Global market size of outsourced services 2000-2019
This statistic shows the global market size of outsourced services from 2000 to 2019. In 2019, the global outsourcing market amounted to 92.5 billion U.S. dollars.
The global outsourcing market - additional information
The revenue of the global outsourced services industry has been unsteady over the last few years. In 2016, the industry market size dropped to 76.9 billion U.S. dollars, the lowest figure seen in a decade. The largest share of revenue for this industry came from the Americas, followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A much smaller share of global revenue came from the Asia Pacific region.
Outsourcing involves the contracting out of business processes to third parties, usually in order for the business to avoid certain costs, such as taxes. In 2019, business process outsourcing contributed a much smaller proportion of the industry’s global revenue than information technology outsourcing, generating 26 billion and 66.5 billion U.S. dollars respectively.
Other outsourcing segments within the global industry include business services, energy, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, retail, travel and transport, and telecom and media. In 2016, the leading driver for using outsourcing services, according to business executives, was to cut costs. Other drivers included, enabling focus on core business and solving capacity issues.
The global outsourcing market - additional information
The revenue of the global outsourced services industry has been unsteady over the last few years. In 2016, the industry market size dropped to 76.9 billion U.S. dollars, the lowest figure seen in a decade. The largest share of revenue for this industry came from the Americas, followed by Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A much smaller share of global revenue came from the Asia Pacific region.
Outsourcing involves the contracting out of business processes to third parties, usually in order for the business to avoid certain costs, such as taxes. In 2019, business process outsourcing contributed a much smaller proportion of the industry’s global revenue than information technology outsourcing, generating 26 billion and 66.5 billion U.S. dollars respectively.
Other outsourcing segments within the global industry include business services, energy, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, retail, travel and transport, and telecom and media. In 2016, the leading driver for using outsourcing services, according to business executives, was to cut costs. Other drivers included, enabling focus on core business and solving capacity issues.
