Information and Communications Technology Data Brief

Last updated: 21 June 2021

World Mobile-Broadband
Subscriptions

World Mobile-Cellular
Subscriptions

China Mobile Phones
Production

World Internet Users

IT Industry Employment inthe US

75.0

105.0

127.5

4.0

6.5

+1.1%

per 100 persons in 2020

-2.6%

per 100 persons in 2020
Year-over-year growth rate |+17.4%

million units in Apr 2021

+6.1%

billion persons in 2019

Link to a resource | Source name | Data frequency (annual, monthly) | Available time period

ICT Development Indices

Main Players

Global Innovation Index| GII | A | 2013-2020

Public Companies| Forbes | A | 2010-2021

Network Readiness Index| PI | A | 2020

Retail Companies| Forbes | A | 2011-2021

Innovation performance of 126 countries, including ICT access and use.

Financials of computer hardware producers and telecommunication services providers.

Networked readiness index and 4 dimensions: technology, people, governance, impact.

Financials of software, hardware and communication equipment producers.

Global Competitiveness| WEF | A | 2007-2020

R&D Investment in EU| EC | A | 2001-2019

Global Knowledge Index| K4A | A | 2017-2020

Global R&D Investment| EC | A | 2008-2019

ICT adoption in different countries, including mobile and internet subscriptions.

R&D investment of top 1,000 companies in the EU by industry.

Comparison of countries by two ICT development pillars: ICT inputs and ICT outputs.

World Competitiveness-2.5%

million persons in 2021Q1| IMD | A | 1995-2020

R&D investment of top 2,500 companies around the World by industry.

Apple Sales

World competitiveness ranking based on criteria, including big data usage.

| Apple | A,Sa,Q | 2011-2021

Company's sales by operating segments and products.

Country’s ICT Development Profile

Each profile summarizes a country’s performance across the various dimensionsof the Networked Readiness Index (NRI).

Cybersecurity
Global Cybersecurity Index| ITU | A | 2015-2018

Cybersecurity index: legal, technical, organizational, capacity building, cooperation.

ICT Progress

Internet Crime

Comparison of countries by different ICT indicators: access and utilization,cybersecurity.

| FBI | A | 2003-2020

Complaints on internet crime in the world and other internet crime statistics.

State of the Internet| Akamai | A | 2020-2020

Areas for web application attacks and areas for credential abuse in commerce.

InternetICT Usage

World's Biggest Data Breaches

Publicly-known data breaches of all the times and their effect on companies’
reputation, customer loyalty, and stock value.

| OECD | A | 2010-2016

Household & business ICT usage, including broadband connectivity by firm size.

Broadband Database| OECD | A,Q | 2009-2020

Services and Speeds| OECD | A,Q | 2014-2020

Advanced Technologies

Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions in OECD countries.

Fixed broadband penetration by speed tiers, average advertised download speeds.

Internet Freedom| FH | A | 2015-2020

Study of internet freedom around the world identifying not free and free countries.

Domain Names| Verisign | A,Sa,Q | 2007-2021

Globally registered domain names by type.

Skills Demand Trends| WEF | A | 2022-2022

Advanced Technologies| SC | A | 2015-2019

Occupations and skills forecasts through 2022.

Cloud Computing Services| Eurostat | A | 2014-2020

Share of enterprises buying cloud computing services by size and industry in the EU.

Big Data Analysis| UNECE | A | 1990-2019

Price and Affordability| ITU | A | 2008-2020

How Technology Affects EmploymentPrices for mobile-cellular, fixed-broadband, etc. baskets in 209 countries.

| WB | A | 1960-2020| Eurostat | A | 2016-2020

Share of enterprises analysing big data by economic activity and size in the EU.

Share of persons who used a computer in the last three months by sex and age.

WDI| METI | M | 2011-2021

Production of industrial robots by category in Japan.

Use of advanced or emerging technologies such as BI and AI by industry in Canada.

ICT Usage
Computer Usage

Business Oriented Machinery

Technological progress displaces jobs, causing so called technologicalunemployment.

Communications development indicators, including mobile cellular subscriptions.

Global ICT Developments| ITU | A | 2000-2020

Usage of internet, telephones, computers, radio, TV by households in the world.

Market Data
Industrial Products| NBSCN | M | 1989-2021

Output of major industrial products in China, including mobile phones and computers.

Employment| ILO | A,Q,M | 1947-2021

Number of employees in the information and communication sector by country and sex.

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Sources and acronyms:
AI - Artificial Intelligence, Akamai, Apple, BI - Business Intelligence, EC - European Comission, Eurostat, FBI - U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FH - Freedom House, Forbes, GII - Global
Innovation Index, ICT - Information and Communication Technology, ILO – International Labor Organization, IMD - IMD World Competitiveness Center, ITU - International Telecommunication
Union, K4A – Knowledge for All, KPMG, METI - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, NBSCN - National Bureau of Statistics, China, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operationand Development, PI - Portulans Institute, SC - Statistics Canada, UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Verisign, WB - World Bank, WEF - World Economic Forum.