The above statistic shows the e-commerce penetration rate in selected Asia Pacific markets in as of the fourth quarter of 2016. Iit was found that 60% of the population had purchased a product or a service online in the 30 days preceding the survey period.
In 2015, global e-retail sales amounted to over 1.6 trillion USD and projections show a growth of up to 3.5 trillion USD by 2018, these numbers exceeding even the most optimistic expectations of market analysts. The biggest national economies on the e-commerce market are, as of 2015, the U.
