U.S. digital economy GDP share by commodity 2018

This statistic presents data regarding the digital economy as percentage of the total economy (GDP) in the United States from 2005 to 2018, sorted by commodity. During the most recently measured period, e-commerce accounted for 2.3 percent dollar value added of the GDP in the United States. Overall, the digital economy accounted for nine percent of current-dollar value added to the total U.S. economy.

Digital economy as percentage of the total economy (GDP) in the United States from 2005 to 2018, by commodity

Characteristic	Infrastructure [TOTAL]	Hardware	Software	E-Commerce [TOTAL]	Business-to-Business E-Commerce	Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce	Priced Digital Services [TOTAL]	Cloud Services, Paid	All Other Priced Digital Services
2005	2.1%	1.3%	0.9%	1.3%	1%	0.3%	3.8%	1%	0.3%
2006	2.1%	1.3%	0.8%	1.4%	1.1%	0.3%	3.8%	1.1%	0.3%
2007	2.1%	1.2%	0.9%	1.5%	1.1%	0.3%	3.9%	1.1%	0.3%
2008	2.1%	1.2%	1%	1.5%	1.2%	0.3%	4.1%	1.2%	0.3%
2009	2.1%	1.1%	1%	1.7%	1.3%	0.4%	4.2%	1.3%	0.4%
2010	2.1%	1.1%	1%	1.8%	1.4%	0.4%	4.3%	1.4%	0.4%
2011	2.1%	1.1%	1%	1.8%	1.4%	0.5%	4.3%	1.4%	0.5%
2012	2%	0.9%	1%	1.9%	1.4%	0.5%	4.2%	1.4%	0.5%
2013	2%	0.9%	1%	2%	1.5%	0.6%	4.4%	1.5%	0.6%
2014	2%	0.9%	1%	2.1%	1.5%	0.6%	4.3%	1.5%	0.6%
2015	2%	1%	1.1%	2.3%	1.7%	0.6%	4.4%	1.7%	0.6%
2016	2%	0.9%	1.1%	2.3%	1.6%	0.7%	4.6%	1.6%	0.7%
2017	2.1%	0.9%	1.2%	2.3%	1.6%	0.7%	4.6%	1.6%	0.7%
2018	2.1%	0.9%	1.2%	2.3%	1.5%	0.8%	4.6%	1.5%	0.8%

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2005 to 2018

Special properties

based on current dollar value added

Supplementary notes

Notes: Value added by commodity is prepared by (1) calculating ratios of commodity output to total industry output for each industry and digital commodity, (2) applying these ratios to each industry’s value added, and (3) aggregating the result by digital commodity.
These estimates are based on data valued in producers’ prices and exclude transportation costs and wholesale and retail trade markups, with the exception of retail trade markups associated with e-commerce transactions.

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