UAE Leads MENA in Combining AI and Human Skills

The United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) ranks first in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) and sixth globally in developing artificial intelligence ( AI ) skills alongside the human capabilities needed to apply them, according to Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2026. The UAE placed ahead of the United States , Singapore , the United Kingdom , China, and India in the report’s newly introduced AI-Human Skills Synergy Index. The index assesses how learners across 98 countries develop AI and human sk