Massive Chasm In Asia's Public Sector IT Spending

IT_Sleep_Bag writes "A recent study by Springboard Research shows a massive chasm between countries in the APAC region, with countries like New Zealand and Australia investing up to USD 200 per capita on IT, while India and China spend a dismal USD 1. SDA Asia speaks to Dane Anderson of Springboard Research to explore the reasons for the wide gulf and why he believes India and China will grow the fastest in this regard."

Comments

Ok, per capital is fine, but gimme actual numbers

[davevt5]

So basically that means that China is spending over one billion USD -- $1,306,313,812 according to Google. Whereas Australia is spending $4,018,087,400 (assuming 20,090,437 people again, according to Google). And this means that New Zealand, with 4,035,461 people is spending $807,092,800. Lastly, India with 1,080,264,388 people (thanks Jeeves... um, I mean ASK.com) is spending just over one billion as well.

To summarize:
China: $1,306,313,812
India: $1,080,264,388
Australia: $4,018,087,400
New Zealand: $807,092,800

The actual numbers are more helpful.

Sure, it looks like Australia is outspending China nearly 4:1. My guess is that looking at per capita is irrelevant.

different value

[john_uy]

from the springboard research website, the actual tally is:

Country Per Capital Public Sector IT Spending
  New Zealand $198.78
  Australia $193.82
  Singapore $152.89
  Hong Kong $67.22
  Korea $52.96
  Taiwan $45.22
  Malaysia $21.92
  Thailand $7.41
  China $3.67
  Philippines $2.94
  India $1.29
  Indonesia $1.10

china spends $3.67 and not $1. there is a big difference given their huge population.

all in all

Country Total Spending
China 4,794,171,690.04
Australia 3,893,928,499.34
Korea 2,515,600,000.00
India 1,413,004,073.55
Taiwan 1,035,284,044.48
New Zealand 802,168,937.58
Singapore 676,648,330.80
Malaysia 534,538,007.36
Thailand 478,920,118.95
Hong Kong 463,729,672.92
Indonesia 269,998,012.90
Philippines 258,300,970.62

* population figures from google and cia.

from springboard research: "A key focus of this report was to dive deeper into the Public Sector in each country to measure the Sub-Vertical Industries within the Public Sector such as Defence, Healthcare, Social Services, Taxation/Finance, etc... and to provide granular data on each of these Sub-Verticals." i don't think that you should spend a lot for it in those areas as the money will be better used for doctors, nurses, medical equipment, medicine, equipment and other stuff.

this does not include private it spending that may also complement some items as what the public sector is spending.

* sorry, i don't know much of html and don't want to spend time learning how to format the tables properly as i redid this comment and calculations for a couple of times.