The data displays the annual growth rate of the global cosmetics market from 2004 to 2017. In 2016, the global cosmetics market grew by an estimated 4.0% compared to the previous sales year.
Global Cosmetics Market Since the early twentieth century, the production of cosmetics has been controlled by a handful of multi-national corporations. The global cosmetics industry is broken down into six main categories; skin care being the biggest one out of them all, accounting for 36.4% of the global market in 2016. In recent years, consumers have been spending higher levels of disposable income on cosmetics than they had in the past.
2004 | 3.4 |
2005 | 3.8 |
2006 | 4.9 |
2007 | 5 |
2008 | 2.9 |
2009 | 1 |
2010 | 4.2 |
2011 | 4.6 |
2012 | 4.6 |
2013 | 3.8 |
2014 | 3.6 |
2015 | 3.9 |
2016 | 4 |
2017 | 5 |