Global overview of consumer expenditure to 2030

A global outlook on consumer expenditure to 2030, including key trends, regional snapshots and rankings of key indicators.
  • Global real consumer spending growth is expected to stagnate at an average of 2.8% per year over 2018-2030 – a similar average growth for the 2010-2017 period that immediately followed the global financial crisis.
  • Emerging markets will drive global consumer spending growth and by 2030, India will have overtaken Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom to become the world’s third largest market in total consumer expenditure.
  • The share of urban consumer spending in global consumer expenditure will decline but the fact that urban consumers will account for a greater share of the global population means that cities matter...

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