Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The Russian IT industry maintained positive growth dynamics in the first half of 2025 across key indicators, such as company revenue and the amount of taxes and insurance premiums paid. The results of monitoring key IT industry indicators were presented by the Digital Economy Autonomous Non-Profit Organization. The monitoring is conducted quarterly at the request of Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko.
"The monitoring results for the first half of the year demonstrate that the IT industry is developing successfully thanks to numerous government support measures and occupies a significant place in the national economy. For example, revenue from sales of goods and services (both owned and purchased) by IT organizations amounted to 5.5 trillion rubles, representing a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2024. The total amount of taxes and insurance premiums paid by IT organizations increased by 20%, exceeding 1 trillion rubles," noted Dmitry Grigorenko.
The Digital Economy ANO methodology allows for a more comprehensive and accurate assessment of the effects of government support. And these effects are significant: in the first half of 2025, revenue from sales of goods and services (both internal and purchased) by IT organizations increased by 17% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 5.5 trillion rubles.
The total amount of taxes and insurance premiums paid by IT organizations increased by 20%, exceeding 1 trillion rubles. The growth in tax revenues by IT organizations significantly exceeds the overall growth in taxes for the economy (14%). The share of taxes paid by IT organizations in total tax revenues for the first half of 2025 was 4.7%.
The growth in the number of people employed in the IT industry amounted to 3% compared to the same period in 2024. The share of IT workers in the total number of employed people amounted to 3.1%.
Investments in non-financial assets increased by 16% year-on-year, reaching 390 billion rubles in the first half of the year. This growth in investment is supporting the expansion and modernization of infrastructure, which has a positive impact on the quality and volume of services provided. The stable investment growth (15% in the first quarter and 17% in the second quarter of 2025) can be seen as a result of internal stabilization and confidence in the future.
The Digital Economy Autonomous Non-Profit Organization (ANO) was commissioned to develop a methodology for assessing the IT industry in July 2024. HSE University also conducts a similar assessment, but it focuses on analyzing the performance of companies belonging to the "core" IT-OKVED 62.1 and 63.0 codes (while e-commerce platforms, online educational platforms, game publishers, integrators, and other companies were not included in the assessment). ANO Digital Economy's methodology is based on assessing the performance of accredited IT organizations (the IT Company Registry). Currently, the registry includes approximately 20,000 organizations, and these include not only companies with the "core" IT-OKVED codes.
This methodology allows us to assess the effectiveness of public investment in the IT sector and collect data for management decision-making on the development of the IT sector in Russia. To improve accuracy and expand the range of indicators, departmental data is used, primarily data from the Federal Tax Service of Russia. Data from the Central Bank of Russia and the Federal Customs Service (to calculate export indicators), as well as the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Digital Development, are also used (to assess the volume of state support). Rosstat data is used, in the absence of other data sources, to estimate the volume of IT sector organizations' expenditures on the implementation and use of digital technologies, the volume of investments in non-financial assets, the volume of R&D expenditures, the level of AI technology adoption, and the level of import substitution.
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