The data displays global shipment figures for hard disk drives (HDD) from 1976 to 2017, with a forecast through to 2020. In 2017, global unit shipments of hard disk drives fell to 404 million units. High-capacity enterprise HDD shipments are expected to grow, although at a slower rate than previously forecast. Consumer drives and external hard disk drive shipments are both expected to decline.
1976 | 0.18 |
1977 | 0.24 |
1978 | 0.31 |
1979 | 0.39 |
1980 | 0.51 |
1981 | 0.7 |
1982 | 0.95 |
1983 | 1.97 |
1984 | 3.65 |
1985 | 4.89 |
1986 | 7.41 |
1987 | 13.19 |
1988 | 17.77 |
1989 | 22.18 |
1990 | 27.88 |
1991 | 32.59 |
1992 | 43.91 |
1993 | 51.86 |
1994 | 70 |
1995 | 89.57 |
1996 | 105.02 |
1997 | 130.5 |
1998 | 144.97 |
1999 | 174.4 |
2000 | 200.1 |
2001 | 196 |
2002 | 207.4 |
2003 | 244.4 |
2004 | 305.2 |
2005 | 381.16 |
2006 | 435.88 |
2007 | 501.88 |
2008 | 540.28 |
2009 | 557.15 |
2010 | 651.32 |
2011 | 622.3 |
2012 | 578.47 |
2013 | 551.96 |
2014 | 563.94 |
2015 | 468.73 |
2016 | 424.07 |
2017 | 404 |
2018 | 357 |
2019 | 343 |
2020 | 333 |