This is the 2026-08 edition, checked 2026-09-06. The data retains its actual observation period. Quarterly estimates and annual surveys do not become measurements of the edition month.
AI diffusion · provider estimate
Working-age population, including people offline. Q1 2026.
147 / 219 economies with eligible evidence · Microsoft AI diffusion · 2026-08.r1
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Comparable evidence
Countries in the same measurement lane.
Q1 2026 · Microsoft AI diffusion. Ranked only among covered economies.
Economy
AI diffusion · provider estimate
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Top eligible rows in the current region/search. Same metric, measurement profile and source period. 2026-08.r1.
Economic evidence / native study periods
What happens when people use AI?
Different tasks, different results. These studies are outside the country ranking.
Randomized controlled study
Experienced developers, familiar repositories
AI-allowed tasks took 19% longer
16 experienced open-source developers; 246 issues in repositories they knew.
Early 2025 experiment · published July 2025
This setting does not represent all developers or current tools. METR’s February 2026 follow-up identifies selection effects and redesigns the study; do not extrapolate this effect to countries.
First edition: openly licensed country AI estimates, official AI and social-use surveys, and scoped productivity studies. Later editions record additions and revisions here.
Why it may matter
Adoption describes reach. Attention requires compatible time measurement. Economic benefit requires evidence about completed work and all-in costs.
What remains uncertain
No comparable monthly country attention, platform audience or realized net-benefit feed is connected. Country coverage and survey populations differ across sources.
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