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medical AI publications on global health and ethics from East Asia in 2025, up from 5; Europe 23, North America 17

What the chart shows

Medical AI publications that address both global health and ethics came most often from East Asia in 2025: 25, up from 5 in 2024. Europe produced 23, up from 10, and North America 17. South Asia (11) and the Middle East (9) follow.

Over 2021–2025 as a whole, Europe leads with 38, ahead of East Asia (31) and North America (28). Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America and Oceania produced three or fewer each in 2025.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
East Asia, 202525
Europe, 202523
North America, 202517
East Asia, 20245
Europe, 2021–202538
East Asia, 2021–202531

How to read it

  • Regions as assigned by RAISE Health. A publication can count for more than one region, or none, so the regional counts (94 in 2025) differ from the 100 global health and ethics publications in the related chart.
  • Shows 2024 and 2025; the CSV has every year from 2021. Counts are small, so single-year changes say little.
Source: RAISE Health, 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 6.4.5: Number of medical AI, global health, and ethics publications, 2021–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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