Wellness statistics and facts
- The global wellness economy was a $4.5 trillion market in 2019.
- The industry grew by 6.4 percent annually from 2015–2017, from a $3.7 trillion to a $4.2 trillion market, nearly twice as fast as global economic growth (3.6 percent annually, based on IMF data).
- Wellness expenditures ($4.2 trillion) are more than half as large as total global health expenditures ($7.3 trillion, based on WHO data).
- The wellness industry represents 5.3 percent of global economic output.
- Among the 10 wellness markets analyzed, revenue growth leaders from 2015–2017 (per annum) were the spa industry (9.8 percent), wellness tourism (6.5 percent) and wellness real estate (6.4 percent).
Key sectors include:
- Personal Care, Beauty and Anti-Aging ($1,083 billion)
- Healthy Eating, Nutrition and Weight Loss ($702 billion)
- Wellness Tourism ($639 billion)
- Fitness and Mind-Body ($595 billion)
- Preventative and Personalized Medicine and Public Health ($575 billion)
- Traditional and Complementary Medicine ($360 billion)
- Wellness Lifestyle Real Estate ($134 billion)
- Spa Economy ($119 billion)
- Thermal/Mineral Springs ($56 billion)
- Workplace Wellness ($48 billion)