195 countries, nine measures, every figure sourced and dated. Updated Oct 14, 2026.
Recorded Oct 14, 2026
15.2%
of the world's AI research papers in the last 12 months had an author in China, the most of any country.
OpenAlex, recorded daily by Rank.ai: the board.
The world by economy. Nominal GDP, current US dollars. Source: World Bank.
Since 2014: places gained or lost in the GDP ranking from 2014 to 2024, computed by Rank.ai from World Bank data.
United StatesNorth America$29.3T20242=
ChinaEastern Asia$18.7T20243▲ 1
GermanyWestern Europe$4.7T20244▼ 1
JapanEastern Asia$4.2T20245▲ 5
IndiaSouthern Asia$3.8T20246▼ 1
United KingdomNorthern Europe$3.7T20247▼ 1
FranceWestern Europe$3.2T20248=
ItalySouthern Europe$2.4T20249▲ 2
CanadaNorth America$2.3T202410▼ 1
RussiaEastern Europe$2.2T202411▼ 4
BrazilSouth America$2.2T202412=
South KoreaEastern Asia$1.9T202413▲ 2
MexicoNorth America$1.8T202414▼ 1
AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand$1.8T202415▼ 1
SpainSouthern Europe$1.7T202416▲ 2
IndonesiaSouth-Eastern Asia$1.4T202417▼ 1
TürkiyeWestern Asia$1.4T202418▲ 1
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia$1.3T202419▼ 2
NetherlandsWestern Europe$1.2T202420=
SwitzerlandWestern Europe$969.9B202421▲ 2
PolandCentral Europe$917.8B202422▲ 2
BelgiumWestern Europe$671B202423▲ 2
ArgentinaSouth America$638.4B202424▲ 17
IrelandNorthern Europe$609.2B202425▼ 4
SwedenNorthern Europe$604.8B2024Key findings
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+20places for Bangladesh, #55 to #35
Places gained in the nominal GDP ranking, 2014 to 2024, among countries with World Bank GDP in both years (192 and 187).
Nominal GDP in current US dollars, so exchange rates move ranks as well as output.
15.2%of AI papers, China
Share of AI papers indexed by OpenAlex from Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 with an author based in each country. Rank.ai records the count daily.
A paper with authors in several countries counts for each. Papers with no known country stay in the total.
5.5%a year, China
Average annual growth in GDP per person at constant prices, computed by Rank.ai from World Bank data for the 62 countries over 20 million people with at least eight years of data.
0.89United States, out of 1
5 of the scored countries are rising over 20 years: China, Indonesia, India, South Korea and Türkiye.
Dalio scores 24 economies, including the Eurozone as one. Scores are his, published July 2024.
Sources
Free to use with attribution. Download every country and measure, or copy a citation.
GDP, GDP per person and population (2024 snapshot, retrieved Sep 5, 2026); R&D, life expectancy, growth and the 2014 onward series (retrieved Sep 6, 2026).
AI papers with an author based in each country, trailing 12 months. A paper with authors in several countries counts for each.
Scores and 20 year directions for 24 economies, including the Eurozone as one.
Life evaluation out of 10, survey average 2023 to 2025.
Names, area, borders and map outlines. Boundaries are simplified and imply no position on sovereignty.
Ranks count the 195 countries (193 UN members and two observer states) with a figure for that measure, so each ranking has its own denominator. Territories keep their figures and are not ranked. Missing figures are unranked, never zero. Ties are ordered alphabetically.
The GDP change column is computed by Rank.ai from the World Bank's nominal GDP series: each country's rank in 2014 against its rank in 2024. Nominal GDP is in current US dollars, so exchange rates move it as well as output. The map shades countries in five groups by where they fall in the chosen ranking: fifths for even measures, and for skewed ones (GDP, population, AI research, GDP per person, R&D) the top 5% and 15% get the darkest steps so the largest stand out.
250 countries and territories: every measure, its period, rank and denominator.
Last updated October 14, 2026
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