MENA: online shopping frequency since corona outbreak by country 2020

As of March 2020, 48 percent of respondents from Saudi Arabia used e-commerce to purchase products more frequently which they normally would have bought from a store since the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). About 29 percent of respondents from Morocco used online shopping less frequently.

Usage of online shopping amongst respondents since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country

Characteristic	More frequently	Less frequently	No change	I rarely or never do this activity
Saudi Arabia	48%	22%	19%	12%
Egypt	47%	22%	20%	11%
Morocco	35%	29%	13%	23%
Jordan	35%	19%	17%	29%
United Arab Emirates	34%	29%	23%	14%
Lebanon	33%	19%	19%	29%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, MENA

Survey time period

March 20 to 23, 2020

Number of respondents

4,500 respondents

Special properties

general population of Saudi Arabia (n=1,000) and UAE (n=1,000), urban population of Egypt (n=1,000), Jordan (n=500), Lebanon (n=500) and Morocco (n=500)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Using e-commerce to purchase products you would normally buy in store" - by frequency

Figures might add up to 100 due to rounding.

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