IT spending growth by category 2021 - COVID-19 impact | Statista

The outbreak of COVID-19, also known as novel coronavirus, has led to revised growth forecasts for global IT spending. The PC/Tablet segment is forecast to grow by almost 17 percent. This is likely due to an increase of hybrid work setups that allow people to work from different locations during the pandemic.

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Adjusted Information technology (IT) spending growth forecast for 2020 and 2021, by category

Characteristic	Pre-Coronavirus	Probable (end of March 2020)	Pessimistic (end of March 2020)	Forcast - May 4, 2020	Forecast - September 2020	Forecast - April 2021	Forecast - October 2021
Mobile phone	9%	6%	-1%	-	-5%	-3.1%	-3%
PC/Tablet	-6.3%	-8%	-13%	-	6.1%	13.6%	16.9%
Devices overall*	-	-	-	-12.4%	-	-	-
Server/Storage	0.8%	-1%	-3%	-	2.1%	1%	2.3%
Software	8.7%	8%	7%	-1.9%	3.3%	6.6%	6.6%
IT services	3.2%	3%	2%	-2.6%	-2.2%	-2.2%	-2.2%
Network	2.6%	-	-	3.8%	-	-4.3%	-2.1%
Peripheral	-3.8%	-	-	-	-9.8%	-4.9%	-2.5%

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October 2021

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Worldwide

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2021

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*Includes PCs, tablets, mobile phones, and peripherals.
**Includes server/storage, network hardware, and cloud.

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