Taiwan makes it to top 20 in report on AI diffusion
Taiwan makes it to top 20 in report on AI diffusion
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Publish Date: 2026-05-09 12:00:00
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Taiwan ranked ahead of the US, Denmark and Germany, which placed 21st, 22nd and 23rd respectively, in use of generative AI
Taiwan recorded the world’s 20th-highest artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion rate in the first quarter of this year, entering the top 20 for the first time, a report released by a Microsoft think tank showed.
In the AI Economy Institute report published on Thursday, Taiwan recorded a generative AI usage rate of 31.8 percent of its working population, rising from 23rd place in the second half of last year.
Taiwan ranked ahead of the US, Denmark and Germany, which placed 21st, 22nd and 23rd with rates of 31.3 percent, 31.2 percent and 31.1 percent respectively.
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Taiwan and Japan posted increases of 3.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, tying for the sixth-largest gain.
South Korea, ranked 16th globally with a diffusion rate of 37.1 percent, recorded the largest increase at 6.4 percentage points.
The report measured the share of people aged 15 to 64 using generative AI across 147 economies.
Globally, the AI diffusion rate reached 17.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, up 1.5 percentage points from the second half of last year, the report said.
A total of 26 economies recorded diffusion rates above 30 percent.
The United Arab Emirates and Singapore were the only two economies with diffusion rates exceeding 50 percent, at 70.1 percent and 63.4 percent respectively.
The two nations were followed by Norway, Ireland, France, Spain, New Zealand, the UK, the Netherlands and Qatar.
The report also said that 12 of the 15 economies with the sharpest increases…
