Artificial intelligence, five debates
In 2022, five delegations mentioned artificial intelligence, one sentence each. In 2026, 131 of 194 did — just over two thirds of the General Debate. This page is every one of them, and the sentences they used.
5 → 131
countries raising AI, 2022 to 2026
155
raised it at least once in the five debates
1
raised it in all five — United Kingdom alone
61
raised it in a single year
The subject arrived in one debate, then kept arriving
Growth is not the same as adoption settling down. Each bar splits the countries raising AI that year into those doing it for the first time and those that had raised it before — and 45 of 2026's 131 were first-timers, the largest intake of the five.
Hover or focus a year for its numbers.
Every country, every debate
Ordered by when each country first raised AI, so the five intakes read down the page. A filled cell carries the number of mentions in that statement; press it to read the sentences themselves. An empty cell means that delegation did not mention AI that year — not that it scored zero.
155 of 155 countries
| Country | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 70 | 5 | |||||
| Monaco | · | 12 | 4 | ||||
| Philippines | · | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | · | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Rwanda AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Singapore SIDS | · | 33 | 4 | ||||
| South Korea | · | · | 21 | 3 | |||
| United States | · | 20 | 4 | ||||
| Barbados SIDS | · | · | 15 | 3 | |||
| Israel | · | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Germany | · | · | · | 14 | 2 | ||
| Japan | · | · | 14 | 3 | |||
| Costa Rica | · | 13 | 4 | ||||
| China | · | 12 | 4 | ||||
| Argentina | · | · | · | 10 | 2 | ||
| European Union | · | · | 10 | 3 | |||
| Slovakia | · | · | 10 | 3 | |||
| Italy | · | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Malta | · | · | 9 | 3 | |||
| Ukraine | · | · | 9 | 3 | |||
| Chile | · | · | 8 | 3 | |||
| Morocco AF | · | · | 8 | 3 | |||
| India | · | · | 7 | 3 | |||
| Spain | · | 7 | 4 | ||||
| North Macedonia | · | · | 6 | 3 | |||
| Serbia | · | · | · | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bulgaria | · | · | 5 | 3 | |||
| Ethiopia AF LDC | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Namibia AF | · | · | 5 | 3 | |||
| Vatican City | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Zambia AF LDC | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Cameroon AF | · | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Iceland | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Slovenia | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Venezuela | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Austria | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Canada | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Lesotho AF LDC | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines SIDS | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Sweden | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Nepal LDC | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Uruguay | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Indonesia | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Nicaragua | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Qatar | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Somalia AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Greece | · | · | 40 | 3 | |||
| Kazakhstan | · | · | 18 | 3 | |||
| France | · | · | 16 | 3 | |||
| Estonia | · | · | 14 | 3 | |||
| Malawi AF LDC | · | · | 13 | 3 | |||
| Tajikistan | · | · | 12 | 3 | |||
| Mauritius AF SIDS | · | · | 11 | 3 | |||
| Bangladesh LDC | · | · | 10 | 3 | |||
| Czech Republic | · | · | · | 9 | 2 | ||
| Côte d'Ivoire AF | · | · | 8 | 3 | |||
| Turkey | · | · | 8 | 3 | |||
| Latvia | · | · | 7 | 3 | |||
| Paraguay | · | · | · | 7 | 2 | ||
| Uzbekistan | · | · | 7 | 3 | |||
| Brazil | · | · | 6 | 3 | |||
| Russia | · | · | · | 6 | 2 | ||
| San Marino | · | · | 6 | 3 | |||
| Bahrain | · | · | 5 | 3 | |||
| Egypt AF | · | · | 5 | 3 | |||
| Maldives SIDS | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Nigeria AF | · | · | 5 | 3 | |||
| Norway | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Djibouti AF LDC | · | · | 4 | 3 | |||
| Finland | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Algeria AF | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | ||
| Haiti LDC SIDS | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Portugal | · | · | 3 | 3 | |||
| Sierra Leone AF LDC | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bolivia | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Comoros AF LDC SIDS | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kenya AF | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Laos LDC | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mongolia | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Vietnam | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Burundi AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Colombia | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuwait | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Peru | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Albania | · | · | · | 23 | 2 | ||
| Grenada SIDS | · | · | · | 6 | 2 | ||
| Guyana SIDS | · | · | · | 6 | 2 | ||
| Micronesia SIDS | · | · | · | 6 | 2 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Solomon Islands LDC SIDS | · | · | · | 5 | 2 | ||
| Belize SIDS | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Montenegro | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Timor-Leste LDC SIDS | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Zimbabwe AF | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | ||
| Central African Republic AF LDC | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | ||
| Congo AF | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Croatia | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cuba SIDS | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cyprus | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ecuador | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ghana AF | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Mozambique AF LDC | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Netherlands | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pakistan | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Samoa SIDS | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cape Verde AF SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Mauritania AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Oman | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Lithuania | · | · | · | · | 12 | 1 | |
| Australia | · | · | · | · | 11 | 1 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis SIDS | · | · | · | · | 10 | 1 | |
| Liechtenstein | · | · | · | · | 9 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | · | · | · | · | 6 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | · | · | · | · | 5 | 1 | |
| Angola AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 4 | 1 | |
| Benin AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 4 | 1 | |
| Poland | · | · | · | · | 4 | 1 | |
| Bhutan | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Jamaica SIDS | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Mali AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Turkmenistan | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Vanuatu SIDS | · | · | · | · | 3 | 1 | |
| Andorra | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Belgium | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Eswatini AF | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Gambia AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Lebanon | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Liberia AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Saint Lucia SIDS | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Senegal AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| South Africa AF | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Suriname SIDS | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Togo AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago SIDS | · | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Bahamas SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Belarus | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Botswana AF | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Burkina Faso AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Cambodia LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| El Salvador | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Gabon AF | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| North Korea | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe AF LDC SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Seychelles AF SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Tanzania AF LDC | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Tonga SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Tunisia AF | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuvalu LDC SIDS | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 |
What they said about it in 2026
Governance is the dominant register, ahead of opportunity: more countries asked for rules, a framework or a treaty than described a benefit. These are lenses on the wording, not a classifier — a passage can land in several, and the count is countries whose AI sentences use wording in that group at least once. "Governance, regulation, rules" counting 73 countries means that many used such wording near AI, which is not the same claim as that many framing AI that way.
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How this was counted
A mention is the phrase spelled out, the bare acronym AI, the dotted A.I., the French intelligence artificielle, or the OCR spelling Al with a lowercase L — which several 2023 texts use, and which counts as the acronym when that statement also spells the phrase out somewhere. Without it Israel's 2023 statement would report one mention instead of eleven.
The acronym is matched case-sensitively. Folding case would pull in the French j'ai and OCR debris; measured across the corpus, every one of the difference is noise.
Sentences are cut from cleaned text and never cross a paragraph, so a page footer sitting in the text flow cannot land inside a quote. Percentages are over the statements actually delivered that year — between 190 and 194 — not over UN membership, because dividing by a constant would move the line for a reason that is not about AI.
Exported 2026-09-30T11:24:30Z · 901 mentions and 834 sentences across 2022–2026 · method, sources and limits