The chart below shows more technologies and their rates of increase or decrease.
Over 4,600 CPC groups were screened by size in 2019 and for rapid growth over the period 2014 to 2019. The largest 2,100 categories were selected, and growth was calculated using the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over the six-year period.
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