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01 / Geography
One world. Two different measures.
Population estimates show how widely generative AI is used. Provider data shows where one service’s conversations are concentrated. Read each map with its own scale.
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How many people use generative AI?
147 economies · Q2 2026 · estimated share of people aged 15–64
Where is Claude used disproportionately?
121 published country observations · May 2026 · conversation-share index
Maps retain Natural Earth geometry, public domain. Geographic area is not the number of users; small circles are schematic markers. Grey means no published observation. Claude data covers Free/Pro/Max chat and Cowork, excluding Claude Code and API.
Reuters Institute / Oxford · online survey
Frequent use and search exposure are different measures.
Across the same six countries, weekly use of standalone generative AI tools rose from 34% in 2025 to 51% in 2026. Separately, 57% across nine countries encountered AI-generated answers or assistants in search engines during the previous week, including incidental exposure within search.
| Measure | Wave | Share | Respondents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly use of standalone generative AI tools — six countries | 2025 | 34% | 12,565 |
| Weekly use of standalone generative AI tools — six countries | 2026 | 51% | 12,774 |
| AI-generated answers or assistants encountered in search engines in the previous week — nine countries | 2026 | 57% | 18,921 |
Six countries: Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Nine countries add Australia, Finland and Norway. 2026 fieldwork: 14 August–28 September. YouGov online questionnaire; nonprobability samples with quotas and weighting for age, gender, region, education and political leaning. Combined-respondent estimates use YouGov weights, not an unweighted average of country percentages.
Self-reported use and exposure, subject to recall and interpretation; online samples underrepresent people offline. No conventional sampling margin of error; not a worldwide estimate or directly comparable with Microsoft usage estimates. Different country sets and questions mean the weekly-use and search-exposure figures must not be subtracted as an exposure gap. Weekly-use comparison covers the same six countries, not a longitudinal panel. The prompted standalone-tool list changed from 13 tools in 2025 to 14 in 2026; this qualification accompanies the trend.
Sources and methods · Three observations · CSV · Evidence and methods · JSON · Report · figures 1 and 5
Country profile
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United Arab Emirates
- Population GenAI use
- 73.3%People aged 15–64 · Microsoft · Q2 2026
- Claude activity / population
- 2.84×Conversation-share index · May 2026
- Enterprise AI use
- Outside EU coverageEligible firms with 10+ persons · Eurostat · 2025
Claude purpose: work 54.63%, personal 36.28%, coursework 9.09%. These are shares of classified conversations; rounding may affect totals.
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02 / Change over time
Use rises. The gaps remain.
Every one of the 147 supplied economies has a higher estimated user share in Q2 2026 than in H1 2025. The size of the increase varies.
Adoption rises; the North–South gap widens.
Share of people aged 15–64 using generative AI · published regional aggregates
Exact regional values
| Region | H2 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global North | 24.7% | 27.5% | 28.8% |
| World | 16.3% | 17.8% | 18.8% |
| Global South | 14.1% | 15.4% | 16.2% |
All 147 economies move upward.
H1 2025 versus Q2 2026 · both axes 0–80%
The ten largest gains
H1 2025 → Q2 2026 · percentage points
Exact top-ten values
| Economy | Change (pp) |
|---|---|
| South Korea | +14.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | +13.9 |
| France | +8.7 |
| Ireland | +8.2 |
| Japan | +8.0 |
| Qatar | +7.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | +7.7 |
| Taiwan | +7.4 |
| United Kingdom | +7.3 |
| Netherlands | +7.2 |
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04 / Every economy
All four periods, side by side.
Population reach
Download source CSV ↗147 economies · ordered by Q2 2026 use
| Economy | H1 2025 | H2 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Trend | H1 2025 → Q2 2026 · pp | Q1 → Q2 2026 · pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 59.4% | 64.0% | 70.1% | 73.3% | +13.9 | +3.2 | |
| Singapore | 58.6% | 60.9% | 63.4% | 64.3% | +5.7 | +0.9 | |
| Ireland | 41.7% | 44.6% | 48.4% | 49.9% | +8.2 | +1.5 | |
| France | 40.9% | 44.0% | 47.8% | 49.6% | +8.7 | +1.8 | |
| Norway | 45.3% | 46.4% | 48.6% | 49.4% | +4.1 | +0.8 | |
| Spain | 39.7% | 41.8% | 44.2% | 45.1% | +5.4 | +0.9 | |
| New Zealand | 37.6% | 40.5% | 43.0% | 44.1% | +6.5 | +1.1 | |
| United Kingdom | 36.4% | 38.9% | 42.2% | 43.7% | +7.3 | +1.5 | |
| Netherlands | 36.3% | 38.9% | 42.1% | 43.5% | +7.2 | +1.4 | |
| Qatar | 35.7% | 38.3% | 41.8% | 43.5% | +7.8 | +1.7 | |
| Australia | 34.5% | 36.9% | 39.5% | 40.7% | +6.2 | +1.2 | |
| South Korea | 25.9% | 30.7% | 37.1% | 40.6% | +14.7 | +3.5 | |
| Belgium | 33.5% | 36.0% | 39.0% | 40.3% | +6.8 | +1.3 | |
| Switzerland | 32.4% | 34.8% | 37.8% | 39.1% | +6.7 | +1.3 | |
| Israel | 33.9% | 36.1% | 38.1% | 38.7% | +4.8 | +0.6 | |
| Canada | 33.5% | 35.0% | 37.3% | 38.5% | +5.0 | +1.2 | |
| Sweden | 31.2% | 33.3% | 36.1% | 37.3% | +6.1 | +1.2 | |
| Austria | 29.1% | 31.4% | 34.1% | 35.4% | +6.3 | +1.3 | |
| Taiwan | 26.4% | 28.4% | 31.8% | 33.8% | +7.4 | +2.0 | |
| Hungary | 27.9% | 29.8% | 32.2% | 33.3% | +5.4 | +1.1 | |
| United States | 26.3% | 28.3% | 31.3% | 33.0% | +6.7 | +1.7 | |
| Denmark | 26.6% | 28.7% | 31.2% | 32.4% | +5.8 | +1.2 | |
| Germany | 26.5% | 28.6% | 31.1% | 32.3% | +5.8 | +1.2 | |
| Poland | 26.4% | 28.5% | 31.0% | 32.3% | +5.9 | +1.3 | |
| Italy | 25.8% | 27.8% | 30.2% | 31.4% | +5.6 | +1.2 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 23.7% | 26.2% | 29.4% | 31.4% | +7.7 | +2.0 | |
| Czech Republic | 26.0% | 27.8% | 30.1% | 31.2% | +5.2 | +1.1 | |
| Jordan | 25.4% | 27.0% | 29.7% | 31.2% | +5.8 | +1.5 | |
| Bulgaria | 25.4% | 27.3% | 29.7% | 30.7% | +5.3 | +1.0 | |
| Finland | 25.6% | 27.3% | 29.5% | 30.6% | +5.0 | +1.1 | |
| Slovenia | 24.6% | 26.5% | 29.0% | 30.1% | +5.5 | +1.1 | |
| Costa Rica | 25.1% | 26.5% | 28.5% | 29.7% | +4.6 | +1.2 | |
| Vietnam | 21.2% | 23.5% | 26.5% | 27.9% | +6.7 | +1.4 | |
| Lebanon | 24.8% | 25.7% | 27.3% | 27.7% | +2.9 | +0.4 | |
| Oman | 22.6% | 24.2% | 26.5% | 27.6% | +5.0 | +1.1 | |
| Portugal | 22.4% | 24.2% | 26.4% | 27.4% | +5.0 | +1.0 | |
| Croatia | 21.8% | 23.7% | 26.1% | 27.2% | +5.4 | +1.1 | |
| Slovakia | 22.1% | 23.8% | 26.1% | 27.1% | +5.0 | +1.0 | |
| Colombia | 20.4% | 22.0% | 24.5% | 25.9% | +5.5 | +1.4 | |
| Dominican Republic | 22.0% | 22.7% | 24.8% | 25.8% | +3.8 | +1.0 | |
| Uruguay | 20.9% | 22.5% | 24.6% | 25.7% | +4.8 | +1.1 | |
| Serbia | 19.7% | 21.5% | 24.1% | 25.3% | +5.6 | +1.2 | |
| Lithuania | 21.0% | 22.4% | 24.3% | 25.1% | +4.1 | +0.8 | |
| Jamaica | 22.2% | 22.1% | 24.0% | 25.0% | +2.8 | +1.0 | |
| Japan | 16.7% | 19.1% | 22.5% | 24.7% | +8.0 | +2.2 | |
| Panama | 20.3% | 21.5% | 23.3% | 24.2% | +3.9 | +0.9 | |
| Chile | 19.6% | 20.8% | 22.7% | 24.0% | +4.4 | +1.3 | |
| South Africa | 19.3% | 21.1% | 23.1% | 23.9% | +4.6 | +0.8 | |
| Argentina | 17.8% | 19.6% | 21.9% | 23.4% | +5.6 | +1.5 | |
| Bosnia And Herzegovina | 18.2% | 19.5% | 22.1% | 23.2% | +5.0 | +1.1 | |
| Kuwait | 17.7% | 19.1% | 21.1% | 22.6% | +4.9 | +1.5 | |
| Malaysia | 18.3% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 22.6% | +4.3 | +0.8 | |
| Georgia | 17.3% | 18.2% | 20.5% | 21.6% | +4.3 | +1.1 | |
| Greece | 17.7% | 19.1% | 20.8% | 21.5% | +3.8 | +0.7 | |
| Mexico | 16.7% | 17.8% | 20.1% | 21.4% | +4.7 | +1.3 | |
| Philippines | 17.1% | 18.3% | 20.1% | 20.7% | +3.6 | +0.6 | |
| Ecuador | 17.0% | 17.7% | 19.5% | 20.3% | +3.3 | +0.8 | |
| Brazil | 15.6% | 17.1% | 19.1% | 20.2% | +4.6 | +1.1 | |
| El Salvador | 14.6% | 16.2% | 18.3% | 20.1% | +5.5 | +1.8 | |
| Albania | 15.8% | 16.5% | 18.5% | 19.2% | +3.4 | +0.7 | |
| Moldova | 16.6% | 17.0% | 18.5% | 19.1% | +2.5 | +0.6 | |
| Türkiye | 13.4% | 14.6% | 17.4% | 18.9% | +5.5 | +1.5 | |
| Azerbaijan | 14.2% | 15.5% | 17.7% | 18.7% | +4.5 | +1.0 | |
| India | 14.2% | 15.7% | 17.6% | 18.5% | +4.3 | +0.9 | |
| Romania | 15.3% | 16.2% | 17.5% | 18.0% | +2.7 | +0.5 | |
| Mongolia | 12.6% | 14.3% | 16.7% | 17.9% | +5.3 | +1.2 | |
| China | 15.4% | 16.3% | 16.4% | 17.5% | +2.1 | +1.1 | |
| Guatemala | 13.7% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 17.3% | +3.6 | +0.9 | |
| Peru | 13.4% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 17.3% | +3.9 | +0.9 | |
| Kazakhstan | 12.7% | 13.7% | 15.9% | 16.9% | +4.2 | +1.0 | |
| Gabon | 12.3% | 13.4% | 15.0% | 15.7% | +3.4 | +0.7 | |
| Egypt | 12.5% | 13.4% | 14.8% | 15.5% | +3.0 | +0.7 | |
| Libya | 12.7% | 13.7% | 15.0% | 15.5% | +2.8 | +0.5 | |
| Namibia | 13.0% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 15.4% | +2.4 | +0.3 | |
| Botswana | 12.8% | 13.7% | 14.8% | 15.0% | +2.2 | +0.2 | |
| Indonesia | 11.7% | 12.7% | 14.1% | 14.8% | +3.1 | +0.7 | |
| Nepal | 12.3% | 13.0% | 14.2% | 14.6% | +2.3 | +0.4 | |
| Honduras | 12.4% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 14.5% | +2.1 | +0.5 | |
| Senegal | 12.4% | 12.9% | 13.9% | 14.4% | +2.0 | +0.5 | |
| Tunisia | 12.3% | 12.7% | 13.5% | 13.9% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Algeria | 11.3% | 12.0% | 13.2% | 13.8% | +2.5 | +0.6 | |
| Cote D'Ivoire | 10.8% | 11.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% | +2.9 | +0.6 | |
| Thailand | 9.1% | 10.7% | 12.4% | 13.4% | +4.3 | +1.0 | |
| Bolivia | 10.9% | 11.6% | 12.7% | 13.3% | +2.4 | +0.6 | |
| Zambia | 11.7% | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.3% | +1.6 | +0.2 | |
| Iraq | 10.3% | 11.2% | 12.5% | 13.0% | +2.7 | +0.5 | |
| Iran | 9.6% | 10.7% | 12.6% | 12.8% | +3.2 | +0.2 | |
| Paraguay | 10.1% | 11.0% | 12.2% | 12.6% | +2.5 | +0.4 | |
| Nicaragua | 10.0% | 10.7% | 11.8% | 12.5% | +2.5 | +0.7 | |
| Morocco | 10.5% | 10.9% | 11.7% | 12.0% | +1.5 | +0.3 | |
| Pakistan | 9.7% | 10.3% | 11.4% | 11.9% | +2.2 | +0.5 | |
| Gambia | 10.6% | 10.9% | 11.4% | 11.5% | +0.9 | +0.1 | |
| Angola | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | +2.5 | +0.5 | |
| Madagascar | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | +2.5 | +0.5 | |
| Malawi | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | +2.5 | +0.5 | |
| Mozambique | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | +2.5 | +0.5 | |
| French Guiana | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.3% | +3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Guyana | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.3% | +3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Suriname | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.3% | +3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Venezuela | 8.3% | 9.0% | 10.3% | 11.3% | +3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Benin | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Burkina Faso | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Ghana | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Guinea | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Liberia | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Mali | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Mauritania | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Myanmar | 8.4% | 9.1% | 10.0% | 10.4% | +2.0 | +0.4 | |
| Niger | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Nigeria | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Sierra Leone | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Togo | 8.7% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | +1.7 | +0.3 | |
| Belarus | 7.6% | 8.4% | 9.6% | 10.3% | +2.7 | +0.7 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7.6% | 8.2% | 9.5% | 10.0% | +2.4 | +0.5 | |
| Lesotho | 8.8% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 9.9% | +1.1 | +0.1 | |
| Russia | 7.6% | 8.0% | 9.5% | 9.9% | +2.3 | +0.4 | |
| Ukraine | 9.1% | 9.0% | 9.4% | 9.5% | +0.4 | +0.1 | |
| Cameroon | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.1% | +2.1 | +0.4 | |
| Central African Republic | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.1% | +2.1 | +0.4 | |
| Chad | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.1% | +2.1 | +0.4 | |
| Congo | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.1% | +2.1 | +0.4 | |
| Congo (DRC) | 7.0% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 9.1% | +2.1 | +0.4 | |
| Haiti | 7.1% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 8.9% | +1.8 | +0.4 | |
| Kenya | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 8.9% | +1.1 | +0.2 | |
| Zimbabwe | 6.9% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 8.9% | +2.0 | +0.4 | |
| Laos | 6.0% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 8.4% | +2.4 | +0.6 | |
| Bangladesh | 6.5% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 8.0% | +1.5 | +0.2 | |
| Burundi | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Eritrea | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Ethiopia | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Somalia | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| South Sudan | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Sudan | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Tanzania | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Uganda | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.0% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Armenia | 6.2% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 7.7% | +1.5 | +0.3 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 7.6% | +0.4 | -0.1 | |
| Rwanda | 6.0% | 6.3% | 7.2% | 7.6% | +1.6 | +0.4 | |
| Sri Lanka | 6.2% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7.6% | +1.4 | +0.3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 5.7% | 6.3% | 7.2% | 7.6% | +1.9 | +0.4 | |
| Syria | 6.7% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 7.4% | +0.7 | -0.1 | |
| Cuba | 5.7% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 6.8% | +1.1 | +0.1 | |
| Afghanistan | 5.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.3% | +1.2 | +0.2 | |
| Tajikistan | 5.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.3% | +1.2 | +0.2 | |
| Turkmenistan | 5.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.3% | +1.2 | +0.2 | |
| Cambodia | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 6.1% | +1.5 | +0.4 |
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Definitions and revision notes
These adjusted population estimates measure use, not proficiency or productivity. They are distinct from the Claude conversation index and Eurostat’s enterprise survey. No global rate is calculated by averaging these country percentages.
This table follows the supplied Q2 2026 CSV. The Q2 report appendix revises four Q1 values upward by 0.1 percentage points: Algeria, Gambia, Ukraine and Cambodia. The CSV vintage is retained here. The malformed source label for Türkiye is corrected only in the display.