Top 5 Information Technology Countries in the World

2. USA 

Share of The BECH Index 2022: 16.36%

Although The BECH Index considers China ahead of the United States, the latter accounts for one-third of the global IT market, making it the largest tech market in the world. This industry accounts for $1.9 trillion of the country’s value-added GDP (more than 10 percent of the national economy) and 12.1 million jobs. The US is a leader in software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies. It has over 557,000 software and IT services companies (approximately 13,400 tech startups were established in 2019 alone). The country is also a significant exporter of ICT services, with a value of $338 billion in 2019.