This timeline displays a forecast of the number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa up to 2019, based on factual numbers from 2014 to 2015. In 2019, 218 million people in the Middle East and Africa are expected to buy goods and services online.
The number of digital buyers worldwide is forecast to pass the two billion mark by 2019.
Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019
(in millions)
* Forecast. The source defines digital buyers as internet users who have made at least one purchase via any digital channel within the past year, including online, mobile and tablet purchases.
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eMarketer. (February 24, 2016). Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/
eMarketer. "Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in millions)." Chart. February 24, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/
eMarketer. (2016). Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/
eMarketer. "Number of Digital Buyers in The Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/
eMarketer, Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/ (last visited November 15, 2024)
Number of digital buyers in the Middle East and Africa from 2014 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph], eMarketer, February 24, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/251663/number-of-digital-buyers-in-middle-east-and-africa/
