E-commerce share worldwide pre and post COVID-19

During the peak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis (March-April 2020) when many countries worldwide introduced lockdown measures, e-commerce share in total retail sales saw proportions that were not seen before. In the United Kingdom, where an already mature e-commerce market exists, e-commerce share saw as high as 31.3 percent, before stabilizing in the subsequent periods. In the most current period (as of January 31, 2021), United Kingdom, United States and Canada were the leading countries where e-commerce had a higher share as a proportion of total retail, at 24, 17, and 15 percent, respectively.

Development of e-commerce shares in total retail sales in selected countries before and after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as of January 2021

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April 2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

January 2021

Supplementary notes

Data as of January 31, 2021.
The source adds the following information: "Figure based on a proprietary analysis by the Mastercard Economics Institute that modeled the global share of retail e-commerce across all payment types, drawing on sales activity within the Mastercard network comparing 2020 vs 2019."

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