Display technology spans a broad market: global display-industry revenue reached an estimated $142 billion in 2024, while OLED panels reached an estimated 1 billion units. The figures below separate revenue, panel shipments, installed monitors, product records and health evidence so unlike measures are not treated as interchangeable.
Key Display Technology Statistics
The most useful headline figures cover market scale, adoption, efficiency and measured health outcomes:
- In 2024, global display-industry revenue was estimated at $142 billion.
- In 2024, OLED represented an estimated 40.4% of global display-industry revenue.
- By the end of the decade, OLED revenue share is forecast at 44.5% globally.
- In 2024, global OLED panel shipments reached an estimated 1 billion units.
- In 2024, total global display panel shipments were estimated at 3.679 billion units.
- From 2024 to 2029, MiniLED TV shipments are forecast to grow at a 15% CAGR globally.
- From 2024 to 2029, OLED TV shipments are forecast to grow at an 8% CAGR globally.
- In 2024, Korean companies held an estimated 82.1% of the global OLED market by revenue.
- In 2020, U.S. homes contained an estimated 123 million external monitors.
- From 2017 to 2020, the U.S. home external-monitor installed base increased 21%.
- In 2020, U.S. home external monitors averaged 9.3 hours of active use per day.
- In 2020, U.S. home external monitors consumed an estimated 10.8 TWh.
- In 2020, average active-mode power for U.S. home external monitors was 25 W.
- In a December 2024 DOE example, a best-available 27-inch 1080p monitor used 29 kWh per year.
- On the ENERGY STAR results page accessed October 2, 2026, 1,367 listed products had 3840×2160 native resolution.
- In a WHO-cited estimate, myopia affected about 60% of schoolchildren aged 6–19 in Asia.
- In a 2000–2022 Eastern Mediterranean evidence base, pooled myopia prevalence among school-age children was 5.23%.
- In a 2020 schoolchildren study, 110 of 1,204 children had myopia, or 9.1%.
Contents
- Display technology market size and revenue
- OLED and LCD display trends
- Monitor ownership and use
- Display energy consumption and efficiency
- Resolution, panel type and product measurements
- Screen-related vision and myopia data
Display Technology Market Size and Revenue Statistics
Industry revenue figures describe the broad global display industry, not computer monitors alone. Display Daily reported an estimated $134 billion in 2023 and $142 billion in 2024, with the latter representing the higher annual total.
| Global display market measure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLED display revenue | $42.061B | $42.828B | $44.017B |
| LCD display revenue | $79.590B | $74.520B | $79.215B |
The OLED and LCD values above are market-size estimates from the cited industry table, while the broader industry totals are estimates reported by Display Daily. The reported rounded totals imply about a 6.0% increase from 2023 to 2024, but that percentage is an arithmetic comparison of rounded figures rather than an independently reported growth rate. Display Daily, “It Was a Very Good OLED Year!” and Display Daily, “2024 Was a Rebound Year for Korea’s Display Industry”
Korean display companies also generated substantial OLED revenue in the cited estimates:
- Korean companies generated $34.203 billion from OLED displays in 2022, compared with $31.516 billion in 2023 and $36.280 billion in 2024.
- Global smartphone OLED revenue was estimated at $41.8 billion in 2024, covering the smartphone application rather than all OLED displays.
- The global IT OLED market, including iPads and monitors, was estimated at $4.8 billion in 2024; this is an application grouping, not monitor-only revenue.
OLED and LCD Display Technology Trends
OLED’s share of industry revenue rose in the cited estimates, but revenue share should not be confused with unit share or display-area share. OLED represented 36.8% of global display-industry revenue in 2023 and 40.4% in 2024, with a forecast of 44.5% by the end of the decade.
| Technology or segment | Measure | Period or forecast | Geography |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLED panels | 1 billion units | 2024 | Global |
| Total display panels | 3.679 billion units | 2024 | Global |
| MiniLED TVs | 15% CAGR | 2024–2029 forecast | Global |
| OLED TVs | 8% CAGR | 2024–2029 forecast | Global |
OLED panel shipments increased 25% year over year in 2024, reaching an estimated 1 billion panel units. Total display panel shipments were reported at 3.679 billion units in the same year; panel units are not finished monitor units and include broad display applications. Display Daily, “It Was a Very Good OLED Year!”
The cited market estimates also show a sharp difference between Korean companies’ positions in OLED and LCD:
- Korean companies held 82.1% of the global OLED market by revenue in 2024.
- Korean companies held 17.9% of the global LCD market by revenue in 2024.
The MiniLED and OLED TV figures are forecasts for the TV segment only. MiniLED TV shipments are forecast to grow at a 15% CAGR from 2024 to 2029, while OLED TV shipments are forecast to grow at an 8% CAGR over the same period. Display Daily, “2024 Was a Rebound Year for Korea’s Display Industry”
Monitor Ownership, Use and Screen-Time Statistics
The U.S. home-monitor estimates come from a 2020 consumer-electronics usage survey and describe external monitors, not every screen or individual screen time. They provide an installed-base view of monitor ownership and use.
| U.S. home external-monitor measure | 2020 estimate |
|---|---|
| Installed monitors | 123 million |
| Paired with desktops | 70 million |
| Paired with laptops | 53 million |
| Average active use | 9.3 hours per day |
| Average screen size | 21 inches diagonal |
| LCD or LED technology | 93% |
The estimated 123 million external monitors in U.S. homes in 2020 were 21% more numerous than in 2017. About 70 million were paired with desktops and about 53 million with laptops, while the average external monitor measured 21 inches diagonally.
Average active-use time was 9.3 hours per day in 2020, 38% higher than in 2017. That change occurred during the COVID-19 period and is a survey-based change in monitor operation, not a universal measure of how long each person spent looking at screens. U.S. Department of Energy, “Display Energy Use in Homes: Ownership, Power, Usage, and Trends”
About 93% of U.S. home external monitors used LCD or LED technology in 2020. In the report context, LED refers to LED-backlit LCD, so this percentage should not be read as a separate measure of self-emissive LED displays.
Display Energy Consumption and Efficiency Data
The same U.S. installed-base model estimated 10.8 TWh of external-monitor energy use in homes in 2020, 33% higher than in 2017. Average annual energy use was 86 kWh per monitor, while average active-mode power was 25 W.
| U.S. home external-monitor energy measure | 2017 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Average active-mode power | 31 W | 25 W |
| Average annual energy use | — | 86 kWh per monitor |
| Total home energy use | — | 10.8 TWh |
| Change in total energy use | — | 33% higher than 2017 |
Average active-mode power fell from 31 W in 2017 to 25 W in 2020, even as modeled total energy use increased because the installed base and usage changed. These are installed-base averages, not ratings for every monitor model. U.S. Department of Energy, “Display Energy Use in Homes: Ownership, Power, Usage, and Trends”
DOE’s December 2024 purchasing guidance provides a useful 27-inch 1080p comparison, but the examples are illustrative rather than universal averages:
- A less-efficient 27-inch 1080p monitor example used 72 kWh per year.
- The comparable ENERGY STAR 27-inch 1080p example used 52 kWh per year.
- The best-available example in the cited market snapshot used 29 kWh per year.
The ENERGY STAR example’s annual cost calculation assumed $0.11 per kWh, a cost assumption for U.S. federal facilities rather than a national retail-price average. U.S. Department of Energy, “Purchasing Energy-Efficient Displays and Monitors”
Display Resolution, Panel Type and Product Measurements
ENERGY STAR catalog counts are snapshots of dynamic certified-product pages accessed on October 2, 2026. They show listed records and filter results, not total market inventory or adoption.
| ENERGY STAR display catalog measure | Listed records or products | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Most Efficient 2025 displays | 113 | Most-efficient display records |
| Monitor product-type filter | 1,599 | Certified displays |
| Signage-display product-type filter | 1,304 | Certified displays |
| 3840×2160 native resolution | 1,367 | Products shown by the page |
| Variable refresh rate | 232 | Products shown by the page |
The catalog listed 1,599 monitor records and 1,304 signage-display records in its product-type filters. It also listed 1,367 products with 3840×2160 native resolution and 232 products with variable refresh rate, neither of which is a market-adoption percentage. ENERGY STAR, “ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2025 Displays”
Two individual product records illustrate how panel type, resolution and power can vary:
- The 16-inch OLED ASUS MQ16FC record reported 4.59 W on-mode power, 15.27 kWh per year, 0.21 W sleep-mode power and 1920×1200 native resolution.
- The 23.8-inch IPS LCD ViewSonic VS17551 record reported 8.86 W on-mode power, 28.93 kWh per year, 0.31 W sleep-mode power and 2560×1440 resolution.
These are single certified-product records, not technology-wide averages. ENERGY STAR, “ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2025 Displays”
Screen-Related Vision and Myopia Statistics
The health figures describe myopia or refractive errors in specified populations; they do not establish that display technology caused the outcomes. WHO’s cited estimates, trial evidence and reviews use different regions, ages, refraction methods and study designs.
WHO reported a secondary estimate of about 60% myopia prevalence among schoolchildren aged 6–19 in Asia and about 40% among children in Europe. The age definition differs between those regional estimates, and neither is a display-specific prevalence measure. WHO, “Adolescents in a changing world: The case for urgent action on myopia”
A randomized trial cited by WHO included 20,000 children in 250 schools in Western China. Of those children, 1,153 who failed visual-acuity screening were offered free spectacles; these figures describe the trial population and intervention subgroup, not prevalence across all enrolled children. WHO, “Adolescents in a changing world: The case for urgent action on myopia”
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region meta-analysis pooled 27 studies from 13 countries covering 2000–2022. Its overall pooled estimate for school-age-child myopia prevalence was 5.23%, with technique-specific and sex-specific results as follows:
| EMR pooled myopia measure | Prevalence | Evidence scope |
|---|---|---|
| Overall school-age children | 5.23% | 27 studies, 13 countries, 2000–2022 |
| Cycloplegic refraction studies | 5.95% | Same pooled evidence base |
| Non-cycloplegic refraction studies | 3.73% | Same pooled evidence base |
| Male children | 3.94% | Pooled sex comparison |
| Female children | 4.90% | Pooled sex comparison |
The pooled estimate has substantial between-study heterogeneity, and the different refraction methods produce different prevalence estimates. WHO EMRO, “Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of myopia among school-age children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region”
A separate 2020 schoolchildren study found refractive errors in 189 of 1,204 children, or 15.7%, including myopia in 110 children, or 9.1%. In that study, myopia prevalence was 5.3% at age 6 and 10.8% at age 15, while the sex-specific estimates were 8.2% for boys and 10.3% for girls.
Posterior-segment examination found no abnormality in 1,196 children, or 99.3%, in that study population. These age, sex and clinical findings come from one study and do not establish causation by screen exposure. WHO EMRO, “Prevalence of refractive errors among schoolchildren”