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Share of people in European countries using generative AI tools

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What you should know about this indicator

  • This data comes from Eurostat's annual survey on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in households and by individuals, a sample survey carried out by national statistical institutes.
  • Respondents were asked whether they had used any generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, LLaMA, Midjourney, DALL-E) to create content like text, images, programming code, or videos in the last 3 months. Possible answers were: Yes or No.
  • In 2025, around 330,000 individuals aged 16 to 74 in the EU were surveyed through face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, or online questionnaires.
  • 2025 is the first year Eurostat included questions on generative AI use in this survey, so no earlier time series is available for this indicator.
Share of people in European countries using generative AI tools
Share of individuals aged 16 to 74 who reported using tools — such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Midjourney — to create content in the previous three months.
Source
Eurostat (2026)with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
April 7, 2026
Next expected update
April 2027
Date range
2025–2025
Unit
%

Sources and processing

Eurostat – Use of generative AI tools by individuals

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April 7, 2026
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Retrieved on
April 7, 2026
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Eurostat - Use of generative AI tools by individuals (2026).

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import delimited "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-europe-using-generative-ai.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", encoding("utf-8") clear