India ranks 10th with $1.4 billion private investment in AI: UN

India has been ranked 10th in the world with significant private investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2023. According to the 2025 Technology and Innovation Report issued by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India ranked 36th in 2024 on the Readiness for Frontier Technologies Index, improving its position from 48th in 2022. India ranks 36th out of 170 nations on a global index measuring a country’s readiness for frontier technologies, improving its ranking from last



year. 

The report also notes that China, Germany, India, the UK, and the US show scientific strength in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The US leads the world in terms of private investment in AI, at 67 billion US dollars in 2023, or 70 percent of global AI private investment. China were in second position, with 7.8 billion US dollars, and India in tenth position, with 1.4 billion dollars.