Southeast Asia sees fastest Ecommerce sales growth in the World

Ecommerce sales in Southeast Asia will total $90 billion in 2022, an increase of $15 billion over last year. By next year, the region will cross the $100 billion mark, a long way from the $37 billion seen in 2019.

This represents 21% year on year growth in ecommerce and a massive 141% growth over the last 3 years. The pandemic has clearly been good to the super apps and retail media ecosystem.

Retail Ecommerce Sales in Southeast Asia, 2020-2025 (billions, % change, and % of total retail sales)

Only four countries in the world will produce faster growth rates than Southeast Asia’s combined ecommerce figure, and two of them — the Philippines and Indonesia — are in the region.

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Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson

Tom Simpson is an operator, investor and writer working where AI, media, gaming and culture meet. He is the founder of AK3R, a boutique venture fund and advisory business backing and building companies in AI, agents, gaming, advertising and digital marketplaces, and writes the Hyperfuture Memo on how AI is reshaping markets, media and culture. He has spent around 20 years building media, advertising and gaming businesses across the UK, the US and Asia, including building AdColony’s Asia business through its exit, and founded Digital in Asia in 2013.

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