18% of internet users buy online “at least weekly” in the UK. The figure for the US is only 14%. It seems Australia and the Czech Republic are next with 12%. A surprising ranking.
The figure is 47% for internet users who “buy online monthly” in the UK. Again ahead of hte US (46%) with New Zealand at 40% and Australia at 38%.
The data is from the World Internet Project Report 2009 published by the World Internet Project running at the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
The report is a source for data on the reliability of information, the importance of the internet, its use for shopping, how much people go online, why people go online and reasons for not going online.
