The EU has 30% more AI engineers per capita than the USA.

Omissions

• The MEP used the term 'AI engineers' but the underlying data refers to 'AI professionals,' 'AI experts,' or 'AI talent' — a broader category that includes engineers but also researchers, data scientists, and other AI-related roles.
• The original mapping study covers 'Europe' rather than strictly the 'EU.' Some analyses may include non-EU European countries such as the UK, Switzerland, and Norway, which host significant AI talent pools.
• The MEP did not cite the specific data source. The 30% figure appears to originate from independent research published by Interface (a think tank) and echoed by Euronews and the EIT Deep Tech Talent initiative, rather than from an official EU statistical body such as Eurostat. No primary official source was identified in the available search results.
• The exact reference year of the underlying mapping study was not confirmed from the search snippets. The data may be from 2024 or early 2025.

Sources

• SecondaryInterface — Where is Europe's AI workforce coming from?It boasts a per-capita concentration of AI experts that surpasses that of the United States by 30% and nearly triples that of China.
• SecondaryEIT Deep Tech Talent — Europe's AI Workforce: Mapping the Talent Behind the CodeEurope boasts an impressive 30% higher per-capita concentration of AI professionals than the U.S. and nearly three times that of China.
• SecondaryEuronews — The AI brain drain: Why Europe can't keep the talent it trainsOne mapping of global AI professionals found that Europe has about 30% more AI talent per capita than the US and nearly three times as many as China.