Survey Objectives

Conducted since 2005, the ICT Enterprises survey measures the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) in small, medium and large enterprises (10 or more employed persons). The survey is carried out annually (except from 2015 to 2023, when it was carried out every two years).

The objective of the survey is to investigate access to infrastructure and the use and appropriation of new technologies by the private sector, mapping the digital maturity of Brazilian enterprises.

On a less frequent basis, ICT Enterprises also includes a sample of micro enterprises (1 to 9 employed persons). Through a questionnaire adapted to this target population, the survey of micro enterprises was conducted in 2007, 2010 and 2017.

Survey Areas

The survey presents indicators that translate the reality of Brazilian enterprises into statistics in relation to various themes, such as:

• ICT access;
• Internet use;
• Electronic commerce;
• ICT skills;
• Software;
• Security;
• New technologies;
• Brazilian General Data Protection Law.

Institutional Support

The survey is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), as well as a group of experts from the private sector and academia.

International References

The ICT Enterprises survey is based on methodological standards and indicators internationally established in manuals from institutions such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is also aligned with the methodological frameworks proposed in the manual of the UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD), prepared in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the statistical office of the European Commission (Eurostat) through the multi-sectoral initiative Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development.

Methodology

The ICT Enterprises survey examines Brazilian enterprises with 10 or more employed persons that belong to the market segments considered by international methodologies. The sample of enterprises is obtained through simple stratified sampling, where the strata are built according to the domains of interest for presentation of the survey results.