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Saudi Arabia maintained its 49th position in the global e-commerce index, issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), with a total of 72.3 points in 2020.

 

Saudi internet users grew to 96% from 93% in 2019, according to the UNCTAD report.

 

The Business-to-Consumer E-commerce Index scores 152 nations on their readiness for online shopping. Countries are scored on access to secure internet servers, reliability of postal services and infrastructure, and proportion of individuals who use the internet and e-payment services.

 

For the first time, Switzerland led the UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index, just ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark, which came second and third, respectively.

 

Top 10 Countries in  UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index 2020

Country

Ranking 2019

Ranking 2020

Switzerland

2

1

Netherlands

1

2

Denmark

6

3

Singapore

3

4

UK

4

5

Germany

9

6

Finland

5

7

Ireland

7

8

Norway

8

9

Hong Kong

14

10
 

The Kingdom moved one place forward to the 11th rank among the G20 countries, compared to the 12th ranking in 2019.

 

G20 Countries’ Ranking in  UNCTAD B2C E-commerce Index 2020

Country

Ranking

Global ranking

UK

1

5

Germany

2

6

USA

3

12

Canada

4

13

Australia

5

16

France

6

17

South Korea

7

18

Japan

8

20

Italy

9

29

Russia

10

41

Saudi Arabia

11

49

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