Antigua and Barbuda has been ranked 154th out of 195 countries in the 2025 Government AI Readiness Index, published by Oxford Insights, according to Antigua News Room. The index measures how prepared governments are to harness artificial intelligence for public benefit.
This year's edition of the index employs a revised six-pillar framework, assessing nations across Policy Capacity, AI Infrastructure, Governance, Public Sector Adoption, Development and Diffusion, and Resilience.
Across CARICOM, country rankings range from 93rd to 189th globally. Jamaica stands as the only CARICOM member state to break into the global top 100 — a distinction Oxford Insights attributes to the country's newly published national AI strategy.
Trinidad and Tobago, ranked 122nd, and The Bahamas, at 126th, form a second tier within the region. The remaining 11 CARICOM member states, including Antigua and Barbuda, fall between 144th and 189th place.
As reported by Antigua News Room, each country also receives a score between 0 and 100 across each of the six pillars. Averaged across the region, AI Infrastructure emerges as CARICOM's strongest area, scoring 33. Governance and Resilience each score 29, while Policy Capacity and Development and Diffusion both trail significantly at 13.
The data collectively points to a region with stronger digital infrastructure foundations than national AI strategies or applied AI implementation — a gap that experts suggest member states will need to address as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to modern governance.
