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Global AI Observatory

Tracking government AI in education policy and sovereign AI model development across 56 nations.

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Scope: This observatory focuses on K-12 and higher education AI policy, as well as the development of sovereign AI models (open-source and proprietary). It documents verified government initiatives and native AI development efforts across the globe. This observatory is continuously developed and will expand as new official policies are published.

About the Observatory

The Global AI Observatory tracks how governments are integrating AI into education — specifically at the K-12 and higher education levels. Each profile documents the official initiative name, issuing body, policy type (national strategy, teacher guidance, curriculum framework, or regulatory act), and a direct link to the primary source document. Data is sourced exclusively from official government ministries, departments of education, and verified institutional publications across 56 nations. This interactive map and its underlying database were developed by Sai Gattupalli, PhD, Principal Research Scientist at Society & AI, to foster global transparency and support empirical inquiry into international AI policy.

Suggest an update or report an issue

Do you know of an official AI in education initiative from your country that is missing here? Have you found a broken link, an incorrect policy name, or outdated information?

Please open an issue on our GitHub repository and include the following:

  • Country name
  • Official initiative or policy title
  • Issuing ministry or government body
  • Direct link to the primary government document or official page

We review submissions regularly and update the observatory as verified information becomes available.

Open an issue on GitHub →

How to use this map
  • Hover over a highlighted country to see a quick preview of its policy type and a one-sentence description of the initiative.
  • Click a country to load its full profile in the right panel — including the official initiative name, issuing body, year, policy type badge, description, and a direct link to the primary government document.
  • Pan & Zoom using your mouse scroll wheel or the controls at the bottom right of the map.
  • Model data (for select nations) lists known open source and proprietary AI models with links to their home pages.
What does this map show

This interactive map tracks how governments are officially integrating AI into education — specifically at the K-12 and higher education levels. Each highlighted country has at least one verified government initiative: a national strategy, teacher guidance document, curriculum framework, online course, or regulatory act that directly addresses AI in education.

The map does not represent general AI policy or AI industry presence. It focuses exclusively on what governments have formally published for schools, teachers, and educational institutions.

What are the sources

All data in this observatory is sourced directly from official government websites — ministries of education, national digital agencies, and verified institutional publications. Links point to primary source documents wherever available.

For nations where no direct document URL was available at the time of publication, the initiative is documented without a link and flagged for follow-up.

This observatory does not rely on third-party news coverage or secondary summaries. If a government source cannot be confirmed, the entry is marked as unverified.

AI acknowledgements

This observatory is a work in progress. The initial dataset was compiled using Google Gemini Deep Research, which was used to identify and locate official government AI in education initiatives across 53 nations.

All links and initiative details have been manually reviewed and verified to the best of our ability. However, government URLs change, documents are archived, and policies are updated — some links may be outdated or temporarily unavailable.

We aim to update this observatory on a regular basis. If you find an error or a broken link, please open an issue on GitHub and we will address it promptly.

Open source credits
  • Country flagsFlag CDN (flagcdn.com) — free, open-access CDN for country flag images.
  • World map dataNatural Earth — public domain map data at 1:110m scale.
  • Map renderingD3.js — BSD-licensed JavaScript library for data-driven documents.
  • Topology formatTopoJSON — ISC-licensed extension of GeoJSON for efficient topology encoding.