Spotlight
Internet users, UK: 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- 92% of adults in the UK were recent internet users in 2020, up from 91% in 2019.
- Almost all adults aged 16 to 44 years in the UK were recent internet users (99%), compared with 54% of adults aged 75 years and over.
- While there has been little change in internet use for adults aged 16 to 44 years in recent years, the proportion of those aged 75 years and over who are recent internet users nearly doubled since 2013, from 29%, to 54% in 2020.
E-commerce and ICT activity, UK: 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2019, e-commerce sales by businesses in the UK non-financial sector with 10 or more employees were £668.9 billion, rising from £639.7 billion in 2018.
- These e-commerce sales comprised electronic data interchange (EDI) sales of £334.0 billion and website sales of £334.9 billion in 2019; while websales have more than trebled since the 2009 value of £110.6 billion, EDI sales have shown lower growth, rising just over a quarter from £264.5 billion in 2009.
- E-commerce sales were dominated by businesses with 1000 or more employees; their sales of £368.5 billion were more than half the total value of sales by all businesses with 10 or more employees (£668.9 billion).
Datasets related to IT and internet industry
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Internet users
Internet use in the UK annual estimates by age, sex, disability, ethnic group, economic activity and geographical location, including confidence intervals.
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E-commerce and ICT activity
Use of information and communication technology (ICT) and e-commerce activity by UK businesses. Annual data on e-commerce sales and how businesses are using the internet.
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Values of e-commerce sales: historic data
Historical annual data (2008 to 2010) on values of sales and purchases using information and communication technology.
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Employees' use of computers and the internet: historic data
Historical annual data (2006 to 2010) on employees using computers and the internet for work in the UK.
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Businesses' use of ICT: historic data
Historical annual data (2006 to 2010) on UK businesses with e-commerce sales and information and communication technology purchases by size, location and industrial sector, type of connection and maximum speed.
Publications related to IT and internet industry
Statistical bulletins
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Internet users, UK: 2020
Internet use in the UK; annual estimates by age, sex, disability and geographical location.
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E-commerce and ICT activity, UK: 2019
Use of information and communication technology (ICT) and the value of e-commerce activity by UK businesses.
Articles
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Sustainable Development Goals data update, UK
Our fifth annual report on progress made towards measuring the global Sustainable Development Goal indicators in the UK.
Methodology related to IT and internet industry
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.