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AI-related bills passed into law in the US, 2016–2025, the most of any G20 country
What the chart shows
The United States passed 25 AI-related bills into law between 2016 and 2025, the most of any G20 country, followed by South Korea with 17. France and Japan passed 10 each and Italy 9.
The United Kingdom passed 6, and Germany and Russia 5 each. China, India, Canada and Argentina passed one each. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa and Mexico have none in the AI Index’s map data, and Indonesia does not appear.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| United States | 25 |
| South Korea | 17 |
| France | 10 |
| Japan | 10 |
| Italy | 9 |
| China | 1 |
How to read it
- Counts bills passed into law, not proposals, as found by Digital Policy Alert and checked by the AI Index; an omnibus law with several AI provisions counts once.
- The AI Index text says Russia passed very few AI-specific laws, if any; the data shows 5, which we use.
- The report’s map data lists France and South Korea in two rows each; their sums (10 and 17) match this chart.
Source: AI Index; Digital Policy Alert, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.4.3: Number of AI-related bills passed into law in G20 countries, 2016–25 (sum). Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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