Public-sector AI readiness indicators
Empirical benchmarking of digital infrastructure, civil service capabilities, ethical review procedures, and citizen appeal routes across regional public agencies.
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Comparative Readiness Index (2026)
Scores normalized on a 0–100 scale across governance maturity, digital compute infrastructure, civil service skills, and citizen redress.
| Jurisdiction | Governance (25%) | Compute & Data (25%) | Civil Skills (25%) | Redress & Audit (25%) | Overall Index | Institutional Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 92 | 95 | 88 | 82 | 89.3 | Comprehensive testing sandbox ecosystem and specialized digital civil service cadre. |
| India | 74 | 81 | 76 | 58 | 72.2 | Expansive digital public infrastructure (DPI); ongoing gaps in independent administrative redress. |
| Malaysia | 71 | 75 | 68 | 62 | 69.0 | National AI roadmap advancing steadily with cross-ministerial coordination guidelines. |
| Indonesia | 65 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 62.3 | Robust data protection legislation; municipal agency capacity remains uneven across regions. |
| Thailand | 64 | 70 | 59 | 51 | 61.0 | Active healthcare testing sandboxes; legislative statutory framework remains in advisory phase. |
| Philippines | 58 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 55.8 | Strong focus on BPO sector transition; public procurement algorithmic checks emerging. |
| Sri Lanka | 52 | 56 | 54 | 46 | 52.0 | Draft national AI roadmap with strategic focus on multilingual civil service delivery. |
| Bangladesh | 48 | 53 | 49 | 41 | 47.8 | A2i civic tech innovations scaling; data governance and statutory oversight under formulation. |
Singapore
Comprehensive testing sandbox ecosystem and specialized digital civil service cadre.
India
Expansive digital public infrastructure (DPI); ongoing gaps in independent administrative redress.
Malaysia
National AI roadmap advancing steadily with cross-ministerial coordination guidelines.
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Institutional Governance
Evaluates statutory clarity, mandatory algorithmic registers, risk classification frameworks, and conflict-of-interest rules in public IT contracting.
Data & Compute Assets
Measures national sovereign cloud capabilities, cross-agency data interoperability, Open Data portals, and local language dataset availability.
Civil Service Skills
Tracks internal technical auditing capacity within ministries, digital talent retention policies, and institutional AI literacy training programs.
Citizen Redress & Audit
Scrutinizes due-process rights, external ombudsman oversight, public algorithmic dispute appeal channels, and civil society auditing protections.