GlobalAIAdoptionin2025

AWideningDigitalDivide

January,2026

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ExecutiveSummary

Globaladoptionofartificialintelligencecontinuedtoriseinthesecondhalfof2025,increasingby1.2percentage

pointscomparedtothefirsthalfoftheyear,withroughlyoneinsixpeopleworldwidenowusinggenerativeAItools,remarkableprogressforatechnologythatonlyrecently

enteredmainstreamuse.

DespiteprogressinAIadoption,thedatashowsawidening

divide:adoptionintheGlobalNorthgrewnearlytwiceasfastasintheGlobalSouth.Asaresult,24.7percentoftheworkingagepopulationintheGlobalNorthisnowusingthesetools,comparedtoonly14.1percentintheGlobalSouth.

Region

H12025

AIDiffusion

H22025

AIDiffusion

Change

GlobalNorth

22.90%

24.70%

+1.8

GlobalSouth

13.10%

14.10%

+1.0

World

15.10%

16.30%

+1.2

Totrackthistrend,wemeasureAIdiffusionastheshareofpeopleworldwidewhohaveusedagenerativeAIproductduringthereportedperiod.ThismeasureisderivedfromaggregatedandanonymizedMicrosofttelemetryandthenadjustedtoreflectdifferencesinOSanddevice-market

share,internetpenetration,andcountrypopulation.

AdditionaldetailsonthemethodologyareavailableinourAIDiffusiontechnicalpaper.[1]

Nosinglemetricisperfect,andthisoneisnoexception.

ThroughtheMicrosoftAIEconomyInstitute,wecontinuetorefinehowwemeasureAIdiffusionglobally,includinghowadoptionvariesacrosscountriesinwaysthat

bestadvanceprioritiessuchasscientificdiscoveryand

productivitygains.Forthisreport,werelyonthestrongestcross-countrymeasureavailabletoday,andweexpecttocomplementitovertimewithadditionalindicatorsastheyemergeandmature.

AIDiffusionbyEconomyH22025

Norway

46.4%

Ireland

44.6%

France

44%

UAE

64%

Singapore

60.9%

AIUserShare

≥40%

30-39%

20-29%

10-19%

<10%

InsufficientData

2

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Countriesthathaveinvestedearlyindigitalinfrastructure,AIskilling,andgovernmentadoption,suchastheUnitedArabEmirates,Singapore,Norway,Ireland,France,and

Spain,continuetolead.TheUAEextendeditsleadasthe#1rankedcountry,with64.0percentoftheworkingagepopulationusingAIattheendof2025,comparedto59.4percentearlierintheyear.TheUAEhasopenedaleadofmorethanthreepercentagepointsoverSingapore,whichcontinuesinsecondplacewith60.9percentadoption.

ThesecondhalfoftheyearintheUnitedStatesshowsthatleadershipininnovationandinfrastructure,whilecritical,

doesnotbythemselvesleadtobroadAIadoption.The

U.S.leadsinbothAIinfrastructureandfrontiermodel

development,butitfellfrom23rdto24thplaceinAIusageamongtheworkingagepopulation,witha28.3percent

usagerate.Itlagsfarbehindsmaller,morehighlydigitizedandAI-focusedeconomies.

SouthKoreastandsoutastheclearestend-of-year

successstory.Itsurgedsevenspotsintheglobalrankings,climbingfrom25thto18th,drivenbygovernmentpolicies,improvedfrontiermodelcapabilitiesintheKorean

language,andconsumer-facingfeaturesthatresonated

withthepopulation.GenerativeAIisnowusedinschools,workplaces,andpublicservices,andSouthKoreahas

becomeoneofChatGPT’sfastest-growingmarkets,leadingOpenAItoopenanofficeinSeoul.[2]

Aparalleldevelopmentreshapingthegloballandscape

in2025wastherapidriseofDeepSeek,anopen-source

AIplatformthathasgainedsignificanttractioninmarketslongunderservedbytraditionalproviders.Byreleasingitsmodelunderanopen-sourceMITlicenseandofferinga

completelyfreechatbot,DeepSeekremovedbothfinancialandtechnicalbarriersthatlimitaccesstoadvancedAI.Its

strongestadoption,notsurprisinglyhasemergedacross

China,Russia,Iran,Cuba,andBelarus.ButperhapsevenmorenotableisDeepSeek’ssurgingpopularityacrossAfrica,whereitisaidedbystrategicpromotionand

partnershipswithfirmssuchasHuawei.[3]

ThisrapidevolutionunderscoresanincreasinglyimportantdimensionofAIcompetitionbetweentheUnitedStates

andChina,involvingaracetopromoteadoptionoftheir

respectivenationalmodels.DeepSeek’ssuccessreflects

growingChinesemomentumacrossAfrica,atrendthat

maycontinuetoacceleratein2026.DeepSeek’sascent

alsounderscoresabroadertruth:theglobaldiffusionofAIisinfluencedbyaccessibilityfactors,andthenextwaveofusersmaycomefromcommunitiesthathavehistorically

hadlimitedaccesstotechnologicalprogress.Thechallengeaheadisensuringthatinnovationspreadsinwaysthathelpnarrowdividesratherthandeepenthem.

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AIDiffusionOverTime

H12025AIDiffusionH22025AIDiffusion

1

UnitedArabEmirates

594%

1UnitedArabEmirates

640%46%

2

Singapore

586%

2Singapore

609%23%

3

Norway

453%

3Norway

464%11%

4

Ireland

417%

4Ireland

446%29%

5

France

409%

5France

440%31%

6

Spain

397%

6Spain

418%21%

7

NewZealand

376%

7NewZealand

405%29%

8

UnitedKingdom

364%

8Netherlands

389%26%

9

Netherlands

363%

9UnitedKingdom

389%25%

10

Qatar

357%

10Qatar

383%26%

11

Australia

345%

11Australia

369%24%

12

Israel

339%

12Israel

361%22%

13

Canada

335%

13Belgium

360%25%

14

Belgium

335%

14Canada

350%15%

15

Switzerland

324%

15Switzerland

348%24%

16

Sweden

312%

16Sweden

333%21%

17

Austria

291%

17Austria

314%23%

18

Hungary

279%

18SouthKorea

307%48%

19

Denmark

266%

19Hungary

298%19%

20

Germany

265%

20Denmark

287%21%

21

Poland

264%

21Germany

286%21%

22

Taiwan

264%

22Poland

285%21%

23

UnitedStates

263%

23Taiwan

284%20%

24

CzechRepublic

260%

24UnitedStates

283%20%

25

SouthKorea

259%

25CzechRepublic

278%18%

26

Italy

258%

26Italy

278%20%

27

Finland

256%

27Bulgaria

273%19%

28

Bulgaria

254%

28Finland

273%17%

29

Jordan

254%

29Jordan

270%16%

30

CostaRica

251%

30CostaRica

265%14%

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Changesinthesecondhalfof2025

Newdatafromthesecondhalfof2025showstheworldisusingartificialintelligenceatrecordlevels,butitalsorevealsawideningdivide.GlobaladoptionofgenerativeAItoolsreached16.3percentoftheworld’spopulation,upfrom15.1percentinthefirsthalfof2025,a

meaningfulgainfortechnologiesstillintheirearlyyears.Today,roughlyoneinsixpeopleareusingAItolearn,

work,orsolveproblems.

Yetthisprogressisuneven.AdoptionintheGlobalNorth

grewalmosttwiceasfastasintheGlobalSouth,wideningthegapfrom9.8to10.6percentagepoints.Inshort,AI’s

benefitsareexpanding,buttheyarenotexpandingequally.

Whenlookingattheeconomiesdrivingthefastest

gains,theimbalancebecomesevenclearer.Oftheten

countrieswiththelargestincreasesinAIadoptionshare,allarehigh-incomeeconomies.SouthKoreaandthe

UnitedArabEmiratesstandout,eachpostinggrowth

ratesabovefourpercentagepoints,underscoringhow

concentratedrecentmomentumhasbeenamongalreadyAI-establishedeconomies.

AIUserShareintheGlobalSouthandGlobalNorth

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

GlobalSouthGlobalNorth

24.7%

22.9%

Thegap

continued

towiden,rising

from

9.8inH12025

14.1%

13.1%

to

10.6inH22025

H12025H22025

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H12025

AIDiffusion

H22025

AIDiffusion

Change

SouthKorea

25.90%

30.70%

4.80%

UnitedArabEmirates

59.40%

64.00%

4.50%

France

40.90%

44.00%

3.10%

NewZealand

37.60%

40.50%

2.90%

Ireland

41.70%

44.60%

2.90%

Qatar

35.70%

38.30%

2.60%

Netherlands

36.30%

38.90%

2.60%

UnitedKingdom

36.40%

38.90%

2.50%

SaudiArabia

23.70%

26.20%

2.50%

Belgium

33.50%

36.00%

2.50%

Amongthetop30countries,theoverallrankingsremainedsteady.Nationsthathaveinvestedearlyandconsistently

indigitalinfrastructurecontinuetolead.TheUnitedArab

EmiratesandSingaporeagainholdthetoptwopositions,followedbyNorway,Ireland,France,andSpain.Mostothercountriesshiftedlittle,reinforcinghowsaturatedthetopofthelisthasbecome.

Afewchangesstandout.SouthKoreamadethelargest

moveofthehalf,risingsevenspotsfrom25thto18th,aclearsignalofacceleratednationalinvestmentandadoption.

BelgiummovedaheadofCanada,andtheNetherlands

passedtheUnitedKingdom,buttheseweremodest

adjustmentsinanotherwisestablegroup.TheUnited

Statesmaintainedstrongusageinabsolutenumbers,butdroppedfrom23rdto24thplace,reflectingthefactthatasmallerproportionoftheUSpopulationusesAIcomparedtoseveralsmallerhighlydigitizednations.

Takentogether,thedatashowsaworldembracingAIat

remarkablespeed,evenasthedividebetweenleadingandlaggingregionsgrows.Thechallengeaheadisensuring

thatthisnextwaveofinnovationbenefitsmorepeople,inmoreplaces,andnotfewer.

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SouthKorea’sAISurge:Policy,Models,andaViralCulturalMoment

SouthKoreastandsoutinH22025astheonlycountrytomakeadramaticleapinglobalAIadoption.Injustthreemonths,itclimbedsevenpositions,from25thto18th,thelargestriseofanynationthishalf.Generative-AIusage

grewfrom~26%toover30%ofthepopulation,bringingtotalgrowthsinceOctober2024tomorethan80%,far

outpacingtheglobalaverage(35%)andtheU.S.(25%).

SouthKoreaisnowtheworld’ssecond-largestChatGPT

subscribermarket,behindonlytheU.S.[4]Thedriversforthisincreaseinclude:1)nationalpoliciesacceleratingAI

integration,2)frontiermodelimprovementsfortheKoreanlanguage,and3)consumer-facingfeaturesthatresonatedwiththepopulation.

AIUserBaseGrowthH12025toH22025

90%

SouthKorea

81.4%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

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NationalPoliciesAcceleratingAIIntegration

FromJulythroughNovember2025,SouthKoreamoved

fromhigh-levelstrategicvisiontoconcrete,institutionalizedactiononAI.InSeptember,thegovernmentreconstituted

itsnationalAIcoordinatingbodyastheNationalAIStrategyCommittee,across-ministerialdecision-makinggroup.[5]ItalsoenactedtheAIBasicAct,legislationthatbalances

innovationwithAIgovernance.[6]Together,thesemovescreatedformalmechanismstoscaleAIinfrastructure,

regulatorycoordination,andpublic-sectordeployments.

Inlate2025,thegovernmentalsoannouncedplansto

expandAI-focusedsciencehighschoolsinregionalareasandstrengthenpartnershipsbetweenmajoruniversitiesandregionalinstitutes,wideningtheAItalentpipeline

beyondmetropolitancenters.[7]Together,these

decisionsbetweenJulyandNovember2025establish

governance,planning,andeducationmeasuresthat

supportbroad-basedAIadoptionacrossinstitutionsandthegeneralpopulation.

FrontierModelImprovementsfortheKoreanLanguage

WhileSouthKorea’spublicandgovernmentappetitefor

AIwasstrong,thecapabilitiesoflargelanguagemodels

inKoreanhadnotkeptpace.ThatchangedinApril2025,

whenOpenAIreleasedits4omodelforallusers,which

hadgreatlyincreasedcapabilityintheKoreanlanguage,

andagainwiththeAugust2025releaseofGPT-5.Model

performanceontheKoreanSAT(CSAT)benchmark–a

widelyusedmeasureofscholasticaptitudeforuniversity

applicants–rosedramatically:GPT-3.5(thebestmodel

availableonthefreetieratthetime)scored16,GPT-4o

reached75,andGPT-5achieved100.[8]Thisrepresentedashiftfrombelowadultreadingproficiencytoperformanceonparwithtop-tiercollegestudents.

ForKorean-speakingusers,GPT-4owastheturningpoint,

makingeverydaytasks-conversation,drafting,translation,

andanalysis-practicalandreliablewithlargelanguage

modelsforthefirsttime.ChatGPT-5extendedthis

improvementfurther,addingdeeperreasoning,sharper

linguisticprecision,andstrongercontexthandling.These

advancesunlockedreliablesupportforcomplexinstructions,specializeddomainqueries,education,professional

workflows,andsmall-businessapplications.ThoughKoreanisnotalow-resourcelanguage,thisrapidimprovementinKorean-languageperformanceoffersanencouragingsignalforcountrieswhoselanguagesareunderrepresentedin

LLMtrainingdata:asmodelsexpandanddeepenlinguisticcoverage,usageislikelytofollow.

AIUserShareintheGlobalSouthandGlobalNorth

English

Korean

~70-80thpercentile

GPT3.5

<5thpercentile

English

~90-95thpercentile

GPT4o

Korean

~70thpercentile

English

>95thpercentile

GPT5

Korean

>95thpercentile

0%

50%100%

DataSource:Benchmarkresultscompiledfrom[8]-[11].

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AViralImage-GenerationMomentThatCapturedPublicImagination

AthirddriverofSouthKorea’sAIsurgewastriggeredbyaculturalphenomenoninApril2025,whenGhibli-style

imagesgeneratedwithChatGPT-4owentviralacross

Koreansocialplatforms.[12]Thefeature’ssimplicity-notechnicalskillsrequired,instantlyshareableresults-

introducedAItomillionsoffirst-timeusersandtriggeredaspikeinimage-generationactivity.[13]Engagement

datasuggestsmanycontinuedexploringadditionalAI

TheUAE’sDeliberateAIStrategy

TheUnitedArabEmirates’AIadvantagedidn’tmaterializeovernight.Itwasbuiltdeliberatelyandwithyearsof

foresight.InOctober2017,fivefullyearsbeforeChatGPTcapturedtheworld’sattention,theUAEappointedthe

world’sfirstMinisterofStateforArtificialIntelligence,HisExcellencyOmarSultanAlOlama.Thatsameyear,the

UAElaunchedanationalAIstrategycovering9prioritysectors,establishinggovernanceframeworkswhilemanygovernmentswerestilldebatingwhetherAIwarranted

dedicatedpolicyattentionatall.[14]Thissequencingprovedconsequential.Whenthecurrentgenerative

AIwavearrived,UAEresidentsencounteredafamiliar

technology,onetheirgovernmenthadbeendeployingin

publicservicesanddiscussinginnationalconversations

forhalfadecade.Thefoundationwasalreadyinplace.Theresultsshowupclearlyinthedata.The2025EdelmanTrustBarometerplacesUAEAItrustatapproximately67%.The

UnitedStates,bycontrast,registersjust32%.[15]WesternEuropeannationsaveragethesame.That’sa35percentagepointgap,oneofthestarkestcross-nationaldifferentialsintechnologyattitudeswecanmeasuretoday.

capabilitiesafterthetrendfaded,turningaviralmomentintolastingadoption.Combinedwithnationalpolicy

actionandmajorimprovementsinKorean-language

modelperformance,thisconsumer-levelsparkhelped

propelSouthKoreatothelargestincreaseinAIusage

worldwide,ledtorapidgrowthintheChatGPTmarket,andresultedinexpandedintegrationofAIacrosspublicservicesbylate2025.

RegulatorypragmatismhasalsoadvancedtheUAE’s

globalAIleadership.TheUAEwasforward-thinkingin

creatingsandboxenvironmentsthatenabledcontrolled

experimentation.[16]Itcreatedspecialvisaprogramsto

attractAItalent.[17]Itadoptedprinciples-basedguidelinesthatprovidedcleardirectionwithoutcreatingcomplianceparalysis.Theapproachgeneratedtrustinatimeless

fashion:throughdemonstratedoutcomes,andthroughAIthatactuallyworksindailytransactions.

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DeepSeek’sDramaticRise:Open-SourceAIGainsGroundinNewMarkets

Oneof2025’smostunexpecteddevelopmentswastheriseofDeepSeek,anewAIentrantthatsurprisedtheindustrywithaflagshipmodelcapableofcompetingwithtopU.S.

systems.Itsdefiningfeaturewasopenness:DeepSeek

releaseditsmodelweightsunderanMITLicense,giving

developersglobalaccesstoinspect,adapt,andbuildonitscoreengine,anapproachthatimmediatelyresonatedwithopen-sourcecommunities.

DeepSeekcoupledthiswithanentirelyfree-to-usechatbotonwebandmobile.Theabsenceofsubscriptionfeesor

paymentrequirementsloweredthebarrierformillionsof

users,especiallyinprice-sensitiveregions.Reflectingthis

openethos,thecompanyinvitedindependentresearchersinSeptember2025torigorouslytestthemodel’s

performance,aimingforpublicationinNature,anunusuallytransparentmoveforanemergingAIplayer.[18]

Thiscombinationofopennessandaffordabilityallowed

DeepSeektogaintractioninmarketsunderservedby

WesternAIplatforms.AdoptionremainedlowinNorth

AmericaandEurope,butsurgedinChina,Russia,Iran,

Cuba,Belarus,andacrossAfrica,placeswhereU.S.servicesfacerestrictionsorwhereforeigntechaccessislimited.InAfricainparticular,DeepSeekusageisestimatedtobe2

to4×higherthaninotherregions.Bycontrast,countrieswhereentrenchedalternativesalreadymeetlocalneeds,suchasIsraelandSouthKorea,showminimaluptake.

DeepSeekMarketSharebyEconomy

Russia

43%

Belarus

56%

China

89%

Cuba

49%

DeepSeek

MarketShare

>25%

21-25%

16-20%

11-15%

6-10%≤5%

InsufficientData

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Severalfactorsexplainthispattern.DeepSeek’sfreeserviceeliminatedthecostbarriers(requiringcreditcardsorpaidupgrades)associatedwithWesternmodels.[19]Inaddition,Chinesetechnologycompanies,includingDeepSeekand

infrastructurepartnerslikeHuawei,activelypromoted

anddeployedtheplatforminAfricanmarketsthrough

partnerships,outreach,andintegrationwithtelecom

services.[20]DeepSeekbenefitedfrombeingopen,free,

andstrategicallydistributedinregionsoftenexcludedfromthefirstwaveofAIadoption.Thisdynamicalsohighlightshowopen-sourceAIcanfunctionasageopolitical

instrument,extendingChineseinfluenceinareaswhereWesternplatformscannoteasilyoperate.[21]

Fromagovernancestandpoint,DeepSeek’sriseshows

thatglobalAIadoptionisshapedasmuchbyaccessandavailabilityasbymodelquality.Usersgravitatetoward

platformsthatfittheireconomic,linguistic,andpoliticalcontext.Therapidspreadofanopenmodelalsoraises

questionsaboutstandardsandsafety,asopen-source

systemscanpropagatewidelywithlimitedoversight.Still,DeepSeekhasclearlyloweredentrybarriersformillions,suggestingthatthenextbillionAIusersmayemergenotfromtraditionaltechhubsbutfromtheGlobalSouth,

enabledbyopen-sourceinnovation.

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Appendix

Economy

H12025AIDiffusion

H22025AIDiffusion

Change

UnitedArabEmirates

59.40%

64.00%

4.50%

Singapore

58.60%

60.90%

2.30%

Norway

45.30%

46.40%

1.10%

Ireland

41.70%

44.60%

2.90%

France

40.90%

44.00%

3.10%

Spain

39.70%

41.80%

2.10%

NewZealand

37.60%

40.50%

2.90%

Netherlands

36.30%

38.90%

2.60%

UnitedKingdom

36.40%

38.90%

2.50%

Qatar

35.70%

38.30%

2.60%

Australia

34.50%

36.90%

2.40%

Israel

33.90%

36.10%

2.20%

Belgium

33.50%

36.00%

2.50%

Canada

33.50%

35.00%

1.50%

Switzerland

32.40%

34.80%

2.50%

Sweden

31.20%

33.30%

2.20%

Austria

29.10%

31.40%

2.20%

SouthKorea

25.90%

30.70%

4.80%

Hungary

27.90%

29.80%

1.90%

Denmark

26.60%

28.70%

2.10%

Germany

26.50%

28.60%

2.10%

Poland

26.40%

28.50%

2.10%

Taiwan

26.40%

28.40%

2.00%

UnitedStates

26.30%

28.30%

2.10%

Czechia

26.00%

27.80%

1.80%

Italy

25.80%

27.80%

2.00%

Bulgaria

25.40%

27.30%

1.90%

Finland

25.60%

27.30%

1.70%

Jordan

25.40%

27.00%

1.60%

CostaRica

25.10%

26.50%

1.40%

Slovenia

24.60%

26.50%

2.00%

SaudiArabia

23.70%

26.20%

2.50%

Lebanon

24.80%

25.70%

0.90%

Oman

22.60%

24.20%

1.60%

Portugal

22.40%

24.20%

1.80%

Slovakia

22.10%

23.80%

1.70%

Croatia

21.80%

23.70%

1.90%

Vietnam

21.20%

23.50%

2.30%

DominicanRepublic

22.00%

22.70%

0.80%

Uruguay

20.90%

22.50%

1.60%

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Lithuania

21.00%

22.40%

1.30%

Jamaica

22.20%

22.10%

-0.10%

Colombia

20.40%

22.00%

1.60%

Panama

20.30%

21.50%

1.20%

Serbia

19.70%

21.50%

1.80%

SouthAfrica

19.30%

21.10%

1.80%

Chile

19.60%

20.80%

1.20%

Malaysia

18.30%

19.70%

1.40%

Argentina

17.80%

19.60%

1.80%

BosniaAndHerzegovina

18.20%

19.50%

1.30%

Kuwait

17.70%

19.10%

1.40%

Greece

17.70%

19.10%

1.40%

Japan

16.70%

19.10%

2.40%

Philippines

17.10%

18.30%

1.20%

Georgia

17.30%

18.20%

0.90%

Mexico

16.70%

17.80%

1.10%

Ecuador

17.00%

17.70%

0.80%

Brazil

15.60%

17.10%

1.50%

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