This statistic shows global shipment figures for hard disk drives (HDD) from 1976 to 2016, 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.
Worldwide unit shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) from1976 to 2020 (in millions)
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| 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 | 424.07 |
| 2017* | 376 |
| 2018* | 357 |
| 2019* | 343 |
| 2020* | 333 |
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