AI Adoption by Region

Regional Overview

Each card shows the average enterprise AI adoption rate for a world region, based on readiness scores from Aiconomy.io and Microsoft AI Diffusion data. Click a region to see key highlights and sourced statistics.

Population AI Usage by Country

Percentage of working-age population using generative AI tools in everyday life. Globally, 17.8% of the working-age population now uses gen AI — with a widening divide between the Global North (27.5%) and Global South (15.4%).

AI Diffusion by Economy, Q1 2026

Source: Microsoft AI Economy Institute — Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026. Click to view the latest report.

#1UAE

70.1%+10.7

#2Singapore

63.4%+4.8

#3Norway

48.6%+3.3

#4Ireland

48.4%+6.7

#5France

47.8%+6.9

#6Spain

44.2%+4.5

#7New Zealand

43%+5.4

#8United Kingdom

42.2%+5.8

#9Netherlands

42.1%+5.8

#10Qatar

41.8%+6.1

#11Australia

39.5%+5

#15Canada

37.3%+3.8

#16South Korea

37.1%+11.2

#21United States

31.3%+5

Global North avg:27.5%

Global South avg:15.4%

Global avg:17.8%

Source: Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Q1 2026 →