OECD: Business AI adoption differs widely across countries
In OECD’s 2025 analysis, 13.9% of businesses in the OECD area and 13.5% in the EU-27 used AI solutions in 2024.
Event / data period: 2024
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IllustrationThe measured OECD-country adoption range widened from 2–16% in 2021 to 4–28% in 2024. Denmark, Sweden and Finland were in the 24–28% range; Belgium stood at 25%.
The report says generative AI accelerated diffusion while gaps by sector, firm size and country persisted. These indicators draw on country surveys, not a single global census of firms.
Data
Reported indicators
Selected numerical indicators for the scope and period defined by the source.
- Businesses using AI in OECD area
- 13.9 percent of enterprises
- 2024 · Observed
- AI adoption among EU-27 enterprises
- 13.5 percent of enterprises
- 2024 · Observed
- Top of OECD-country adoption range
- 28 percent of enterprises
- 2024 · Observed
Methodology
OECD/Eurostat business-use statistics; the cross-country adoption range reports the lowest and highest national rates.
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