AI regulations around the world
Each jurisdiction page answers the same questions: what is binding, what is guidance, what applies when, and where the official sources are. Coverage grows only as records are source-backed and reviewed.
- Binding AI law in force 37
- Binding AI law adopted 4
- Strategy, guidance or existing law 65
- Nothing recorded yet 92
Asia
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ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Supranational · 2 instruments
Voluntary regional guides (2024, 2025); no binding ASEAN AI regulation.
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Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
State · part of United Arab Emirates · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Afghanistan
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Armenia
Country · 0 instruments
Armenia adopted an AI strategy framework in 2025 and hosts the "Armenia AI Factory" initiative; the strategy text was not verified from an official source at the time of checking....
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Azerbaijan
Country · 1 instrument
Azerbaijan approved the Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2028 by presidential decree in March 2025. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications an...
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Bahrain
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: General Policy for the Use of Artificial Intelligence (2025, policy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Bangladesh
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2026-2030 (2026, consultation, under consultation). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending...
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Beijing (China)
Region · part of China · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Bhutan
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: Bhutan National AI Strategy 2025 (2025, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Brunei
Country · 0 instruments
Brunei's Digital Economy Masterplan 2025 references AI; the ASEAN guides apply as regional reference. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and s...
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Cambodia
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy in preparation; ASEAN guides as reference; no AI-specific law.
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China
Country · 3 instruments
Instruments on record: Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (2023, regulation, in force); Measures for Labeling Artificial Intelligenc...
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Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
State · part of United Arab Emirates · 2 instruments
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Georgia
Country · 0 instruments
Georgia signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (2024) and has drafted a national AI strategy; adoption not confirmed from an official source. General law (data pro...
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Hong Kong SAR
Territory · part of China · 3 instruments
No AI-specific law; PCPD AI frameworks and Digital Policy Office guidance; financial-regulator circulars.
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India
Country · 4 instruments
No binding cross-sector AI law. Binding obligations arise from the DPDP Act 2023 (phased commencement under the November 2025 Rules), the IT Act and intermediary rules, and sector...
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Indonesia
Country · 3 instruments
Instruments on record: Strategi Nasional Kecerdasan Artifisial Indonesia 2020-2045 (2020, strategy, adopted); Surat Edaran Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 9 Tahun 2023 ten...
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Iran
Country · 0 instruments
Iran approved a national AI document in 2024 and created a National AI Organisation; texts were not verified from an official source. General law (data protection where enacted, co...
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Iraq
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Israel
Country · 1 instrument
National AI policy (2023) as policy; sector regulators act within existing law; no horizontal AI statute.
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Japan
Country · 3 instruments
Instruments on record: AI Guidelines for Business (2024, guidance); Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of Artificial Intelligence-related Technology (202...
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Jordan
Country · 2 instruments
National AI strategy 2023–2027 and AI ethics charter as policy; data-protection law applies.
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Kazakhstan
Country · 2 instruments
Law on AI adopted (2025); AI development concept 2024–2029 as policy.
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Kuwait
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy 2025–2028 as policy; CITRA guidelines; no AI-specific law.
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Kyrgyzstan
Country · 0 instruments
Kyrgyzstan adopted a Digital Code in 2025 and has announced AI regulation work; no adopted AI-specific instrument recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, te...
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Laos
Country · 0 instruments
The ASEAN guides apply as regional reference; no national AI instrument recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies...
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Lebanon
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy 2024–2030 as policy; no AI-specific law.
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Maharashtra (India)
State · part of India · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Malaysia
Country · 3 instruments
Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2021-2025 (2021, strategy, adopted); The National Guidelines on AI Governance & Ethics (2024, guidance); Artificial...
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Maldives
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Mongolia
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy (2024) as policy; no AI-specific law.
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Myanmar
Country · 0 instruments
The ASEAN guides apply as regional reference; no national AI instrument recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rules) applies...
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Nepal
Country · 3 instruments
National AI policy adopted (2025); no binding AI-specific law; privacy and electronic-transaction laws apply. Source certainty for policy documents is medium because official Engli...
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North Korea
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Odisha (India)
State · part of India · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Oman
Country · 1 instrument
National AI programme and government AI policy (2024) as policy; data-protection law applies.
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Pakistan
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025 (2025, policy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Palestine
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Philippines
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: National AI Strategy Roadmap 2.0 (2024, strategy, adopted); National AI Strategy for the Philippines (2025, strategy, proposed). Each is linked to its offici...
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Qatar
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019 (2019, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.
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Saudi Arabia
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: National Strategy for Data & AI (2020, strategy, adopted); AI Ethics Principles (2025, guidance). Each is linked to its official source; human verification p...
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Seoul (South Korea)
Region · part of South Korea · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Shanghai (China)
Region · part of China · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Shenzhen (China)
Region · part of China · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Singapore
Country · 7 instruments
No binding cross-sector AI law. Binding obligations come from the Personal Data Protection Act 2012, the Online Safety framework, sector regulation and consumer law. AI governance...
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South Korea
Country · 1 instrument
Instruments on record: Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (2025, act, in force). Each is linked to its official...
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Sri Lanka
Country · 1 instrument
National AI strategy (2024) as policy; data-protection law applies; no AI-specific law.
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Syria
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Taiwan
Country · 1 instrument
AI Basic Act adopted by the Executive Yuan (2024) and under legislative process; sector guidance from financial regulators.
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Tajikistan
Country · 1 instrument
Tajikistan approved a Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence until 2040 in 2021. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and secto...
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Tamil Nadu (India)
State · part of India · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Telangana (India)
State · part of India · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Thailand
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: Thailand National AI Strategy and Action Plan (2022, strategy, adopted); (Draft) Principles of the Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025, consultation, under...
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Timor-Leste
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
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Tokyo (Japan)
Region · part of Japan · 1 instrument
Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.
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Turkmenistan
Country · 0 instruments
Turkmenistan's digital economy programme references AI; no AI-specific instrument recorded. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and sector rule...
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Türkiye
Country · 2 instruments
National AI strategy 2021–2025 as policy; draft AI law pending in parliament; KVKK AI guidance.
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United Arab Emirates
Country · 4 instruments
No binding federal AI law; national AI strategy and ethics guidance in place; binding personal-data rules at federal level and in the DIFC and ADGM free zones. A reviewer must conf...
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Uzbekistan
Country · 1 instrument
AI development strategy to 2030 (2024) as policy; no AI-specific law.
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Vietnam
Country · 2 instruments
Instruments on record: National Strategy on Research, Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence to 2030 (2021, strategy, adopted); Law on Artificial Intelligence (2025...
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Yemen
Country · 0 instruments
No AI-specific law, strategy or guidance has been recorded for this jurisdiction as of September 2026. General law (data protection where enacted, consumer, telecommunications and...
Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
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Frequently asked questions
Which countries have AI laws?
8 countries and supranational bodies have a binding AI instrument in force on record: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam. A binding instrument here means an act, regulation, rule or order with legal force, which is not always an AI-specific act. 29 jurisdictions have a national AI strategy or plan on record. Most still regulate AI through strategies, guidance or existing law rather than an AI act.
Does every jurisdiction listed here have an AI law?
No, and that is deliberate. Many are recorded with no AI-specific instrument at all, because "nothing binding yet" is a real and useful answer. Each jurisdiction states its regulatory status in words rather than implying a law exists.
What is the difference between a country, a region and a state here?
They are all jurisdictions, and each record says which kind it is. Supranational bodies such as the EU, the Council of Europe and ASEAN sit alongside countries, and sub-national records such as US states or Canadian provinces are kept separate from their federal government because their rules differ.
How do I compare two jurisdictions?
The comparison tool takes two to four jurisdictions and puts them side by side on regulatory status, binding legislation, high-risk and generative-AI rules, transparency, impact assessment, oversight, public-sector rules and dates, with every cell drawn from the same published records.