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# Government bodies awarded 62.6% of European public AI contract value in 2024; health bodies 13.9%
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/european-public-ai-contracts-by-sector/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:45:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:22.000Z
- Description: Government bodies, national agencies and public authorities awarded 62.6% of European public AI contract value in 2024. Health bodies awarded 13.9% and education 13.7%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Regulation, AI in Europe, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-regulation, #country-europe, #industry-government

62.6%

▼ 9.3 pts vs 2023

share of European public AI contract value awarded by government bodies in 2024

20132024

## What the chart shows

Government bodies, national agencies and public authorities awarded 62.6% of the value of public AI-related contracts in the European countries tracked in 2024, down from 71.9% in 2023\. Health bodies awarded 13.9% and education bodies 13.7%.

Government bodies have had the largest share in every year since 2017\. Before that, totals were small and shares swung widely: education bodies had 66.7% in 2013.

## Key numbers

| Measure                                 | Value |
| --------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Government and public authorities, 2024 | 62.6% |
| Government and public authorities, 2023 | 71.9% |
| Health, 2024                            | 13.9% |
| Education, 2024                         | 13.7% |
| Other, 2024                             | 9.7%  |
| Education, 2013                         | 66.7% |

## How to read it

- Shares of each year’s AI-related contract value by the main activity of the awarding body, from EU public tenders (TED) and UK procurement sources.
- “Other” combines economic and financial affairs, community and social sector organisations and other activities (9.7% together in 2024).
- Before 2019 less than $0.1B a year was awarded ([related chart](https://aiadoption.org/data/european-public-ai-contracts-cumulative/)), so early shares rest on few contracts.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.5.11: *Public spending on AI-related contracts (% of total) in Europe by funding agency activity, 2013–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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