The Top 10 Medical Equipment Growth Categories in Latin America

While the COVID crisis has obviously driven up the demand for ventilators in 2020, data from GHI’s Medical Equipment Market Report: Latin America 2020 also point to a number of other categories that are growing in markets across the region.

Below we break down some of the key growth categories. Our data on medical equipment/devices growth covers Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. While no equipment types showed growth in all of the markets we analyzed, a number of them did grow in many of these markets. As such, below we list each equipment type and the countries in which it’s posting growth.

#1 ANESTHESIA MACHINES

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 4.4%

• Central America: 13.5%

• Chile: 18.3%

• Colombia: 18.1%

• Mexico: 4.1%

• Peru: 5.7%

#2 ANGIOGRAPHY SYSTEMS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 11.4%

• Brazil: 1.4%        

• Central America: 23.5%

• Colombia: 2.7%

• Peru: 1.4%

#3 C-ARMS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 8.3%

• Central America: 12%

• Colombia: 5.3%

• Mexico: 4%

#4 CT SCANNERS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 6.5%

• Central America: 9.8%

• Colombia: 7%

• Mexico: 5.3%

#5 EKG MACHINES

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 4%

• Brazil: 2.8%        

• Central America: 13.6%

• Peru: 3.8%

#6 ENDOSCOPY TOWERS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 16.2%

• Central America: 10.7%

• Chile: 19.4%

• Colombia: 23.4%

#7 FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 37.2%

• Central America: 19.6%

• Colombia: 11.8%

• Mexico: 20%

• Peru: 14.8%

#8 GAMMA CAMERAS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 18.2%

• Brazil: 1.3%        

• Chile: 76.5%

• Colombia: 6%

• Mexico: 0.5%

#9 MRI MACHINES

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 12.9%

• Brazil: 1.3%        

• Chile: 3.9%

• Colombia: 25.9%

• Mexico: 12%

• Peru: 13.2%

#10 MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS

Growth in Specific Markets:

• Argentina: 47.8%

• Chile: 14.8%

• Colombia: 29.8%

• Mexico: 1.6%

• Peru: 1.1%

Explore More

Click here for a sample of GHI’s Medical Equipment Market Report Latin America 2020, which not only offers the growth data cited above but also lists a deep range of other insights to help marketing and sales teams target the region more effectively, such as:

• Total hospitals in Latin America and in specific markets
• Penetration of basic medical equipment (e.g. X-ray machines, ventilators, etc) across Latin America and in specific markets such as Argentina, Brazil, central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru
• Penetration of specialized equipment (e.g. C-arms, CT scanners, linear accelerators) across Latin America and in specific markets such as Argentina, Brazil, central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru
• Healthcare technology penetration (EMRs, PACS, robotic surgery systems, telemedicine and more) across Latin America and in specific markets such as Argentina, Brazil, central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru
• The top 70 Latin American hospitals in terms of advanced technology
• Growth trends in equipment across recent years
• Importation data of medical equipment/devices in different Latin American markets

And much more. The report site details more of what the report features, including its table of contents and a sample of the report itself.

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