PUBLISHER: CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies | PRODUCT CODE: 1883928
PUBLISHER: CSIL Centre for Industrial Studies | PRODUCT CODE: 1883928
World Furniture Outlook 2026
The CSIL Report 'World Furniture Outlook' analyses the global furniture sector providing insights into furniture market trends, historical series of basic data (furniture production, consumption, imports, exports 2016-2024) and preliminary estimates for 2025, macroeconomic indicators, and prospects of the furniture market for the years 2026 and 2027, highlighting regional dynamics and providing data for 100 countries.
| BRAND NEW | Starting from this edition of the 'World Furniture Outlook' Report, CSIL introduces a new measurement tool for the first time, the composite indicator Country Vulnerability Index/Furniture Export - FEXVI , that evaluates the external vulnerability of each country's furniture industry and quantifies susceptibility to external shocks.
KEY INSIGHTS FROM THE WORLD FURNITURE OUTLOOK 2026 REPORT: Global Market Analysis & Trends
The 'World Furniture Outlook 2026' Report is introduced by a comparative regional analysis providing an overview of the furniture sector globally, which includes:
- World Furniture sector trends and basic data
- World Economy and Furniture Market Scenario
- Overview of the world furniture production
- World furniture market size and prospects of furniture consumption
- Growth of furniture imports worldwide and the role of furniture exporting countries in the marketplace
- Market shares of the major furniture exporters by geographical region
- Analysis of the openness of furniture markets that covers the past decade, with trade balance, imports/consumption, and exports/production ratios.
Statistics and outlook data are also available in a country format with 100 summary country tables including:
- A historical series on furniture production value, 2016-2025
- A historical series on furniture market size in value, 2016-2025
- A historical series on furniture trade, values of furniture imports and furniture exports, 2016-2025
- Furniture Market Forecasts for 2026 and 2027
- Country rankings to place all statistics in a broader worldwide context
- Trading partners: origin of furniture imports
- Trading partners: destination of furniture exports
The 100 country tables also include the following data for an understanding of the macroeconomic context driving furniture demand :
- Total household consumption expenditure
- Total GNP at purchasing power parity
- Per capita GNP at purchasing power parity
The 'World Furniture Outlook 2026' Report covers the following 100 Countries:
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'World Furniture Outlook' is the CSIL flagship publication, issued twice a year, providing status and prospects of the world furniture sector and covering 100 countries selected by CSIL according to their contribution to the production and international trade of furniture.
This research aims to answer the following questions:
- How big is the global furniture market? What are its prospects?
- What are the furniture market forecasts?
- What are the world's largest furniture markets?
- What are the largest furniture-producing countries worldwide?
- What are the dynamics of the world furniture trade?
- What are the main exporters and importers of furniture on a global level?
International trade of furniture is in a state of unprecedented uncertainty. Trade policy and tariff unpredictability may continue. Consequently, forecasts on consumption and international trade of furniture should be used with great caution, particularly for countries where the furniture sector is more open to international trade. Continuing uncertainty adversely affects the business climate for the furniture sector, particularly regarding investment decisions and household consumption behaviour.
Highlights:
Major furniture importing countries.
Imports, 2019-2025.
Current US$ billion.
Source: CSIL; 2025 Preliminary estimates
International trade of furniture is experiencing unprecedented uncertainty, driven by unstable trade policies. CSIL preliminary estimates for 2025 indicate a very slight increase in global furniture trade compared to the previous year. Still, the effects of tariffs, introduced in mid-October, is expected to become evident in 2026.
Looking at the main furniture-importing countries, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France lead. US furniture imports exceeded USD 41 billion in 2024, but the new tariffs and a broader climate of uncertainty have led to a reduction in imports in 2025. Prospects continue to be affected by ongoing trade policy uncertainty, which remains high in the absence of stable, long-term agreements among trading partners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS (ABSTRACT)
PART I: THE WORLD FURNITURE OUTLOOK
1. Summary data: The World Furniture Sector
- World Furniture sector trends and basic data 2026-2025
- World Economy and Furniture Market Scenario
2. World Furniture Market Trends and Forecasts
- Overview of the world furniture production
- Furniture consumption: world furniture market size and by area
3. International Trade of Furniture
- Market shares of the leading furniture exporting countries
- The opening of furniture markets
- International Furniture Trade within Economic Regions
- Trade Balance
- Country Vulnerability Index/Furniture Export
4. The International Scenario
- The world economy and prospects of the furniture sector
- Furniture Trade Forecasts 2026-2027
- Furniture Market Forecasts 2026-2027
PART II: WORLD FURNITURE INDICATORS
1. World Tables
- Overview of the world furniture industry - Production, Exports, Consumption, and Imports 2016-2024 and 2025 preliminary estimates
- Furniture exports, 100 countries (alphabetical order and ranking)
- Furniture imports, 100 countries (alphabetical order and ranking)
- The opening of the furniture markets
- Growth of exports, 40 major exporting countries
- Growth of imports, 40 major importing countries
- World furniture trade. Destination of exports and origin of imports
- Furniture Market Outlook 2026-2027 (alphabetical order and ranking by level of furniture consumption)
2. Country Tables for 100 countries
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For each country:
- Furniture production, exports, imports, and consumption for the time series 2016-2025
- Economic indicators (population, area, total and per capita GNP, household consumption expenditure, data at purchasing power parity)
- Real growth of furniture consumption: 2026-2027 forecasts
- Exchange rates
- Furniture trading partners: destination countries of furniture exports and countries of origin of furniture imports
Appendix: Methodology, notes, presentation conventions
