The data illustrates the forecasted business and government spending worldwide on IT products and services, by segment, from 2014 to 2018. Global spending on software, which includes middleware, custom-built software by contractors and consultants, applications and operating systems, is estimated to reach 682 billion USD in 2018.
2014 | 598 | 621 | 552 | 481 | 380 | 340 |
2015 | 578 | 598 | 533 | 470 | 357 | 330 |
2016 | 602 | 597 | 554 | 492 | 359 | 328 |
2017 | 634 | 602 | 573 | 503 | 369 | 332 |
2018 | 682 | 616 | 606 | 524 | 386 | 341 |