68.4% of employees in enterprises with 10 or more workers used computers for business purposes in the first quarter of 2024. A total of 63.3% used computers with an Internet connection.
64.7% of enterprises with an Internet connection used social media, 1.1 points more than in the first quarter of 2023, and 58.9% carried out remote meetings.
Of the total of enterprises with an Internet connection, the percentage of those that have a website/page has risen by 3.3 points to 81.8%. In addition, 27.1% are paying for internet ads.
Percentages
(1) Percentage of total enterprises with an Internet connection.
(2) Variables not investigated in Q1 2023.
The percentage of enterprises with women ICT specialists rose by two tenths and stands at 6.6%.
Percentage
37.7% of these enterprises purchase cloud computing services, up 6.1 points compared with the first quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, enterprises that use artificial intelligence technology have increased by 2.8 points, to 12.4%.
The services sector is the one that purchases the most cloud computing (42.4%) and the one that uses artificial intelligence the most (15.6%).
Percentage
37.5% of enterprises with 10 or more employees used remote working in the first quarter of 2024. This percentage goes up to 80.4% for enterprises with 250 employees or more.
The average number of days per week on which employees work remotely is 2.4.
Meanwhile, 19.8% of employees telework regularly, an increase compared with the first quarter of 2023, at 18.9%.
Percentage
(3) Percentage of enterprises that permit remote working.
Percentage
A total of 30.7% of enterprises with 10 or more employees made purchases via e-commerce in 2023. Turnover generated by these sales reached 385,844 million euros, resulting in a 2.3% increase compared to 2022.
Percentage
The enterprises with 10 or more employees whose headquarters are located in Cataluña, Comunidad de Madrid and País Vasco had the highest intensities in the use of ICT in the first quarter of 2024.
For their part, enterprises in Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and the autonomous city of Melilla have the lowest percentages.
Percentage
(1) Percentage of total enterprises with an Internet connection.
(2) Data analysis conducted by their own employees.
(3) Remote access to the enterprise's email, documents or applications.
87.9% of enterprises with fewer than 10 employees had computers in the first quarter of 2024. This is a decrease of 0.8 points compared with the same period in 2023.
Of the total number of enterprises with an Internet connection, 20.0% allow teleworking (an increase of 2.6 points on the previous year). On the other hand, the percentage of enterprises selling via e-commerce reached 13.1%, a 1.1 increase on last year.
Percentage over the total number of enterprises with less than 10 employees
(1) Percentage of total enterprises with at least 10 employees and with an Internet connection.
(2) Enterprises that sold via e-commerce in 2023/2022.
The data published today are final. All results of this operation are available on INEbase.
The main objective of the Survey on the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and e-commerce in businesses is to obtain the necessary data that will allow the use of ICT and e-commerce in businesses in EU member countries to be measured.
In accordance with Eurostat's methodological recommendations, the survey has a dual temporal scope; the variables on ICT use refer to the first quarter of the year in which the survey is conducted, while the overall company information, e-commerce and ICT training refer to the previous year.
For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.
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