26.4%
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East Asia and Pacific's share of 2024 AI publications; Sub-Saharan Africa 0.8%
What the chart shows
By World Bank region, East Asia and the Pacific produced 26.4% of AI publications in 2024, about twice Europe and Central Asia (13.5%). South Asia (8.3%) slightly exceeded North America (8.2%).
Sub-Saharan Africa (0.8%) and Latin America and the Caribbean (1.2%) produced the least. For 37.3% of publications the region is unknown.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| East Asia and Pacific | 26.4% |
| Europe and Central Asia | 13.5% |
| South Asia | 8.3% |
| North America | 8.2% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.8% |
| Unknown | 37.3% |
How to read it
- Regions follow World Bank groupings.
- The unknown share rose sharply in 2024, which the AI Index attributes to metadata coverage, so compare regions with each other rather than with earlier years.
Source: AI Index, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.6.7: AI publications in CS (% of total) by region, 2013–24. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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