November 1998 Working Papers No. 153 Information Technology and Economic Development: An Introduction to the Research Issues
TABLE 1 WORLD-WIDE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MARKET BREAKDOWN, 1995 Market share (%) Compound annual growth rate 1985-95 (%) By georaphic area North America 43.5 9.4 Latin America 2.0 15.6 Western Europe 28.3 15.6 E.Europe, Middle East, Africa 2.6 10.6 Asia Pacific 23.7 18.9 100.0 By main segment PCs and workstations 30.5 17.2 Multi-user systems 13.0 4.0 Data communication eq. 4.3 17.0 Packaged software 18.4 16.3 Services 33.7 13.0 100.0 Data source: OECD (1997b: Annex Table 1)
FIGURE 1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPENDING AND GDP PER CAPITA IN 50 COUNTRIES, 1996 Data source: IDC and World Bank (1998)
TABLE 2 WORLD COMMUNICATION PROFILE, 1995 (COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT PER 1000 PEOPLE) North America Nordic countries European Union Industrial countries Developing countries Radios 1990 928 880 1005 185 Televisions 763 514 522 524 145 Main telephone 622 614 486 414 39 lines Cellular telephone 124 205 58 61 4 subscribers Internet users 38 70 17 18 1 Personal computers 315 222 138 156 7 Data source: UNDP (1998)
TABLE 3 NOMINAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND SPENDING ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 1991-96 Share of IT spending in GDP, % Compound average annual growth rate, % 1991 1996 GDP IT spending IT share Relative contribution of IT spending to GDP change, % Argentina 0.3 0.7 8.8 26.1 17.3 1.4 Australia 1.9 2.6 5.3 12.3 7.0 5.2 Austria 1.4 1.9 6.1 11.9 5.8 3.2 Belgium 1.9 2.2 5.7 8.6 2.9 3.0 Brazil 0.8 1.2 13.2 21.2 8.0 1.6 Canada 1.4 3.2-0.2 15.7 15.8-211.2 Chile 0.8 1.1 15.4 21.4 6.0 1.3 China 0.5 1.0 15.4 29.3 13.9 1.4 Denmark 2.3 2.8 5.9 10.2 4.2 4.3 Finland 1.7 2.5 0.4 7.5 7.0 36.7 France 1.8 2.2 5.0 9.1 4.1 3.7 Germany 1.6 1.9 6.3 9.6 3.4 2.7 Hong Kong 0.7 1.3 11.7 24.2 12.4 2.1 Hungary 1.5 1.9 5.9 11.3 5.4 3.3 India 0.3 0.6 6.9 24.3 17.4 1.5 Italy 1.2 1.4 1.0 3.8 2.8 5.0 Japan 1.8 2.2 6.0 9.7 3.7 3.3 Korea, Rep 0.7 2.3 10.0 33.6 23.6 4.7 of Malaysia 0.9 1.8 14.9 29.8 14.8 2.7 Mexico 0.6 0.9 1.3 8.5 7.2 5.0 Netherlands 2.2 2.6 6.0 8.9 2.8 3.5 New Zealand 2.2 2.9 8.9 14.6 5.7 4.1 Norway 1.9 2.4 5.9 10.1 4.3 3.8 Singapore 1.4 2.6 15.4 27.3 11.9 3.6 South Africa 1.8 2.7 2.3 11.1 8.7 10.5 Spain 1.2 1.2 1.9 2.4 0.5 1.5 Sweden 2.2 3.2 0.9 8.2 7.3 24.8 Switzerland 2.4 2.9 4.6 8.2 3.5 4.6 Thailand 0.5 1.0 12.7 26.2 13.5 1.6 UK 1.9 3.1 2.5 12.1 9.6 12.1 USA 2.1 3.9 5.0 17.3 12.3 10.0 Venezuela 1.0 1.1 4.6 5.8 1.2 1.3 average 1.4 2.0 6.7 15.0 8.3 Data source: IDC and World Bank (1998)
FIGURE 2 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT PRICE INDICES IN THE UNITED STATES (1990 = 1, LOGARITHMIC SCALE) Data source: Triplett (1996)
FIGURE 3 NOMINAL SHARES OF INFORMATION PROCESSING AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT IN PRIVATE NON-RESIDENTIAL FIXED INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1960-97 Data source: Bureau of Economic Analysis: National Income and Product Accounts, 1959-88 and Survey of Current Business (various issues); Sichel (1997: 3)
FIGURE 4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE SPENDING AND GROSS FIXED INVESTMENT IN 1995 Data sources: International Data Corporation and World Bank (1998)
FIGURE 5 PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS USING A COMPUTER AT WORK Source: OECD (1998)
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