AI Governance InternationaL Evaluation Index (AGILE Index) 2025

TL;DR

The AGILE Index 2025 provides a comprehensive, data-driven framework to evaluate and compare AI governance progress across 40 countries, aiding policymakers in identifying strengths and gaps to improve global AI governance.

Contribution

This paper introduces the refined AGILE Index 2025, expanding data sources and metrics to enhance cross-national comparability and practical policy relevance in AI governance assessment.

Findings

Assessed 40 countries across income levels and regions.

Expanded to 4 Pillars, 17 Dimensions, and 43 Indicators.

Improved methodology for better data validity and comparability.

Abstract

The year 2024 witnessed accelerated global AI governance advancements, marked by strengthened multilateral frameworks and proliferating national regulatory initiatives. This acceleration underscores an unprecedented need to systematically track governance progress--an imperative that drove the launch of the AI Governance InternationaL Evaluation Index (AGILE Index) project since 2023. The inaugural AGILE Index, released in February 2024 after assessing 14 countries, established an operational and comparable baseline framework. Building on pilot insights, AGILE Index 2025 incorporates systematic refinements to better balance scientific rigor with practical adaptability. The updated methodology expands data diversity while enhancing metric validity and cross-national comparability. Reflecting both research advancements and practical policy evolution, AGILE Index 2025 evaluates 40 countries across income levels, regions, and technological development stages, with 4 Pillars, 17 Dimensions and 43 Indicators. In compiling the data, the team integrates multi-source evidence including policy documents, governance practices, research outputs, and risk exposure to construct a unified comparison framework. This approach maps global disparities while enabling countries to identify governance strengths, gaps, and systemic constraints. Through ongoing refinement and iterations, we hope the AGILE Index will fundamentally advance transparency and measurability in global AI governance, delivering data-driven assessments that depict national AI governance capacity, assist governments in recognizing their maturation stages and critical governance issues, and ultimately provide actionable insights for enhancing AI governance systems nationally and globally.