Digital transformation in France – 24 statistics to know in 2024
Digital transformation is a major challenge for the development of businesses in France and around the world.
Adopting digital solutions can have many benefits, including: increasing business visibility, in reducing their costs thanks to automation or even in improving their piloting with detailed activity statistics.
However, the inequalities as for this digital transformation are consequential ! On one side of the spectrum, some companies are at the forefront of AI, while others still use very manual techniques for low value-added operations.
Here are the most telling statistics on digital transformation in France:
98%
companies with more than 20 employees are pursuing a digital transformation policy
92%
of the French population uses the internet
31%
(+7 points vs. 2022) of companies believe they need support to successfully carry out digital transformation.
71%
SMEs plan to carry out digital projects in the next two years
81%
SMEs plan to carry out digital projects in the next two years
42%
SMEs are already implementing actions in favor of digital sobriety
73%
of companies have created a professional page on social networks, and 72 % of respondents have a showcase site
10%
Small and medium-sized businesses sell on social networks
8.3%
annual growth of the e-commerce market in Europe
51%
e-retailers have at least 5% of their customers coming from the internet
27%
of VSEs and SMEs have at least one online sales solution
19%
SMEs have their own online e-commerce site
1 trillion €
the e-commerce market in Europe at the end of 2023
1400
online services are available via France Connect, the single authentication system used by 40 million French people
70%
French users consider their exchanges with chatbots to be unsatisfactory and they are also very dissatisfied with the understanding of their questions (72%) and the solution provided to their request (71%)
88%
French users consider chatbots “are not effective in handling complex requests”
5%
SMEs use artificial intelligence solutions
48%
of SMEs are afraid of losing or having their data hacked, up 4 points compared to 2022 and 12 points compared to 2020
30%
of companies do not perceive any impact at all of digital technology on their organization and working methods
54%
of companies consider the impact of digital technology on the evolution of their strategy and business model as zero
49%
of traders consider that digital transformation does not contribute to the company's turnover or do not know how to measure it
19%
SMEs believe that digital technology wastes more time than it saves
58%
SMEs do not sell online because they consider that it is not relevant to their business or in their sector of activity
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Sources
- https://www.francenum.gouv.fr/guides-et-conseils/strategie-numerique/comprendre-le-numerique/barometre-france-num-2023-ou-en-sont
- https://www.francenum.gouv.fr/guides-et-conseils/strategie-numerique/comprendre-le-numerique/quest-ce-que-la-transformation-n
- https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/europes-digital-decade
- https://franceconnect.gouv.fr/
- https://www.acsel.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PRESENTATION-ACSEL-Barometre-Croissance-7eme-ED.pdf