About This Dataset

This dataset from the Emerging Technology Observatory (ETO) Country Activity Tracker provides country-level AI research metrics. It tracks article counts, citations, international collaboration rates, and growth trends across nations, offering insights into the global distribution of AI research output, the concentration of AI expertise among leading countries, and patterns of international scientific cooperation in artificial intelligence.


Key Metrics

196 Countries
54.5% Median Growth (2020-23)
66.9M Total Citations

Top 10 Countries by Articles

China
641.7K
United States
407.2K
India
262.4K
United Kingdom
120.9K
Germany
105.7K
Japan
94.4K
France
70.0K
South Korea
69.4K
Italy
66.9K
Canada
66.6K

Top 10 Countries by Citations

United States
17.3M
China
12.5M
United Kingdom
4.6M
Germany
3.2M
India
2.5M
Canada
2.2M
Australia
2.0M
France
1.7M
South Korea
1.6M
Italy
1.4M

Data Table

196 results
Country Articles Citations % Intl Collaboration Growth 2020-2023
Afghanistan272351783.82300
Albania358252847.77282.35
Algeria78917925841.3336.69
Andorra59280-
Angola90156890833.33

Emerging Technology Observatory, 'Country Activity Tracker'. Published online at cat.eto.tech. Retrieved from https://cat.eto.tech [online resource]. Accessed 19 Jan 2026.