{
  "id": "F-35",
  "url": "https://evy.so/facts/genai-use-for-work-by-eu-country/",
  "chapter": "Europe",
  "question": "What share of workers in each EU country use generative AI for work?",
  "answer": "In 2025, between 9 percent of workers (Romania) and 37 percent (Netherlands) had used generative AI for work in the previous three months; the EU figure was 22 percent. Germany was at 21 percent, France 25, Spain 26 and Portugal 28. Surveys a year later with broader questions find higher shares, up to about half of workers.",
  "range": {
    "low": 8.6,
    "high": 37.1,
    "unit": "% of employed people who used generative AI for work in the previous 3 months, lowest and highest EU country, 2025",
    "display": "9–37% of workers used generative AI for work in 2025, from Romania to the Netherlands; EU 22%"
  },
  "confidence": "medium",
  "confidence_reason": "The country figures are official, harmonized statistics, and an independent survey correlates 0.88 with them, so the ranking is solid. The level is less certain: the data describe early 2025, and newer surveys with broader wording find higher shares.",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-14",
  "how_to_read": "The chart shows the top country, the EU, Germany and the lowest country from one official survey; the table above lists the others. The survey asks about generative AI in the previous three months in early 2025, a fast-moving area. Within countries the gap between office and manual workers (28% against 5%) is larger than most gaps between countries. Chapter 3 covers the US and the share of workers worldwide.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "creator": "Eurostat",
      "title": "Individuals: use of generative AI tools (dataset isoc_ai_iaiu)",
      "year": 2025,
      "sample": "Official household survey in all EU countries, mostly second quarter of 2025",
      "method": "Self-reported use of generative AI tools for work in the previous 3 months, employed people aged 16 to 74",
      "figure": "Netherlands 37.1%, Finland 36.9%, Denmark 35.0%, Sweden 29.9%, Portugal 27.6%, Spain 26.1%, France 24.6%, Germany 20.8%, Italy 12.5%, Romania 8.6%; Norway 43.8%; EU 21.8%",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ai_iaiu/default/table",
      "quote": "Use of generative AI tools: for professional (work) purposes"
    },
    {
      "creator": "Eurostat",
      "title": "Individuals: use of generative AI tools (dataset isoc_ai_iaiu)",
      "year": 2025,
      "sample": "Same survey, all EU countries",
      "method": "Same definition",
      "figure": "21.8% of employed people; 27.6% in non-manual jobs, 5.3% in manual jobs",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ai_iaiu/default/table"
    },
    {
      "creator": "Eurostat",
      "title": "Individuals: use of generative AI tools (dataset isoc_ai_iaiu)",
      "year": 2025,
      "sample": "Same survey, Germany",
      "method": "Same definition",
      "figure": "Germany 20.8% for work; 36.7% for any purpose",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ai_iaiu/default/table"
    },
    {
      "creator": "Eurostat",
      "title": "Individuals: use of generative AI tools (dataset isoc_ai_iaiu)",
      "year": 2025,
      "sample": "Same survey, Romania",
      "method": "Same definition",
      "figure": "Romania 8.6%",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ai_iaiu/default/table"
    },
    {
      "creator": "Alexander Bick, Adam Blandin, David J. Deming, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln and Jonas Jessen",
      "title": "Mind the Gap: AI Adoption in Europe and the US (St. Louis Fed Working Paper 2026-003)",
      "year": 2026,
      "sample": "About 3,000 workers per country, January to February 2026",
      "method": "Online panel weighted to labor force surveys; the same question in each country",
      "figure": "Netherlands and Sweden 35.6%, Germany 31.5%, France 28.1%, Italy 25.6%; correlation with Eurostat country rates 0.88",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.20955/wp.2026.003",
      "quote": "Do you use Generative AI for your job? (No/Yes)"
    }
  ],
  "related_findings": [
    {
      "question": "How many European workers use AI at work in 2026?",
      "answer": "About a third to a half, in surveys with broader questions. 34.5% of employed people in 18 EU countries used AI for work in February to March 2026 (European Commission). 52% of workers in 11 euro area countries used AI in their work in 2026 (ECB, any AI tool). In Germany, 48% of workers use AI at work at any frequency, and 8% daily (Bitkom, 2026).",
      "sources": [
        {
          "creator": "European Central Bank",
          "title": "AI adoption and the productivity promise: what workers report (ECB Blog)",
          "year": 2026,
          "sample": "About 20,000 people a month in 11 euro area countries",
          "method": "Consumer Expectations Survey; any AI tool, no time window",
          "figure": "52% of employed workers use AI in their work (26% in 2024, 41% in 2025)",
          "url": "https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260826~e1c1a89999.en.html",
          "quote": "A majority of workers now report using AI for work"
        },
        {
          "creator": "Bitkom",
          "title": "Ein Drittel nutzt KI mindestens einmal pro Woche (press release, 28 April 2026)",
          "year": 2026,
          "sample": "550 employed people in Germany, by telephone, February to March 2026",
          "method": "Industry association survey; any AI use at work, any frequency",
          "figure": "48% of German workers use AI at work: 8% daily, 18% weekly, 22% less often; 12% of users do so without their employer's knowledge",
          "url": "https://www.bitkom.org/Presse/Presseinformation/Ein-Drittel-nutzt-KI-mindestens-einmal-pro-Woche",
          "quote": "48 Prozent der Erwerbstätigen nutzen KI bei der Arbeit"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "numbers_you_may_have_seen": [
    {
      "claim": "15% of Europeans use generative AI for work (Eurostat).",
      "what_the_source_says": "That counts everyone aged 16 to 74, including students and retirees. Among employed people it is 21.8%."
    },
    {
      "claim": "Over half of working-age Europeans use generative AI for work.",
      "what_the_source_says": "Eurostat's over 50% refers to users: 55.6% of users aged 25 to 64 use it for work, which is 18.2% of everyone that age."
    },
    {
      "claim": "Half of German workers use AI at work (Bitkom).",
      "what_the_source_says": "It counts any frequency, including 22% who use it less than weekly. Daily use is 8%; the official 2025 rate for generative AI is 20.8%."
    },
    {
      "claim": "A third of Europeans use generative AI at work.",
      "what_the_source_says": "The 32.7% is use for any purpose by all adults. Work use is 21.8% of employed people."
    }
  ],
  "citation": "EVY (2026). What share of workers in each EU country use generative AI for work? The AI at Work Fact Book, F-35. https://evy.so/facts/genai-use-for-work-by-eu-country/ (last checked October 14, 2026). CC BY 4.0.",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0"
}