Which Nations Excel and Struggle in the IMF's AI Preparedness Index?

Artificial Intelligence has taken over the world and now many industries are implementing AI in their workplaces. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports reports that AI has impacted 40% of the world’s employment, with some industries being more affected by AI than others. The IMF put forward a report named AI Preparedness Index to rank top countries which are prepared for AI. 174 countries are ranked in the report according to how prepared they are for AI.

According to the rankings, Singapore is the top country which is fully prepared for AI and can adopt AI in its industries smoothly. Singapore has already invested billions of dollars on AI and for making national strategies for AI adoption. According to LinkedIn, the workers in Singapore are also fully prepared to adopt AI and the Singapore government has also developed AI tools for public service officers. Followed by Singapore is Denmark while the United States ranks third in AI preparedness.

Other European countries in the top ten rankings for AI preparedness are Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden. It is to be noted that the countries which are most prepared for AI adoption are mostly from Europe. It is because these countries have advanced infrastructure, great government policies and skilled workforce which can smoothly go with AI adoption.

IMF made its AI Preparedness Index report by taking into account four important metrics. Those metrics were digital infrastructure, human capital, legal frameworks and technological innovations in the countries. After looking at all these metrics in 174 countries, the IMF put forward the top ten countries that are fully prepared for AI adoption.

Rank	Country	AI Preparedness Index Score (0-1)
1	Singapore	0.80
2	Denmark	0.78
3	United States	0.77
4	Netherlands	0.77
5	Estonia	0.76
6	Finland	0.76
7	Switzerland	0.76
8	New Zealand	0.75
9	Germany	0.75
10	Sweden	0.75
11	Luxembourg	0.74
12	Japan	0.73
13	United Kingdom	0.73
14	Australia	0.73
15	South Korea	0.73
16	Israel	0.73
17	Austria	0.72
18	Canada	0.71
19	Norway	0.71
20	Hong Kong	0.70
21	Iceland	0.70
22	France	0.70
23	Ireland	0.69
24	Belgium	0.67
25	Taiwan	0.67
26	Lithuania	0.66
27	Malta	0.66
28	Spain	0.65
29	Czech Republic	0.65
30	Portugal	0.65
31	China	0.64
32	Slovenia	0.63
33	Latvia	0.63
34	Cyprus	0.63
35	Malaysia	0.63
36	United Arab Emirates	0.63
37	Italy	0.62
38	Poland	0.60
39	Slovak Republic	0.59
40	Chile	0.59
41	Romania	0.58
42	Greece	0.58
43	Croatia	0.58
44	Bulgaria	0.58
45	Saudi Arabia	0.58
46	Hungary	0.56
47	Russia	0.56
48	Kazakhstan	0.55
49	Uruguay	0.55
50	Türkiye	0.54
51	Costa Rica	0.54
52	Serbia	0.54
53	Thailand	0.54
54	Qatar	0.53
55	Oman	0.53
56	Mexico	0.53
57	Seychelles	0.53
58	Georgia	0.53
59	Albania	0.53
60	Mauritius	0.53
61	Indonesia	0.52
62	Bahrain	0.52
63	Ukraine	0.51
64	Barbados	0.50
65	Montenegro	0.50
66	Brazil	0.50
67	Panama	0.50
68	Philippines	0.50
69	South Africa	0.50
70	Brunei Darussalam	0.50
71	Armenia	0.49
72	India	0.49
73	Peru	0.49
74	Colombia	0.49
75	Mongolia	0.48
76	Jordan	0.48
77	North Macedonia	0.48
78	Vietnam	0.48
79	Moldova	0.48
80	Argentina	0.47
81	Azerbaijan	0.47
82	Belarus	0.47
83	Dominican Republic	0.47
84	Tunisia	0.47
85	Kuwait	0.46
86	The Bahamas	0.46
87	Fiji	0.45
88	Kenya	0.45
89	Ecuador	0.44
90	Bhutan	0.44
91	Rwanda	0.44
92	Sri Lanka	0.44
93	Trinidad and Tobago	0.44
94	Jamaica	0.43
95	Cabo Verde	0.43
96	Morocco	0.43
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.43
98	Timor-Leste	0.43
99	Kyrgyz Republic	0.43
100	Ghana	0.43
101	Guyana	0.42
102	Belize	0.42
103	Namibia	0.42
104	Suriname	0.42
105	Lebanon	0.42
106	Botswana	0.41
107	Paraguay	0.41
108	Macao	0.41
109	Senegal	0.40
110	Egypt	0.39
111	Guatemala	0.39
112	El Salvador	0.39
113	Bangladesh	0.38
114	Puerto Rico	0.38
115	Iran	0.38
116	Bolivia	0.38
117	Saint Lucia	0.37
118	Zambia	0.37
119	Algeria	0.37
120	Liberia	0.37
121	Cambodia	0.37
122	Pakistan	0.37
123	Tajikistan	0.37
124	Côte d'Ivoire	0.37
125	Benin	0.36
126	The Gambia	0.36
127	Lesotho	0.36
128	Uganda	0.35
129	Tanzania	0.35
130	Nepal	0.35
131	Uzbekistan	0.35
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.34
133	Honduras	0.34
134	Cameroon	0.34
135	Malawi	0.34
136	Nigeria	0.34
137	Nicaragua	0.33
138	Laos	0.33
139	Myanmar	0.33
140	Niger	0.33
141	Maldives	0.32
142	Guinea	0.32
143	Gabon	0.32
144	Djibouti	0.32
145	Togo	0.32
146	Burkina Faso	0.31
147	Eswatini	0.31
148	Madagascar	0.31
149	Zimbabwe	0.30
150	Syria	0.30
151	Sierra Leone	0.30
152	Mali	0.30
153	Burundi	0.29
154	Papua New Guinea	0.29
155	Republic of Congo	0.28
156	Venezuela	0.27
157	Iraq	0.27
158	Haiti	0.27
159	Guinea-Bissau	0.26
160	Angola	0.26
161	Mozambique	0.26
162	Comoros	0.25
163	Ethiopia	0.25
164	Yemen	0.25
165	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.25
166	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.25
167	Libya	0.24
168	Chad	0.23
169	Sudan	0.23
170	Mauritania	0.23
171	Somalia	0.20
172	Central African Republic	0.18
173	Afghanistan	0.13
174	South Sudan	0.11

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