • Zimbabwe 79
• Overall Analysis 80
  • AI Strategy Strength Score and Ranking 80
  • Analysis of Score Results 81
• About the Report 81
  • Sources 81
• About Cognilytica 82