AI R&D Investment by Country

About This Data

This chart uses OECD.AI's Measuring AI investment page, Figure 3, which extends the OECD and European Commission measurement framework to compare EU AI investment with selected third countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan.

The source notes that this country comparison is limited to key investment categories for statistical consistency. This chart uses the Figure 3 data filtered to the R&D investment item and the ALL sector, so it is showing AI-specific R&D investment rather than total AI investment across every category.

OECD.AI reports the underlying values in million euros. The chart converts those values to billions of euros, excludes the all-countries aggregate row, and keeps EU27 as a regional benchmark alongside individual countries.

The United States leads at €89.8B, followed by EU27 at €33.4B. Germany and Japan are the next-largest individual countries at €10.8B and €10.5B, followed by the United Kingdom at €5.0B.

This should be read separately from the private AI investment chart on this site. The OECD.AI figure estimates AI-specific R&D investment in euros, while the Stanford chart reports private AI investment in U.S. dollars. They use different metrics, scopes, currencies, and methodologies.

Source figure: OECD.AI, Measuring AI investment, Figure 3.

Metric shown: AI-specific R&D investment, billions of euros.

Rows shown: R&D investment item, ALL sector, excluding the all-countries aggregate.