The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) estimates the global wellness economy reached $7.5 trillion in 2025, equal to 6.36% of world output, showing the sector's growing weight in the global economy. The figures appear in the institute's 2026 Global Wellness Economy Monitor.
That share was 4.3% in 2013. The institute estimated the market grew 8.9% from 2024 to 2025. GWI forecasts average annual growth of 7.7% through 2030, when it expects the total to reach $10.9 trillion. Its historical series valued the wellness economy at $5 trillion in 2019, a 49% increase by 2025.
The 2025 estimate covers 11 industries that GWI says enable consumers to add wellness activities to daily life. Examples range from beauty, real estate and tourism to fitness and health-related services. GWI projects four more sectors will top $1 trillion by 2030, joining the three already at that level. The seven-sector group includes personal care and beauty; wellness real estate; physical activity; healthy eating, nutrition and weight loss; wellness tourism; public health, prevention and personalized medicine; and traditional and complementary medicine.
GWI's projections put average annual growth through 2030 at 15.3% for wellness real estate and 12.6% for mental wellness. It projects 9.8% annual growth in thermal and mineral springs, and 9.1% in traditional and complementary medicine. The institute expects wellness real estate to move from the fifth-largest sector to second-largest by 2030, behind personal care and beauty.
GWI attributes expected demand to aging populations, strained health systems, chronic disease, stress and mental health challenges. It says tourism-related wellness sectors recovered more slowly from the pandemic downturn. From 2024 to 2025, spas grew 12.8% and wellness tourism increased 11.4%, the institute said.
Katherine Johnston, GWI senior research fellow, said, “Powerful structural forces across every region of the world will accelerate demand in the coming years.”
