Wellness Real Estate Market Projected to Double, Hit $1.8T by 2030

New Global Wellness Institute data shows wellness real estate is now the fastest-growing segment of the wellness economy, led by expansion in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East

Real estate has emerged as the fastest-growing wellness sector by far, according to new data from the Global Wellness Institute (GWI).

In a new report, the organization revealed the wellness real estate market grew from $151 billion in 2017 to $876 billion in 2025, and is projected to more than double to $1.8 trillion by 2030.

The Asia-Pacific region makes up the largest share of the global real estate economy at $350 billion, followed by North America at $274 billion and Europe at $205 billion, together comprising over 95% of the total market.

Every region has maintained robust growth from 2019 to 2025, but the largest gains were seen in the Latin America-Caribbean and Middle East-North Africa regions.

Going country-by-country, the United States has the biggest slice of the pie at $254 billion, followed by China ($218 billion) and the UK ($51 billion). Italy, Spain and Saudi Arabia saw the biggest annual growth from 2019 to 2025, at 50%, 46% and 34% respectively, per the report.

GWI also took a closer look at specific countries through case studies into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Saudi Arabia’s market grew 85% annually from 2017 to 2025 — the highest in the world — while the UAE experienced 21% growth per year over the same period.

Those two countries are pouring investment into substantial wellness real estate projects, including:

• AMAALA Triple Bay, Red Sea Region, Saudi Arabia: The world’s largest (over 100-million-acre) wellness tourism destination, featuring nine wellness resorts and 160 for-sale residences.
• Sports Boulevard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The world’s largest linear park (84 miles long) and urban regeneration project, which will add over 990 acres of new green/public spaces and provide access to more than 50 sports facilities, with 32.3 million square feet of new, mixed-use private development.
• Ghaf Woods, Dubailand, Dubai, UAE: A new mixed-use, 182-acre “forest living” community, embedded in an 18.7-acre forest and 5,000 mid/high-rise apartments, with retail, entertainment spaces and a mall.

As the market continues to grow, top developers are predicting new trends in mixed-use, wellness-driven residences and hospitality facilities, including an increased focus on socialization and communal spaces like pickleball and padel courts, an escape from the ubiquity of screens towards “analog wellness” and a shift toward meditation and soundbaths for mental well-being.