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Women's share of top AI authors and inventors in Saudi Arabia in 2025, the highest of 21 countries; Japan is lowest at 17.5%

What the chart shows

Men are the majority of top AI authors and inventors in every country Zeki tracks. Women’s share in 2025 ranges from 17.5% in Japan to 32.3% in Saudi Arabia, with Australia (30.3%), Canada (29.6%) and Italy (29.5%) next. In the US it is 27.7%.

Women’s share rose in 20 of 21 countries between 2010 and 2025, but in most by only 2 to 6 percentage points. Saudi Arabia gained the most (13 points, from 19.0%); Israel’s share was unchanged at 21.6%.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
Saudi Arabia, 202532.3%
Australia, 202530.3%
United States, 202527.7%
Germany, 202521.8%
Japan, 202517.5%
Saudi Arabia, 201019.0%

How to read it

  • Gender as recorded or inferred by Zeki; the data has male and female categories only.
  • The AI Index text gives Australia’s 2025 share as 30.1%; the data file shows 30.3%, which we use.
  • China is not covered by Zeki’s data.
Source: Zeki Data, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.8.4: Top AI authors and inventors (% of total) by gender, 2010–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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