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# Outside the US and India, net flows of top AI talent are small: from +5.2 in the UK to −7.1 in Canada
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-talent-net-flow-by-country/
- Published: 2026-10-19T14:41:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:05:36.000Z
- Description: In 2025 the UK had the largest net inflow of top AI talent outside the US (+5.2). Canada, a net gainer around 2020, had the largest outflow (−7.1) after India.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Jobs, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-jobs

−7.1

Canada's net flow of top AI authors and inventors in September 2025, the largest outflow outside India; it peaked at +50.6 in February 2020

Largest net outflows

Canada−7.1

Brazil−3.6

Singapore−2.6

## What the chart shows

Among the 19 other countries tracked, net flows in 2025 are within ±8\. The United Kingdom has the largest net inflow (+5.2), followed by Saudi Arabia (+3.1), Spain and the UAE (+2.6 each) and Denmark (+2.1).

Canada has the largest net outflow (−7.1), a reversal from a peak net inflow of 50.6 in February 2020\. Brazil (−3.6), Singapore (−2.6) and Germany (−2.4) also lose more top AI talent than they gain.

## Key numbers

| Measure                 | Value |
| ----------------------- | ----- |
| United Kingdom          | +5.2  |
| Saudi Arabia (Mar 2025) | +3.1  |
| Denmark                 | +2.1  |
| Germany                 | −2.4  |
| Brazil (Aug 2025)       | −3.6  |
| Canada                  | −7.1  |

## How to read it

- Net flow is the number moving into a country minus those moving out, as a 12-month rolling average. Each bar is the latest month available: September 2025 for most countries, earlier for some (Saudi Arabia March 2025, Australia and Israel July 2025, Brazil, Finland and Singapore August 2025).
- The AI Index text names Saudi Arabia and Denmark among the few countries with a positive net flow; the UK (+5.2), Spain and the UAE (+2.6 each) were also positive.
- The US (+26.0) and India (−16.9) are left out here because their flows are much larger; see the companion chart.

**Source:** [Zeki Data](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#zeki), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.8.6: *Net flow of top AI authors and inventors by country, 2010–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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