In 2022, e-commerce added 599 billion U.S. dollars in value to the overall U.S. economy. During that year, the GDP of the United States amounted to 25.46 trillion U.S. dollars with a digital economy value added of 2.57 trillion U.S. dollars.
Value added to the total economy (GDP) by 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
408.99
227.42
181.57
156.5
130.1
26.4
454.81
0.78
297.09
64.02
92.93
0.24
2006
431.21
246.05
185.16
177.73
144.41
33.33
470.72
1.26
298.57
71.11
99.78
0.24
2007
460.49
241.58
218.91
200.56
160.91
39.65
503.85
1.39
332.09
61.17
109.21
0.25
2008
471.79
242.52
229.27
212
171.5
40.5
540.98
2.03
348.34
69.09
121.52
0.26
2009
449.01
215.95
233.06
224.86
180.91
43.95
543.73
3.44
337.72
71.61
130.96
0.27
2010
486.76
235.36
251.4
252.33
202.03
50.3
573.6
5.94
343.16
79.4
145.1
0.27
2011
506.81
233.51
273.3
268.72
212.06
56.65
590.56
8.55
335.54
82.52
163.95
0.28
2012
512.24
223.14
289.1
297
230.69
66.32
601.72
9.76
334.58
69.48
187.9
0.29
2013
529.94
223.36
306.59
318.06
244.23
73.83
650.37
17.13
365.93
75.89
191.43
0.28
2014
553.57
231.67
321.91
341.76
262.17
79.59
657.28
23.47
355.56
80.98
197.27
0.29
2015
583.02
242.58
340.44
376.2
287.74
88.46
706.59
28.61
384.75
84.49
208.74
0.28
2016
603.08
232.03
371.05
384.12
287.69
96.43
750.14
41.11
400.15
90.23
218.65
0.28
2017
629.8
238.27
391.53
409.6
309.5
100.11
799.67
57.78
417.62
130.58
194.12
0.3
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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.
Values regarding periods earlier than 2017 are from a previous publication.
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