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18% -- cross border share of ecommerce transactions for global e-commerce (2025)
Cross-border purchases represent an estimated 18–22% of all global e-commerce transactions today.
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18%
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Data Vintage
2025
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75
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Forrester and DHL
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https://www.deliver-e.com/insights/cross-border-e-commerce-is-expanding-faster-than-global-e-commerc… ↗
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Cross-border e-commerce is expanding faster than global e-commerce growth
Cross-border e-commerce is no longer an emerging retail trend it is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of global online commerce. While overall e-commerce continues to expand steadily, international online purchasing is accelerating at an even greater pace as consumers increasingly…
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Forrester and DHL
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Range 18–22%; midpoint extracted. Forrester and DHL research cited by Deliver-E.
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global e-commerce: 18% cross border share of ecommerce transactions. Source: Forrester and DHL (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cross-border-share-today
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cross-border-share-today" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>18%</strong> -- cross border share of ecommerce transactions for global e-commerce<br><small>Source: Forrester and DHL (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/cross-border-share-today" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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