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67% -- mobile purchase share for UAE consumers (2025)

2025  · Visa/PYMNTS Intelligence

67% of UAE customers used their phones for their most recent retail purchase.

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67%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
UAE consumers
Geography
MENA
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Source Trust
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Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Visa/PYMNTS Intelligence Primary Tier C
https://randsdigitalagency.ae/why-uae-customers-prefer-fast-mobile-shopping-experiences/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Why UAE Customers Prefer Fast, Mobile Shopping Experiences
UAE customers are increasingly opting for quick, mobile purchasing experiences, driven by a lifestyle that prioritizes ease, speed, and seamless digital interactions. Due to the UAE’s high-speed mobile internet and among the highest smartphone penetration rates in the world, people there naturally c…
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Industryecommerce RegionMENA Channelmobile
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UAE consumers: 67% mobile purchase share. Source: Visa/PYMNTS Intelligence (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uae-mobile-retail-purchase-67
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