This statistic shows the total ICT spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation. ICT spending is projected to reach 4.9 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020 with four trillion of this coming from traditional IT technologies (cloud, mobile, social and analytics) and the remaining 892 billion coming from new technologies, such as internet of things (IoT) and robots/drones.
Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation
(in trillion U.S. dollars)
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IDC. (July 21, 2020). Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/
IDC. "Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation (in trillion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/
IDC. (2020). Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation (in trillion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/
IDC. "Total Information Communication Technology (Ict) Spending Worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by Technology Generation (in Trillion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/
IDC, Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation (in trillion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total information communication technology (ICT) spending worldwide from 2016 to 2023, by technology generation (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph], IDC, July 21, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/946802/worldwide-ict-spending-by-technology-generation/