Category: Country Overviews
Country Overviews market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Consumer Health in Tanzania
Consumer Health in Tanzania Categories such as analgesics, cough, cold and allergy (hay fever) remedies, and digestive remedies, remain popular in Tanzania. However, high inflation in 2024 favoured lower-priced generics over pricey international brands. Despite unit price increases, demand for essen ... Read More
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Consumer Health in North Macedonia
Consumer Health in North Macedonia Consumer health in North Macedonia has performed positively on the whole in 2024. While growth in total current value sales looks set to be down on 2023, this is mainly because the recent spike in inflation fuelled by the global recovery from COVID-19 and the fallo ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Uganda
Consumer Health in Uganda In 2024, consumer health in Uganda reflects a shift driven by inflation and economic conditions. Consumers are prioritising essential, affordable health products, often opting for local brands over imported ones due to higher taxes on the latter. Many rely on pharmacists fo ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Ghana
Consumer Health in Ghana In 2024, consumer health in Ghana faces challenges due to rising inflation and the depreciation of the cedi, leading to higher costs for both local and imported pharmaceuticals. Consumers are shifting from premium to affordable brands and herbal remedies, especially in lower ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Paraguay
Consumer Health in Paraguay Consumer health value sales saw above inflation growth in 2024 thanks to a significant increase in consumer focus on preventive health, benefiting vitamins and dietary supplements, despite smuggling from Argentina. Sharp increases in dengue fever supported acetaminophen, ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Panama
Consumer Health in Panama Consumer health sales recorded stronger growth in 2024 than that seen in 2023 when consumers prioritised spending on essential goods over preventive health. As a result, vitamins and dietary supplements and weight management and wellbeing returned to positive growth. Sports ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Qatar
Consumer Health in Qatar Consumer health continues to register strong growth in current value terms in 2024 thanks to the high level of purchasing power in Qatar. Growth is also being driven by an increase in self-diagnosis and self-medication, wide access to OTC products and high GDP per capita gro ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Bangladesh
Consumer Health in Bangladesh Consumer health in Bangladesh remains affected by price hikes in 2024. Consumers are shifting to modern conventional medicines in search of perceived fast and effectiveness relief. However, awareness is higher in urban areas and some lower-income consumers continue to u ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Consumer Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina Consumer demand for consumer health products remains stable in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024, despite ongoing negative demographic trends and the shrinking consumer base. Lingering inflation continues to drive significant product price increases, particular ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Angola
Consumer Health in Angola Consumer health continues to grow in 2024, however, this is most likely due to persistent inflation, which has remained at 10% as seen in 2023. High inflation has impacted both the supply and demand for imported medications, given the country's reliance on these imports. Se ... Read More
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Consumer Health in El Salvador
Consumer Health in El Salvador Sales growth of consumer health in El Salvador in 2024 was positive across most categories, especially paediatric consumer health, while weight management and wellbeing was one exception. Demand for OTC remains highly seasonal, while climate change is stimulating the p ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Honduras
Consumer Health in Honduras Consumer health is being shaped by rising prices, which is stimulating a change in consumer priorities in El Salvador in 2024. Lower cost options, especially in analgesics and digestive remedies, are benefiting, while preventive health categories, such as vitamins and die ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Panama
Consumer Health in Panama Consumer health experienced growth across the board in 2022, although categories that saw strong growth spikes during the height of the pandemic in 2020, such as immunity boosting vitamins and dietary supplements witnessed some slowdown thanks to the rollout of vaccines. Wh ... Read More
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Consumer Health in North Macedonia
Consumer Health in North Macedonia The war in Ukraine is having a negative impact, with the resultant energy crisis leading to high inflation and dampening volume sales somewhat. As a result, while overall consumer health is expected to see an increase in current value sales in 2022, constant value ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Qatar
Consumer Health in Qatar Consumer health registered a strong performance in 2022 as the high spending power of the population meant little pressure on demand. Moreover, increasing interest in health and wellness among the population is due to the efforts of the government to promote better diets and ... Read More
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Consumer Health in Paraguay
Consumer Health in Paraguay Consumer health grew strongly in 2022 as society reopened in the wake of the pandemic. However, after a moderate rebound in 2021 the economy slowed in 2022 as consumer spending was hampered by rising inflation, which led to rising prices and a decline in living standards. ... Read More