๐ค 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.
๐บ๐ธ United States43%๐จ๐ณ China38%๐ซ๐ท France3.9%๐ฐ๐ท South Korea๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom๐จ๐ฆ Canada๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ต Japan๐ท๐บ Russia๐ซ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฌ๐จ๐ญ
1
๐บ๐ธUnited States
221
2
๐จ๐ณChina
194
3
๐ซ๐ทFrance
20
4
๐ฐ๐ทSouth Korea
18
5
๐ฆ๐ชUnited Arab Emirates
8
6
๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
8
7
๐จ๐ฆCanada
7
8
๐ญ๐ฐHong Kong
7
9
๐ฉ๐ชGermany
4
10
๐ฎ๐ฑIsrael
4
11
๐ฏ๐ตJapan
4
12
๐ท๐บRussia
4
13
๐ซ๐ฎFinland
2
14
๐ธ๐ฆSaudi Arabia
2
15
๐ธ๐ฌSingapore
2
16
๐จ๐ญSwitzerland
2
17
๐ฆ๐บAustralia
1
18
๐ง๐ฌBulgaria
1
19
๐ต๐ฑPoland
1
20
๐บ๐ฆUkraine
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.