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India's Digital Economy Ranked 28th in User Spending

India's digital user economy ranks 28th globally, despite being the third-largest economy overall.

March 1, 2025

Key Points

  • 1India's 'user' economy ranks 28th in the world in terms of digital user spending.
  • 2The report by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations’ (ICRIER) Prosus Centre for Internet and Digital Economy (CIDE) indicates a modest level of digitalization for the average Indian.
  • 3India's digital economy is growing at twice the rate of its overall economy.
  • 4It is expected to become one-fifth of the economy by 2029.

Important Terms

Digital EconomyICRIERUser SpendingDigitalizationEconomy
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