In 2023, global retail e-commerce sales reached an estimated 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars. Projections indicate a 39 percent growth in this figure over the coming years, with expectations to surpass eight trillion dollars by 2027.

World players Among the key players on the world stage, the Chinese retail giant Alibaba holds the title of the largest e-commerce retailer globally, accounting for a 23 percent market share. Nevertheless, forecasts suggest that by 2027, Seattle-based e-commerce powerhouse Amazon will surpass Alibaba in estimated sales, reaching a staggering 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars in online sales.

Leading e-tailing countries The Chinese e-commerce market was the biggest worldwide in 2023, as internet sales constituted almost half of the country's retail transactions. Indonesia ranked second with the highest share of retail sales online (32 percent), closely trailed by the United Kingdom and South Korea, exceeding the 30 percent mark. That year, the up-and-coming e-commerce markets centered around Asia. The Philippines and India stood out as the swiftest-growing e-commerce markets based on online sales, anticipating a growth rate surpassing 20 percent.

Graph and download economic data for E-Commerce Retail Sales (ECOMSA) from Q4 1999 to Q4 2024 about e-commerce, retail trade, sales, retail, and USA.

Sales for electronics and appliances of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses have increased since 2003. The most significant growth was reported in 2021, when e-commerce sales hit over 86 billion U.S. dollars, up from nearly 51 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. In 2022, e-commerce sales slightly decreased to 85.5 billion U.S. dollars.

The revenue in the e-commerce market in the United States was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 657.8 billion U.S. dollars (+53.79 percent). After the tenth consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach 1.9 trillion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the revenue of the e-commerce market was continuously increasing over the past years.Find other key market indicators concerning the average revenue per user (ARPU) and number of users. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

This table contains 3 series, with data for years 2016 - 2017 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Sales (3 items: Retail trade; Electronic shopping and mail-order houses; Retail E-commerce sales).

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From July to September 2024, U.S. retail e-commerce sales amounted to roughly 300 billion U.S. dollars, marking an increase compared to the previous quarter. Overall, retail e-commerce sales outdid the quarterly sales records registered in 2020. E-commerce in the post-pandemic era During the second quarter of 2020, as COVID-19 spread across the globe, the U.S.'s quarterly e-commerce revenue reached 200 billion for the first time in history. In 2021, online retail sales account for ten percent of total retail in the United States. Clothing and accessories, including footwear, is one of the largest B2C e-commerce merchandise categories. Retail e-commerce sales in the United States are estimated from samples used for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and exclude online travel services, ticket sales agencies, and financial brokers. Latest trend? Quick commerce Shoppers expect fast delivery of their purchases, especially when it comes to grocery products. This segment of the e-commerce industry goes under quick commerce and is expected to generate increasing revenue in the next years. Major quick commerce companies like Instacart or Uber Eat operate in the United States, where the quick commerce market is forecast to hit nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars by 2027.

United States - E-Commerce Retail Sales was 308910.00000 Mil. of $ in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - E-Commerce Retail Sales reached a record high of 308910.00000 in October of 2024 and a record low of 4476.00000 in October of 1999. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - E-Commerce Retail Sales - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on March of 2025.

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In 2022, global e-commerce sales grew by 6.5 percent compared to the previous year. In that period, e-commerce accounted for approximately 19 percent of all retail sales worldwide.

Asian countries lead the way

According to a forecast, China and South Korea ranked first and third respectively on the list of countries with the greatest share of retail sales projected to take place online in 2022. Following the same trend, estimates also revealed that the four fastest-growing retail e-commerce countries in the world are all in Asia.

Amazon on top

When looking at the leading e-commerce companies worldwide, as opposed to the leading e-commerce countries, Amazon is the clear market leader with a market cap of over one trillion U.S. dollars as of June 2022. Not only that, but the Seattle-based multinational company is also by far the most visited online marketplace in the world, with approximately 5.7 billion monthly visits.

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Use of information and communication technology (ICT) and e-commerce activity by UK businesses. Annual data on e-commerce sales and how businesses are using the internet.

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Amusement and recreation, e-commerce sales, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 7131 Amusement parks and arcades, (NAICS) 7139 Other amusement and recreation industries, which includes all members under Sales, (dollars X 1,000,000), annual (percent), for five years of data.

Analysis of ‘E-Commerce Data’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/benroshan/ecommerce-data on 28 January 2022.

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Hello

Ever been excited to see a sales dataset ? Well, this data is perfectly curated to perform sales analysis. We have an e-commerce sales dataset from India with 3 csv files -List of Orders, Order details, Sales target

What's inside?

1. List of Orders-This dataset contains purchase information. The information includes ID, Date of Purchase and customer details
2. Order Details- This dataset contains order ID, with the order price, quantity,profit, category and subcategory of product
3. Sales target-This dataset contains sales target amount and date for each product category

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Dataset received from my University, Original Author unknown

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Mexico leads the eCommerce industry, achieving remarkable success with monthly sales of $5.51T. This solidifies its dominant market position, capturing a significant 19.21% share. Following closely behind is Nicaragua, which achieved monthly sales of $5.08T, accounting for 17.70% of the global eCommerce market. Ranking third among the top performers is United States, contributing 11.42% to the monthly eCommerce sales worldwide. Noteworthy mentions go to Canada, Italy and India, as they also hold substantial market shares.

In 2020, retail e-commerce sales in Latin America were estimated to amount to approximately 85 billion U.S. dollars, nearly 35 percent more than reported in the previous year before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to forecasts, this figure is expected to rise to about 160 billion dollars by 2025.

Major markets in the region Based on estimates from the Statista Digital Market Outlook, Brazil and Mexico would together account for about 60 percent of the e-commerce market in Latin America in 2020. In fact, forecasts for that same year indicated that retail e-commerce would represent approximately 5.5 percent of Mexico's total retail sales and 4.5 percent of Brazil’s.

COVID-19's boost to e-commerce The unexpected outbreak of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 quickly impacted online commerce in Latin America. Confined to their homes, many consumers found in the web a safe way to make purchases and payments. While e-commerce revenues rose across the region, Peru stood out with an unprecedented 900 percent growth. It was foreseen that after such a boost, online sales in the Andean country would reach 3.6 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2021.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Venkataramanan Krishnan

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