Global E-Commerce

Global Online Shoppers, 2017-2019 & Penetration by Income Group, 2019

In 2019, an estimated 1.5 billion people, or 27 per cent of the world’s population aged 15 years and older, shopped online. This represented a 7 per cent increase over 2018. The proportion of those shopping online is much less in countries at low levels of income. While over half the population in high-income countries shopped online the figure was only 2 percent in low-income nations.

Top 10 Developing Economies In the UNCTAD B2B E-Commerce Index 2020