The importance of e-commerce and its rapid growth throughout the world has been discussed before. This becomes more relevant now that data from a study published by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade), where it is revealed that globally, the global market value of ecommerce it is 22 trillion dollars.
The study also reveals that China is the e-commerce market largest in the world, not only in terms of sales, but also in terms of the number of online shoppers. After China, the United States and Japan follow in importance.
On the other hand, India is the XNUMXth market in terms of buyers, ahead of Brazil and Russia in e-commerce spending capita. In fact, total B2C sales reach $ 20 trillion, while the number of people shopping online is estimated at 22 million.
In the breakdown of figures, the report indicates that the Business-to-Business (B2B) market, generated a total of $ 19.9 trillion, while the Business-to-Consumer market totaled $ 2.2 trillion in 2015, making a total of $ 22.1 trillion.
It is also mentioned that the number of buyers in e-commerce was 848 million, while annual per capita spending was $ 1.944. This generated B3C sales of $ 1.65 trillion, while B2B sales were $ 14.9 trillion, in India alone.
In terms of countries, China has 413 million online shoppers who spend 1.508 dollars annually, generating 623 million dollars in the B2C market and 2.078 billion dollars in sales in the B2B. The United States, with 166 million Ecommerce buyers, has an annual per capita spending of $ 3.072, however, B2B sales are only $ 511 billion.