49%
Share in Germany agreeing that AI products have more benefits than drawbacks in 2025, up 12 points from 37% in 2022, the largest rise of 26 countries

What the chart shows

Of the 26 countries Ipsos surveyed in both 2022 and 2025, the share of adults agreeing that products and services using AI have more benefits than drawbacks rose in 20, fell in four and was unchanged in two. Germany rose most, by 12 percentage points to 49%, followed by Australia, France and the Netherlands (10 points each).

Levels still differ widely. China is highest at 86.9%, then Malaysia and Mexico (70% each). Canada (40%), Belgium and France (41% each) and the United States (42%) are lowest. Colombia (−6 points) and India (−4) fell most.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
Germany, 202237%
Germany, 202549%
China, 202586.9%
United States, 202235%
United States, 202542%
Colombia, 202558%

How to read it

  • Countries surveyed in both 2022 and 2025. Indonesia, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand (2025 only), and Russia and Saudi Arabia (2022 only), are in the data file but not shown.
  • Changes are in percentage points. Data for China was provided to the AI Index by Ipsos separately and may not appear in Ipsos’s own reports.
  • The AI Index text gives China’s rise as 9 points; the data shows 8.9 points (78% to 86.9%), which we use.
Source: Ipsos, 2022–25, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.1.2: ‘Products and services using AI have more benefits than drawbacks,’ by country (% of total), 2022–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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