According to the latest World Out of Home Organisation Expenditure Survey, Out-of-Home (OOH) media is shining bright globally, with global spend surging to $46.2 billion in 2024, representing global Advertisement Expenditure (ADEX). Breaking the $45 billion barrier and exceeding $1 billion predicted for the year with forecasts pointing to a 2025 boom, reaching $49.8 billion.
The survey captures expenditure globally for OOH across 2024 and gives estimates of OOH expenditure for 2025. This indicates that out-of-home advertising is on the rise, solidifying its position as a key player in the global ad landscape.
The survey shows that regionally, Asia-Pacific (APAC) dominates with 49% of global OOH spending at $22.8bn against 40% of global GDP.
While North America reports $9.7bn, 22% of the total, alongside Europe ($9.5bn), Latin America (LATAM) ($2.7bn) and Africa ($1.4bn) track behind their share of GDP – although expenditure reporting in Africa is more challenging in Central Africa and is likely to be under-reporting much of the informal economy.
The survey also revealed that Global Digital Out of Home (DOOH) expenditure rose to $17.9bn in 2024, representing almost 39% of all OOH revenues and remains the main driver of OOH revenue growth globally.
Investment in DOOH infrastructure varies across the world, with APAC and Europe ahead of the global average at 41.6% and 40.8% respectively.
North America at 34.4%, LATAM at 31.1% and Africa at 24.4% of total OOH revenues.
The ‘headroom’ for growth in DOOH is exemplified by territories that have invested heavily in DOOH screens – of the top 10 markets by overall OOH volume: Australia (74% of OOH revenue), UK (66%), China (46%), Brazil (46%) and South Korea (44%) lead the way in driving growth through DOOH.
The survey also stated that programmatically traded DOOH grew to a reported total spend of $1.7bn globally, representing 9.4% of total DOOH revenues.
Although this data is not captured commonly across all markets, so may be under-representative of the total revenue traded this way.
The survey forecast continued growth to this figure in 2025, reaching 10.9% of all DOOH revenues, totalling $2.2bn.
The WOOH Global Expenditure Survey is only possible through the collaboration of its members from across the world.
It is conducted by the use of a short-form questionnaire to WOO members and OOH associations across the world and represents the most comprehensive survey of OOH expenditure globally.
Building on data for each year back to 2019, the WOO Global Expenditure survey allows the organisation to track the growth and investment into Out of Home (OOH) media alongside local economic conditions and the development of Digital Out of Home (DOOH) as it drives growth for OOH globally.
Understanding these growth drivers at a market and regional level allows WOO members and OOH Trade Associations to look to other markets for learnings to promote growth in their markets.
The 2025 survey was completed by 95 members, covering 85 unique territories – collectively representing 95% of the global GDP and 79% of the global population.
Unreported territories are modelled from similar territories based on population, total GDP and GDP per capita, where possible, or are excluded from the study.