๐Ÿค– Countries Building the Most Large-Scale AI Models

Cumulative number of large-scale AI systems (trained with more than 10ยฒยณ FLOP) since 2019, by the country of the developers' main affiliation.

๐Ÿ“… 2025๐Ÿ“ AI models20 entries
Each tileโ€™s area is its share of the combined total of 511 (20 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.
1
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States
221
2
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina
194
3
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance
20
4
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทSouth Korea
18
5
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates
8
6
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom
8
7
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada
7
8
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐHong Kong
7
9
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany
4
10
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael
4
11
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan
4
12
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussia
4
13
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland
2
14
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia
2
15
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore
2
16
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland
2
17
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia
1
18
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria
1
19
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland
1
20
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine
1

Highlights

As of 2025, United States ranks first with 221, followed by China (194) and France (20).

Across 20 countries and territories, values run from 221 (United States) to 1 (Ukraine), with a median of 4.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 3 from Europe and 2 from the Americas.

Source: Epoch AI, via Our World in Data, 2025. Unit: AI models.

Source: Epoch AI, via Our World in Data ยท CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) ยท fetched Oct 13, 2026 โ€” A model with authors in several countries counts for each. Secretive models may be missing.