Countries worldwide are designing and implementing AI governance legislation and policies commensurate to the velocity and variety of proliferating AI-powered technologies. Efforts include the development of comprehensive legislation, focused legislation for specific use cases, national AI strategies or policies, and voluntary guidelines and standards. There is no standard approach toward bringing AI under state regulation, however, common patterns toward reaching the goal of AI regulation can be observed. Given the transformative nature of AI technology, the challenge for jurisdictions is to find a balance between innovation and regulation of risks. Therefore, governance of AI often, if not always, begins with a jurisdiction rolling out a national strategy or ethics policy instead of legislating from the get-go.

This pattern is evident throughout this tracker, which is compiled into a chart, map and directory with information specific to covered jurisdictions. In June 2025, the IAPP published this article providing insight on the latest global AI law and policy trends.

This resource updates with valuable input from the global community of AI governance professionals, and we continue to welcome feedback and insights from this community. If you are aware of relevant information absent from the tracker, please share it with us at research@iapp.org.

Global AI law and policy chart
This chart tracks AI legislation and policy, authorities, laws and policies in parallel professions, and adds commentary on the wider AI context in covered jurisdictions. Such initiatives are either already being deliberated at the country level or are in the process of commencing deliberations in countries across six continents, speaking to the global importance of AI. However, given the rapid and widespread policymaking in this space, the tracker does not include all AI initiatives within every jurisdiction across every continent.

Global AI law and policy map
This map shows which jurisdictions are in focus and covered by this tracker. It does not represent the extent to which jurisdictions around the world are active on AI governance legislation.

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