In 2022, e-commerce added 1.14 trillion U.S. dollars in gross output to the economy in the United States. That year, the digital economy added 4.27 trillion U.S. dollars in gross output the total U.S. economy.
Gross output of the digital economy in the United States from 2005 to 2022, by commodity
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Infrastructure [TOTAL]
Hardware
Software
E-Commerce [TOTAL]
Business-to-Business E-Commerce
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce
Priced Digital Services [TOTAL]
Cloud Services
Telecommunications Services
Internet and Data Services
All Other Priced Digital Services
Federal Nondefense Digital Services
2005
674.92
410.78
264.14
229.96
193.24
36.73
791.23
0.99
549.03
83.35
157.85
0.34
2006
716.85
439.96
276.89
259.73
213.83
45.9
820.68
1.64
561.28
93.62
164.14
0.34
2007
734.06
433.98
300.07
290.74
235.72
55.02
864.18
2.39
581.61
103.82
176.36
0.35
2008
731.08
409.94
321.13
310.22
254.31
55.91
911.37
3.45
597.66
113.59
196.68
0.38
2009
646.07
331.87
314.2
312.5
256.3
56.19
914.63
5.52
592.76
114.71
201.64
. 400
2010
691.92
355.6
336.32
383.32
317.34
65.97
964.97
8.89
609.99
122.26
223.83
0.4
2011
722.86
360.08
362.78
430.67
355.36
75.3
1,021.31
13.35
628.85
132
247.11
0.41
2012
735.73
356.82
378.91
486.99
399.34
87.65
1,076.51
20.67
646.37
143.05
266.42
0.41
2013
753.23
352.92
400.31
523.48
425.03
98.45
1,109.66
34.15
663.86
140.48
271.17
0.4
2014
777.77
355.12
422.65
569.77
459.33
110.44
1,160.71
42.72
694.11
142.31
281.56
0.41
2015
786.57
354.63
431.93
613.94
489.29
124.65
1,201.63
53.98
717.24
147.11
283.3
0.4
2016
821.13
343.02
478.11
632.12
494.23
137.89
1,263.11
67.64
746.74
151.36
297.36
0.4
2017
924.27
375.27
549
734.36
570.43
163.92
1,350.69
94.74
750.59
212.48
292.89
0.4
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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.
Values for periods earlier than 2017 are from a previous publication.
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