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$27Testimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business
$27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business (2022, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates)
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$27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business (2022).
$27T
the latest figure (2022)
Research
type of source
Why you can trust it. UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates: research, research firm or analyst compilation.
Key facts
- Period 2022
- Region Global
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Irregular
Source: UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates, 2022
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How it was measured
- Publisher
- UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates
- Source type
- Research: Research firm or analyst compilation
- What it measures
- $27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business
- Data period
- 2022 (ends 31 Dec 2022)
- Published by the source
- 13 Jun 2024
- In the source's words
This represents a 15 per cent increase over pre-pandemic (2019) levels and sales are estimated to have risen a further 10 per cent - to almost $27 trillion - in 2022.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on unctad.org, UNCTAD Technical note on ICT for development No. 1 (13 Jun 2024). 2022 is an estimate ("almost $27 trillion"). value_numeric is in trillions.
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- Reuse with attribution (UN copyright). Cite UNCTAD; 2022 values are estimates.
- Next expected update
- Irregular (UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), irregular)
- Original page
- unctad.org: UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates
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- 23 Oct 2026CorrectionWording corrected to match the source: UNCTAD says 'almost $27 trillion'
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). (2024). $27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ecommerce/global-business-ecommerce-sales
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"$27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business." UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates, 2022. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ecommerce/global-business-ecommerce-sales.
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$27T estimated e-commerce sales (almost $27 trillion) by businesses in 43 economies in 2022 (about three quarters of world GDP), most of it business to business, for 2022, according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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