This statistic provides a ranking of the leading retail e-commerce markets worldwide based on sales between in 2020 with a forecast for 2021. In 2020, retail e-commerce sales in the United States amounted to 794.5 billion U.S. dollars and are projected to grow to 843.15 billion US dollars in 2021. However, China is by far the leading e-commerce market, with 2,296.95 billion U.S. dollars sales generated in 2020.
Leading countries ranked by retail e-commerce sales in 2020 and forecast for 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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eMarketer. (December 1, 2020). Leading countries ranked by retail e-commerce sales in 2020 and forecast for 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/377624/leading-countries-retail-e-commerce-sales/
eMarketer. "Leading countries ranked by retail e-commerce sales in 2020 and forecast for 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377624/leading-countries-retail-e-commerce-sales/
eMarketer. (2020). Leading countries ranked by retail e-commerce sales in 2020 and forecast for 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/377624/leading-countries-retail-e-commerce-sales/
eMarketer. "Leading Countries Ranked by Retail E-commerce Sales in 2020 and Forecast for 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377624/leading-countries-retail-e-commerce-sales/
eMarketer, Leading countries ranked by retail e-commerce sales in 2020 and forecast for 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/377624/leading-countries-retail-e-commerce-sales/ (last visited June 25, 2022)