The PC market will grow significantly this year then decline in 2022 The International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a forecast for the global personal computer market for the current and future years. Despite the global shortage of electronic components, the industry will show significant growth in 2021. Released figures include shipments of traditional desktops, laptops and workstations. Tablets, detachable keyboard hybrid laptops, and x86 servers are not into calculations. Analysts believe that worldwide PC shipments this year will amount to just over 357 million units. If this forecast is justified, growth in relation to last year will be at the level of 18.1%.