Notes: Value added by commodity is prepared by (1) calculating ratios of commodity output to total industry output for each industry and digital commodity, (2) applying these ratios to each industry’s value added, and (3) aggregating the result by digital commodity.
These estimates are based on data valued in producers’ prices and exclude transportation costs and wholesale and retail trade markups, with the exception of retail trade markups associated with e-commerce transactions.
This statistic presents data regarding the digital economy as percentage of the total economy (GDP) in the United States from 2005 to 2018, sorted by type. During the most recently measured period, digital services accounted for 8.3 percent of the GDP in the United States. Overall, the digital economy accounted for nine percent of current-dollar value added to the overall U.S. economy.
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