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Total expenditure IT products and services worldwide 2014-2018, by category

Forecasted business and government spending on information technology (IT) products and services worldwide from 2014 to 2018, by segment (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

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