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33 Indicators of Ukraine and its IT Market

 

The country:
1. Region: Eastern Europe
2. Population: 46.7 million
3. GNP (2007): USD $399.866 billion
4. GNP per capita: USD 8.600
5. Actual economic growth (2007): 7%

IT Export:
6. App. USD 400 million
7. 75% CAGR (2006-2010)
8. 25,000 IT specialists

Education & Science:
9. 1/8 of the state budget
10. 348 IT institutions
11. 620,000 students
12. 30,000 IT graduates

Computer Sciences:
13. 1,000 Doctorate degrees
14. 9,000 Master of Science degrees
15. 4,000 Bachelor of Science degrees

Major IT Educational Centers:
16. Kiev: 10 educational institutions
17. Kharkov: 6 educational institutions
18. Lviv: 3 educational institutions

IT Infrastructure:
19. 3,000+ IT companies
20. App. 300 Internet services providers
21. 7.5 million Internet users (2007)

Growth of IT services usage:
22. IT is expected to evolve in all areas of industry
23. IT is expected to play the major role in Ukraine’s branch-wise vertical

IT transformation:
24. Merger of consultancy and IT

IT Demand:
25. The past tendency: system integration and development of “turnkey” information systems
26. The present tendency: Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), IT business solutions adapted for a long-term perspective

Predictions:
27. Internal turnover is expected to grow from USD 340 million to USD 865 million in 2010
28. Key branch segment – export of IT services and products both by growth rate (75% against 17% of domestic market) and by absolute turnover which is predicted to reach USD 1.2 billion in 2010
29. 50,000 IT specialists expected by 2010
30. Active mergers and acquisitions among IT companies
31. 20% income growth
32. Increase of foreign investment
33. Increase of international IT business inflow


Sources:
Digital Planet 2006 WITSA
IDC IT Economy Impact Study, 2006
IT-Ukraine Association, 2007

 

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