| Unit shipments in millions | |
|---|---|
| 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* | 400 |
| 2017* | 376 |
| 2018* | 357 |
| 2019* | 343 |
| 2020* | 333 |
This statistic shows global shipment figures for hard disk drives (HDD) from 1976 to 2015, with a forecast through to 2020. In 2017, global unit shipments of hard disk drives are expected to fall to 376 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.
