Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings (2019-2024 data)

Selected Key Findings The five largest wellness markets in 2024 are: the United States ($2.1 trillion), China ($950 billion), Germany ($281 billion), Japan ($262 billion), and the United Kingdom ($261 billion). The list of countries ranking in the top five has not changed since 2019. The global wellness economy is very concentrated in North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The top five largest wellness markets represent…

Why Employers Need a Roadmap for Employee Health and Well-Being

Why Employers Need a Roadmap for Employee Health and Well-Being Resource Recommendation by Jessica Grossmeier, PhD, MPH In recent years, the importance of employee health and well-being has taken center stage in workplace discussions. Recent articles in Harvard Business Review and Forbes indicate employees are expecting more meaningful well-being support from their employers. The rise of hybrid work, global stress levels at record highs, and…

face as a map for TCM treatment

Timeless Beauty: What Traditional Chinese Medicine Tells Us About Aging, Emotion and the Face

For centuries, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has seen beauty not just as something visual, but as a reflection of your overall health, emotional balance, and inner vitality. Where many modern treatments target aging as a skin-deep issue—through injections, lasers or topical products—TCM views aging as a gradual change in the body’s energy systems, its vital essence (called jing), and in the shen, the spirit or…

Susie Shares a Sneak Peek of New Wellness Real Estate Research Report

  Dear Friends and Colleagues, Having just finished reading the entire Build Well to Live Well: The Future research report, I feel compelled to say a few words about it. First, my congratulations and thanks to the entire Global Wellness Institute (GWI) research team and especially Ophelia Yeung and Katherine Johnston. They have spent the past 18 months putting together a report that is sure…

The Global Wellness Economy Reaches a New Peak of $6.3 Trillion––And Is Forecast to Hit $9 Trillion by 2028

Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Summit  |  Global Wellness Institute   |  Press Image Gallery  |  Press Release Archive  The Global Wellness Economy Reaches a New Peak of $6.3 Trillion––And Is Forecast to Hit $9 Trillion by 2028 New Global Wellness Institute research reveals a wellness market with relentless momentum, worth 26% more than it was pre-pandemic. The wellness industry is now…

SNAPSHOTS: The 11 wellness economy sectors–performance 2019-2023

Wellness sectors that have grown throughout the pandemic: Wellness real estate (+18.1% annual growth 2019-2023; now at 195% of its 2019 level) has been the fastest-growing sector in the wellness economy since before the pandemic, significantly outpacing projections and economic growth trends. COVID-19 has accelerated the growing understanding among consumers and the building industry about the critical role that external environments play in our physical…