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# The UK awarded 738 public AI contracts in 2013–2024, the most of the European countries tracked
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/european-public-ai-contracts-by-country/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:45:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:21.000Z
- Description: The UK awarded 738 public AI-related contracts over 2013–2024 and Germany 611, half of all those tracked. Spain, Poland and France followed with 161 to 187 each.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Regulation, AI in Europe, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-regulation, #country-europe, #industry-government

738

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public AI-related contracts awarded in the UK, 2013–2024, ahead of Germany (611)

United Kingdom738

Germany611

Spain187

## What the chart shows

Public bodies in the United Kingdom awarded 738 AI-related contracts over 2013–2024, the most of the 29 European countries in the data, ahead of Germany’s 611\. Together the two account for half of the 2,676 contracts.

Spain (187), Poland (162) and France (161) form a second group, and Romania (111) is the only other country above 100\. At the other end, Malta had 2 and Luxembourg 3.

## Key numbers

| Measure          | Value |
| ---------------- | ----- |
| United Kingdom   | 738   |
| Germany          | 611   |
| Spain            | 187   |
| Poland           | 162   |
| France           | 161   |
| All 29 countries | 2,676 |

## How to read it

- Counts contracts from EU public tenders (TED) and UK procurement sources that the AI Index classes as AI-related. Countries publish tenders below the EU thresholds unevenly, which affects counts.
- Three non-European countries in the data file (Benin, Laos and Namibia, one contract each) are left out.
- Shows the top 15; choose All 29 to see every country.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.5.9: *Number of AI-related contracts in select European countries, 2013–24 (sum)*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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