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Share of global wearables sales 2014-2018, by category

Wearables unit sales share worldwide from 2014 to 2018, by category

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