Global AI Adoption Trends by Industry Sector, Country, and Business Function (2017–2025): A Compiled Research Dataset

This dataset compiles and synthesises publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and growth indicators from leading institutional research reports, spanning the years 2017 to 2025. It is structured across seven thematic dimensions, covering organisational AI adoption rates, business function-level deployment, global AI tool user milestones, private AI investment by country, industry-sector adoption rates, public sentiment toward AI, and key headline KPIs. Data is sourced from and attributed to: McKinsey & Company Global Survey on AI (2022–2025), Stanford HAI Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2025, OpenAI official announcements, GitHub/Microsoft earnings disclosures, Ipsos Global AI Sentiment Survey 2024, World Bank South Asia AI Report 2025, IBM AI Adoption Index 2024, Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index 2024, and SimilarWeb platform analytics. The dataset is intended to support researchers, data analysts, and policymakers working on AI trend analysis, digital transformation studies, technology policy, and sector-level AI readiness assessments. All figures are either directly verified from primary sources or clearly labelled as modelled estimates anchored to verified data points. Source attribution is embedded within the dataset at the row level. Files are provided in both .xlsx (multi-sheet, formatted workbook) and .csv formats for compatibility with tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, R, and Python.