2025 Global Wellness Economy Monitor
The 2025 Global Wellness Economy Monitor reveals that the wellness economy has doubled in size since 2013 and reached a new peak of $6.8 trillion in 2024. All sectors have now fully recovered from the pandemic, most by significant margins. The wellness economy is projected to grow by 7.6% annually over the next five years, reaching an estimated $9.8 trillion in 2029. This report is packed with data capturing the growth and trends in the global wellness economy and its 11 sectors from 2019-2024, with 5-year projections through 2029.
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What is the Wellness Economy?
The wellness economy encompasses 11 varied and diverse industries that enable consumers to incorporate wellness activities and lifestyles into their daily lives.
Key Findings:
- The global wellness economy grew by 7.9% from 2023-2024 and reached a new peak of $6.8 trillion in 2024. It has doubled in size since 2013.
- The wellness economy is a major force in the global economy, larger in size than the green economy, IT, tourism, and sports.
- The global wellness economy has consistently grown faster than the global economy. Looking over the long term, wellness grew by 6.5% annually from 2013-2024, while global GDP grew by 3.2% annually. Wellness represents 6.12% of global GDP as of 2024.
- North America, Middle East-North Africa, and Europe are the fastest-growing regional wellness economies over the last five years and have shown the strongest resilience and recovery in the post-pandemic period.
- All of the eleven wellness sectors have fully recovered from the pandemic, with a 2024 market size that exceeds their 2019 level. Wellness real estate and mental wellness are by far the fastest-growing sectors, expanding at average annual rates of 19.5% and 12.4%, respectively, from 2019-2024.
- We project the global wellness economy will expand by 7.6% annually from 2024-2029, a growth rate substantially higher than the projected global GDP growth of 4.5% (according to current IMF forecasts). The wellness economy is expected to reach nearly $9.8 trillion in 2029.
