The annual worldwide market share of personal computer vendors includes desktop computers, laptop computers and netbooks, but excludes mobile devices, such as tablet computers that do not fall under the category of 2-in-1 PCs.
Sales volume worldwide grew rapidly in the late 1990s but declined during the early 2000s recession. Sales increased again for the rest of the decade though more slowly in the late 2000s recession. After a substantial growth into 2010, sales volume has remained fairly stable, until a substantial dip starting in 2013 caused by the switch to pads.
(*) Figures include desktop PCs, mobile PCs, and servers using the Intel x86 processor architecture. 1996–1999 figures exclude x86 PCs.