Report: BlueOptima Global Benchmark Q1 2023

Welcome to the BlueOptima Global Benchmark (BGB) Report which provides insights into key trends from across the software development industry.

This quarters key insights are:

• Global productivity has seen an drop of ~0.7% this quarter (Q1 2023) compared to last quarter.
• Code quality has set a stable mark for the period (Q1 2023) globally.
• The Technology sector was the most productive among all economic sectors having seen an increase of ~2.8% productivity compared to last quarter (Q4 2022).
• Eastern European region, consisting of 1.8M developers or 8% of the global total, continues to produce the most maintainable code.