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💸 Private Investment in AI by Country

Private-market investment (venture capital and similar) in AI companies in one year, in inflation-adjusted US dollars. Listed companies such as Big Tech are not counted.

📅 2025📏 USD billion (constant 2021 prices)92 entries
Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of $429.7B (80 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank. The smallest 40 are merged into one grey tile.
1
🇺🇸United States
$301.0B
2
🇩🇪Germany
$22.0B
3
🇨🇳China
$17.2B
4
🇸🇬Singapore
$15.0B
5
🇬🇧United Kingdom
$10.2B
6
🇨🇦Canada
$9.6B
7
🇪🇸Spain
$9.4B
8
🇸🇪Sweden
$8.4B
9
🇫🇷France
$6.0B
10
🇮🇱Israel
$4.6B
11
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
$3.1B
12
🇮🇳India
$3.0B
13
🇨🇭Switzerland
$2.9B
14
🇲🇹Malta
$2.3B
15
🇧🇷Brazil
$1.4B
16
🇯🇵Japan
$1.4B
17
🇳🇱Netherlands
$1.3B
18
🇦🇺Australia
$1.3B
19
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
$1.2B
20
🇰🇷South Korea
$1.1B
21
🇧🇪Belgium
$0.6B
22
🇦🇹Austria
$0.5B
23
🇨🇿Czechia
$0.5B
24
🇩🇰Denmark
$0.5B
25
🇫🇮Finland
$0.5B
26
🇳🇴Norway
$0.5B
27
🇵🇱Poland
$0.5B
28
🇮🇪Ireland
$0.5B
29
🇮🇹Italy
$0.5B
30
🇵🇹Portugal
$0.4B
31
🇲🇽Mexico
$0.4B
32
🇻🇳Vietnam
$0.2B
33
🇿🇦South Africa
$0.2B
34
🇳🇿New Zealand
$0.1B
35
🇵🇭Philippines
$0.1B
36
🇺🇦Ukraine
$0.1B
37
🇨🇱Chile
$0.1B
38
🇪🇪Estonia
$0.1B
39
🇬🇷Greece
$0.1B
40
🇪🇬Egypt
$0.1B
41
🇹🇷Türkiye
$0.1B
42
🇹🇼Taiwan
$0.1B
43
🇱🇹Lithuania
$0.1B
44
🇨🇾Cyprus
$0.1B
45
🇷🇴Romania
$0.1B
46
🇲🇾Malaysia
$0.1B
47
🇯🇲Jamaica
$0.0B
48
🇨🇴Colombia
$0.0B
49
🇧🇬Bulgaria
$0.0B
50
🇮🇩Indonesia
$0.0B

Highlights

As of 2025, United States ranks first with $301.0B, followed by Germany ($22.0B) and China ($17.2B).

United States is 14 times higher than Germany, the runner-up.

Across 92 countries and territories, values run from $301.0B (United States) to $0.0B (Zimbabwe), with a median of $0.0B.

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

Source: CSET Country Activity Tracker, via Our World in Data, 2025. Unit: USD billion (constant 2021 prices).

Source: CSET Country Activity Tracker, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Private investment only; annual totals are sensitive to a few very large deals.