This statistic shows the average number of designers employed by organizations worldwide in 2018, broken down by the level of design adoption. According to InVision, the five percent of respondents with the highest level of design adoption employed an average of 15.3 designers.
Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption*
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large enterprises, small businesses, agencies and government and non-profit organizations
Supplementary notes
* Level of design adoption is ordered from one to five, with level one companies having the lowest level of adoption and level five companies having the highest. The proportion of respondents and design philosophy for each level is:
Level 1 companies: 41 percent, design is what happens on screens ('Producers')
Level 2 companies: 21 percent, design is what happens in a workshop ('Connectors')
Level 3 companies: 21 percent, design is a standardized scalable process ('Architects')
Level 4 companies: 12 percent, design is a hypothesis and an experiment ('Scientists')
Level 5 companies: 5 percent, design is business strategy ('Visionaries')
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InVision. (January 29, 2019). Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/
InVision. "Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption*." Chart. January 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/
InVision. (2019). Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/
InVision. "Average Number of Designers in Organizations Worldwide in 2018, by Level of Design Adoption*." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/
InVision, Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Average number of designers in organizations worldwide in 2018, by level of design adoption* [Graph], InVision, January 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/964129/design-businesses-number-of-designers-worldwide/