Ad spend growth 2016-2018, by country

Year-over-year change of advertising expenditure in selected countries from 2016 to 2018

The data displays a forecast of ad spend growth in selected countries from 2016 to 2018. The source projected that Italian ad spend would increase by 3.4% in 2018.

Change in advertising expenditure in selected countriesThe source of this forecast is WARC (formerly known as World Advertising Research Center) – a privately held company headquartered in London, England. In November 2016, WARC projected that worldwide advertising spending would decrease by 0.3% in 2017. ZenithOptimedia – a media agency which also regularly provides ad spending information – offered a similar projection of ad spend growth.

India 6.5 15.2 13.1
Russia 6.4 31.7 11.9
China 4.5 4.7 8
Australia 5.8 8.6 6.4
United States 8.5 3.3 5.1
Brazil 3.4 12.9 5.1
Worldwide 3.8 3 4.7
United Kingdom -7.3 -3.5 3.5
Italy 4.2 0.7 3.4
Japan 14.2 -1 3
Germany 2.5 0.1 2.3
France 0.9 -1.3 1.1