The data displays the share of global wearable unit sales by category from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, smartwatches are forecast to account for 52% of wearable unit sales worldwide.
Wearables sales share – additional information Wearable technology is a growing and promising trend within the consumer electronics industry. More than 155 million units of smart/basic wearables are forecast to be shipped worldwide by 2019. The main categories of wearables are smartwatches, health and fitness tracker, wearable cameras, wearable headsets and smartglasses.
2014 | 13 | 74 | 11 | 2 |
2015 | 24 | 59 | 8 | 9 |
2016 | 31 | 54 | 6 | 9 |
2017 | 41 | 47 | 4 | 8 |
2018 | 52 | 39 | 3 | 7 |