 In 2016, the Digital Economy represented $11.5 trillion, or 15.5 percent of global GDP – 18.4 percent of GDP in developed economies and 10 per cent in developing economies, on average.It found that the digital economy had grown two and a half times faster than global GDP over the previous 15 years, almost doubling in size since 2000.Most of the value in the digital economy was produced in only a few economies