{
    "statement": "in digitally ordered exports (cross-border e-commerce) from 43 economies in 2021, about 13% of their exports",
    "value_display": "$2.5T",
    "value_numeric": 2.5,
    "unit": "",
    "data_label": "2021",
    "data_period_end": "2021-12-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "UNCTAD e-commerce and digital economy estimates",
        "publisher": "UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)",
        "type": "research",
        "url": "https://unctad.org/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://unctad.org/publication/business-e-commerce-sales-and-role-online-platforms",
    "source_quote": "It is estimated that digitally ordered exports (i.e. international e-commerce sales) from these economies were worth around $2.5 trillion in 2021. This equates to around 13 per cent of total exports of goods and services.",
    "verification_note": "Read on unctad.org (13 Jun 2024). UNCTAD calls this estimate relatively uncertain. value_numeric is in trillions.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ecommerce/global-digitally-ordered-exports",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ecommerce/global-digitally-ordered-exports.csv"
}