1. Vietnam Japan
Land area 331 698 km² 377.834 km²
Population 89 M (65% under 35y) 127 M
Internet users 27.3 M 94 M
Contracts mobile phone 120 M 123 M
Total campanies 400 K 6,500 K
Software companies 10 K registered ( IT=1 K ) 14,6 K
Economic growth rate 6 ~ 7% 2 ~ 3 %
IT market growth rate > 20%(40 times in 2000 ) minus ~ 3 %
IT Services Industry
Entire 7.4 B USD 175 B USD
Software Industry 2.0 B USD 131 B USD
Num. of SW employees 250 K 590 K
(Vietnam is Top3 fastest growing ICT markets in Asia 2010)
Vietnamese ICT market : A background for ICT products and solutions
2. -Nominal GDP for 2010 was
475.8 Trillion Yen, 0.4% growth
-Real GDP for 2010 was 538.5
Trillion Yen
-Expected Nominal GDP for 2011
will be +0.5%
-High appreciation of Yen causes
negative influence on exporting
industry
-Expected 2.7-2.9% growth for
the second half of 2011 with the
reconstruction demand after
disaster in March
Source: Cabinet Office
Economy in Japan
3. ICT / IT Service Industry
- World/Japan -
3
Source: WITSA Digital Planet 2010
4. Trend of Sales/No of Employees -
IT Service Industry in Japan
Source: METI
5. IT Service Industry in Japan (1)
Breakout of Total: 19.5
Trillion Yen (2009)
Source: METI
*Internet Related Services: Website Management, Contents Management, ASP, Security Related Service,
Server Maintenance/Hosting, Electronic Authorization Service, Electronic Settlement Service, etc.
6. IT Service Industry in Japan
-Breakout by Customer Sector-
Source: METI, 2009
Editor's Notes
According to WITSA Digital Planet 2002, Japanese IT services and software industry amounts to 66 billion US dollars. This is 22 % of that of America. Japanese IT hardware industry totals 50 billion US dollars, 36 % of that of America. It was also reported that Japan's telecommunications industry has reached 226 billion US dollars, 85 % of that of America.