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# China was granted 74% of the world's AI patents in 2024; the US 12%
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-patents-share-by-country/
- Published: 2026-10-19T06:30:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:04:13.000Z
- Description: China accounted for 74.2% of AI patents granted worldwide in 2024. The US share has fallen from a peak of 42.8% in 2015 to 12.1%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Research, AI in the US, AI in China, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-research, #lens-us-china, #country-us, #country-china

74.2%

▲ 60.9 pts since 2010

China's share of AI patents granted worldwide in 2024; US 12.1%

20102024

## What the chart shows

China accounted for 74.2% of all AI patents granted in 2024, up from 13.3% in 2010 and 25.9% in 2015\. It has held a majority since 2020.

The US share peaked at 42.8% in 2015 and has fallen every year since 2019, to 12.1% in 2024\. Europe accounts for 3.0% and India 0.4%.

## Key numbers

| Measure                    | Value |
| -------------------------- | ----- |
| China, 2024                | 74.2% |
| United States, 2024        | 12.1% |
| United States, 2015 (peak) | 42.8% |
| Europe, 2024               | 3.0%  |
| India, 2024                | 0.4%  |

## How to read it

- Patents are attributed to the location of the inventors.
- Patent volume measures filing activity, not the value of the inventions: the AI Index report shows the US receives over half of AI patent citations.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.7.2: *Granted AI patents (% of world total) by select geographic areas, 2010–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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