At 6.9 per cent the UK has the third largest share of the global e-commerce grocery market.
South Korea was first at 16.6 per cent, and Japan came second at 7.2 per cent.
The top 10:
Rank Country E-commerce share of market 2016 (value)
1 South Korea 16.6 per cent
2 Japan 7.2 per cent
3 UK 6.9 per cent
4 France 5.3 per cent
5 Taiwan 5.2 per cent
6 China 4.2 per cent
7 Czech Republic 2.1 per cent
8 Spain 1.7 per cent
9 The Netherlands 1.7 per cent
10 USA 1.4 per cent
Stéphane Roger, global shopper and retail director at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “FMCG growth is slowing, but our data shows that people are looking for more convenience, which can be met by shopping online. Grocery e-commerce, although currently small, with only one in four people shopping online, is growing fast. We forecast it will grow to 9 per cent of the market and be worth $150bn by 2025. With new entrants such as Amazon expanding rapidly, the industry is facing a shake-up.”
