Share of companies using artificial intelligence technology

Description: Share of companies using AI technology (e.g., machine learning, computer vision, or natural language processing) in at least one business function.
Data source: McKinsey & Company via AI Index Report – with major processing by Our World in Data
Unit: %
Date range: 2021-2025
Last updated: 2026-04-20
Next expected update: 2027-04-20

Based on McKinsey & Company’s annual “State of AI” surveys of organizations across many countries, industries, and company sizes.
Organizations are counted as using AI if they report using it in at least one business function.
Responses are self-reported and should be interpreted as indicative of trends rather than precise measures of global adoption.

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Reported use often reflects early-stage adoption, such as experimentation or pilot projects, rather than widespread deployment.
To account for differences in response rates, results are weighted by each country’s contribution to global GDP.

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We combine data from multiple releases of the AI Index Report. When the same year appears in more than one release, we use the most recent version.

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McKinsey & Company Survey via AI Index – AI Index Report

The AI Index Report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence (AI). The mission is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, broadly sourced data to enable policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists, and the general public to develop a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI.

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April 8, 2025

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Nestor Maslej, Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Yolanda Gil, Vanessa Parli, Njenga Kariuki, Emily Capstick, Anka Reuel, Erik
Brynjolfsson, John Etchemendy, Katrina Ligett, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Russell Wald,
Tobi Walsh, Armin Hamrah, Lapo Santarlasci, Julia Betts Lotufo, Alexandra Rome, Andrew Shi, Sukrut Oak. “The AI Index 2025
Annual Report,” AI Index Steering Committee, Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April 2025

AI Index Report

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April 20, 2026

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https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf

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This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data.

Sha Sajadieh, Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Yolanda Gil, Vanessa Parli, Lapo Santarlasci, Juan Pava, Nestor Maslej, Russ Altman, Erik Brynjolfsson, Carla Brodley, Jack Clark, Virginia Dignum, Vipin Kumar, James Landay, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Elham Tabassi, Russell Wald, Toby Walsh, Dan Weld. “The AI Index 2026 Annual Report,” AI Index Steering Committee, Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April 2026.

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