Nigeria ranked among the three lowest-performing countries analyzed in AI adoption, with just a seven percent AI adoption rate in 2025.
Cybernews researchers analyzed download data of the 100 most popular AI apps in 64 countries and compared those download figures against national population sizes to estimate adoption rates.
The research sourced the download data from Google Play Store and Apple App Store via a third-party data provider.
Nigeria ranks 62nd out of 64 countries in the AI Adoption Index 2025, with 7% adoption, the same rate as Poland and Venezuela.
Despite posting the fastest year-over-year growth in the dataset (+600%), this increase reflects a rise from just 1% in 2024 to 7% in 2025, leaving overall penetration comparatively low.
The constraints are primarily structural. For those with lower incomes, basic factors like having reliable electricity, affordable devices, decent internet access, and solid digital infrastructure restrict how widely AI can be used.
In Nigeria, only around 60% of the population has access to electricity, directly restricting consistent use of AI tools.
Here are the key figures for Nigeria:
AI adoption in India increased from 1% in 2023 and 2024 to 7% in 2025.
Downloads rose from 1.9M (2023) to 3.2M (2024) and 15.8M (2025), with a +600% year-over-year increase from 2024 to 2025 – the largest yearly growth in our dataset.
