India ranks 3rd in Stanford Global AI Vibrancy Index, after US & China
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New Delhi: India has been ranked third in Stanford University’s 2025 Global AI Vibrancy tool, reflecting significant progress across seven key pillars, including research and development, talent, and infrastructure, over the past year.
According to the report released in November, India climbed four places from seventh position in 2023 to third in 2024, overtaking the United Kingdom and leading Asian economies such as South Korea, Singapore, and Japan in overall AI progress.
India secured third place in the 2024 Global AI Vibrancy Index with a score of 21.59, followed by South Korea at 17.24 and the United Kingdom at 16.64. While India recorded a sharp rise in ranking, the United Kingdom moved up one place from sixth to fifth. The report noted that both countries have recently renewed major initiatives aimed at strengthening their positions in the global AI ecosystem.
The 2025 edition of Stanford University’s Global AI Index, based on the 2024 Global AI Vibrancy rankings, shows that India now trails only the United States and China in overall AI progress, despite several leading nations committing multi-billion-dollar investments to the sector.
According to Stanford’s AI Index Report, governments worldwide are investing heavily in artificial intelligence. Canada has pledged USD 2.4 billion, China has launched a USD 47.5 billion semiconductor fund, France has committed 109 billion euros, India has pledged USD 1.25 billion, and Saudi Arabia’s Project Transcendence represents a USD 100 billion initiative.
The report measures AI vibrancy across seven pillars: research and development, responsible AI, economy, talent, policy and governance, public opinion, and infrastructure.
India’s improved performance was driven largely by gains in research and development, assessed through innovative output such as patent filings and journal publications. Progress was also noted in responsible AI, which focuses on building ethical AI systems to gain public trust and prevent harm, as well as in the economic pillar, which tracks trends in investment volumes and job markets.
The country also showed improvement in the talent pillar, measured through the availability and growth of AI-related education programmes. The report highlighted that public perception plays a key role in AI adoption and development, alongside the availability of infrastructure required for technological advancement.
However, India slipped five positions in the policy and governance pillar, indicating challenges in regulatory and governance frameworks related to AI, according to the report.
With PTI inputs