How big this market is, as its publishers state it
as of Sep 30, 2026 · 13 figures carried3 publishers carried, 2020–2029, no published outlook among them, in 2 currencies, so the series share no axis. Figures are the publishers' own, shown side by side and never averaged.
Last read Sep 30, 2026: wrote 1 figure and 1 stated rate, refused 7 already stored.
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Where its publishers say it is going
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IDC: no history carried.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2029 | $889.4 bn | IDC’s outlook | 2025 | IDC predicts that China's ICT market size will approach $889.43 billion by 2029, with a five-year CAGR of 7.0% source |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China: grew 13.7 % a year, 2020–2025, by its own figures.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | CNY 116.59 tn | history | 2021 | 2020年，全国软件和信息技术服务业规模以上企业超4万家，累计完成软件业务收入81616亿元，同比增长13.3%。As the read noted: MIIT's own release page for this figure was not directly retrieved; sourced from a news outlet quoting MIIT data. source |
| 2021 | CNY 135.71 tn | history | 2022 | 2021年，全国软件和信息技术服务业规模以上企业超4万家，累计完成软件业务收入94994亿元，同比增长17.7% source |
| 2022 | CNY 154.54 tn | history | 2023 | 2022年，全国软件和信息技术服务业规模以上企业超3.5万家，累计完成软件业务收入108126亿元，同比增长11.2%As the read noted: MIIT's own bulletin quoted verbatim via news outlet; sourceUrl is the article quoting MIIT's statistical bulletin. source |
| 2023 | CNY 176.18 tn | history | 2024 | 指标名称单位本期累计软件业务收入合计亿元123258 source |
| 2024 | CNY 196.58 tn | history | 2025 | 指标名称单位本期累计同比增减%软件业务收入合计亿元13727610.0 source |
| 2025 | CNY 221.46 tn | history | 2026 | 2025年，我国软件业务收入154831亿元，同比增长13.2%。As the read noted: Content matches MIIT's official statistical bulletin figures; sourceUrl is a news outlet quoting MIIT directly rather than the MIIT page itself, which could not be independently retrieved in this session. source |
National Bureau of Statistics of China: grew 13.2 % a year, 2020–2025, by its own figures.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | CNY 3.80 tn | history | 2021 | that of information transmission, software and information technology services was 3,795.1 billion yuan, up by 16.9 percent source |
| 2021 | CNY 4.40 tn | history | 2022 | that of information transmission, software and information technology services was 4,395.6 billion yuan, up by 17.2 percent source |
| 2022 | CNY 4.79 tn | history | 2023 | that of information transmission, software and information technology services was 4,793.4 billion yuan, up by 9.1 percentAs the read noted: sourceUrl republishes the NBS Statistical Communiqué text. source |
| 2023 | CNY 5.52 tn | history | 2024 | that of information transmission, software and information technology services was 5,519.4 billion yuan, up by 11.9 percent source |
| 2024 | CNY 6.34 tn | history | 2025 | that of information transmission, software and information technology services was 6,343.8 billion yuan, up by 10.9 percent source |
| 2025 | CNY 7.06 tn | history | 2026 | 信息传输、软件和信息技术服务业增加值70599亿元，增长11.1% source |
Software and IT elsewhere
The same industry as other publishers state it for their own place. Each figure is its publisher’s frame; none is compared with another.
- Software and ITCanadaCACAD 161.9 bn2024 · Statistics CanadaNo outlook published by Statistics Canadaas of Sep 5, 2026
- Software and ITEuropean UnionRead Sep 30, 2026, nothing quotable foundRead from Eurostat
- Software and ITUnited KingdomGBRead Sep 30, 2026, nothing quotable foundRead from Office for National Statistics
- Software and ITGermanyDE€235.0 bn2025 · Bitkom · +1 more, never averaged€245.1 bn by 2026 · 4.3 % a year · Bitkom’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software and ITCzechiaCZCZK 1.07 tn2023 · Czech Statistical OfficeNo outlook published by Czech Statistical Officeas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software and ITJapanJPJPY 28.11 tn2026, an outlook · IDCJPY 33.32 tn by 2029 · 5.8 % a year · IDC’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
Other markets in Asia-Pacific
What else the yearly read measures in this region.
- IT servicesIndiaIN$283.0 bn2025, an outlook · Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technologyas of Sep 30, 2026
- IT spendingAsia-Pacific$1.30 tn2023 · IDC$758.0 bn by 2029 · -8.6 % a year · IDC’s outlookas of Sep 5, 2026