- The use of digital information in Brazil’s extractive and processing industries increased across nearly all business areas/functions
- The industry with the highest percentage of digitized companies was business
- The fastest growth in the number of digitized companies occurred in the production and development of products, processes, and services
- The proportion of companies using digital technologies is higher among medium and large enterprises. Among smaller companies1 the most digitized sectors were the business sector (99%) and sales (93.4%)
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Digitization advances in Brazilian industry
- In 2024, 89.1% of surveyed companies used at least one of the technologies shown in the graph
- The most significant growth was seen in the adoption of AI
- Across all business sizes, cloud computing was the most widely used technology in 2024
- The main benefit of using advanced digital technologies was increased efficiency
Note (1) 500 or more employees; 250 to 499; and 100 to 249 respectively
Source IBGE (Research Directorate; Department for Structural and Thematic Statistics in Companies; Semiannual Innovation Survey 2024) Prepared by FAPESP/DPCTA/GPAFI Republish