IDC Forecasts PC Shipments to Fall by Double Digits In 2013; Volumes Are Expected To Stabilize Above 300 Million Units per Year, But With No Significant Recovery

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarter PC Tracker, November 2013

* Forecast data

See Table and Taxonomy Notes below.

In addition to the table above, an interactive graphic illustrating worldwide desktop and portable PC shipments and total PC market growth for the 2012-2015 forecast period is available here. Instructions on how to embed this graphic into online news articles and social media can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com.

PC Shipment Growth by Region and Form Factor, 2012-2017

Region             Form Factor             2012         2013*         2017*
Emerging Markets             Desktop PC             -3.9%         -10.0%         -1.2%
Emerging Markets Portable PC 0.5% -12.3% 4.8%
Emerging Markets Total PC -1.6% -11.3% 2.2%
 
Mature Markets Desktop PC -4.7% -6.0% -3.9%
Mature Markets Portable PC -8.5% -9.8% -1.3%
Mature Markets Total PC -7.2% -8.4% -2.2%
 
Worldwide Desktop PC -4.2% -8.6% -2.2%
Worldwide Portable PC -3.8% -11.2% 2.1%
Worldwide             Total PC             -4.0%         -10.1%         0.4%

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