China Bariatric Surgery Market Size (2024 - 2029)

China Bariatric Surgery Market Analysis

The Chinese bariatric surgery market is expected to register a CAGR of 14.2% over the forecast period.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the growth of the market. Diagnostic and surgical companies were impacted by the lockdown measures within the country, which also decreased public mobility in China, resulting in fewer surgical procedures. According to the study published in September 2022 by Obesity Surgery, the number of bariatric surgeons and institutions increased more than threefold from 2010. In 2010, 2019, and 2020, surgeons in IFSO-APC societies performed 18,280, 66,010, and 49,553 bariatric/metabolic surgeries, respectively. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restriction policies significantly reduced access to procedures in Southeast Asian countries. Thus, many COVID-19-positive patients and their significant impact on healthcare systems across the country resulted in a decline in the number of bariatric procedures performed, adversely impacting market growth in 2020 and slightly in 2021. However, analysis shows that the market gained traction after the pandemic and is expected to reach its pre-pandemic levels.

The major factors attributed to the growth of the Chinese bariatric surgery market are increased obesity levels among the Chinese population and a rising prevalence rate of Type 2 diabetes and heart diseases. People with more fatty tissues in their bodies are highly likely to be affected by diabetes. Hence, these patients take certain measures to prevent obesity through bariatric surgeries. For instance, according to the updates from August 2021 by the International Diabetes Federation, an estimated 1.08 billion people aged 20 to 79 in China had diabetes in 2021, by far the highest number in any country. The country had about 336 million children and adolescents up to 19 years old with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Some major risk factors for T1DM include a family history of diabetes, genetics, infections, and other environmental influences. Hence, the high burden of diabetes linked to obesity and the increasing prevalence of risk factors associated with obesity are expected to fuel growth in the bariatric surgery market in China over the forecast period.

Moreover, according to the study published in June 2021 by Frontiers in Endocrinology in China, over one in seven individuals meet the criteria for overall obesity and one in three for abdominal obesity. Age-standardized rates of overall and abdominal obesity were 14.4% and 32.7% in women, respectively, and 16.0% and 36.6% in men. Obesity varied considerably across socio-demographic subgroups. Older women were at higher risk for obesity than women aged 65-75 versus 35-44 years (1.29 for overall obesity and 1.76 for abdominal obesity), while older men were not. As a result, the market for bariatric surgery is anticipated to grow over the forecast period due to the rising prevalence of obesity and the increased need for surgical procedures.

However, the high cost of surgery is expected to hinder the growth of the market over the forecast period.

China Bariatric Surgery Industry Segmentation

Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that aids weight loss by either limiting the capacity of the stomach or the absorption of calories. This is the most effective weight-loss therapy for patients with morbid obesity and involves either open or laparoscopic techniques.

The Chinese bariatric surgery market is segmented by the device (assisting devices (suturing devices, closure devices, stapling devices, trocars, and other assisting devices), implantable devices (gastric bands, electrical stimulation devices, gastric balloons, gastric emptying), other devices). The report offers the market sizes and forecasts in terms of value in USD million.