Chart of the week: Where ad spend is growing most
Most growth since 2016 was recorded in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where spend grew by close to 10 per cent, still recovering from a sustained decline since 2014. North America outperformed Western and Central Europe. Zenith argues “political and economic uncertainty in the UK drags down growth.” The Middle East and North Africa was the only region where ad spend declined, coming down by 18.6 per cent, due to deflating oil prices and political turmoil.
Because markets across geographical blocs have very diverse markets, Zenith has for example broken down Asia into sub-blocs: Fast-track Asia, countries with rapid adoption of Western technology and practices (such as China), and Advanced Asia (Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.) Japan is its own category.
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Source: Statista
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