Prostheses

Market overview

Supplier landscape

Pricing

  • 65 million people worldwide have had limb amputations.
  • 64 per cent of them live in low- and-middle-income countries.
  • Only 20 per cent have access to prostheses.
  • Market segmented by type (lower-limb: above-knee, below-knee, partial foot; upper-limb: shoulders, above-elbow, and below- elbow) and by technology mechanically controlled and microprocessor controlled.
  • Market led by a few companies with a focus on high- and upper-middle income countries.
  • Suppliers have emerged in low or middle-income countries like China, Türkiye, and Russia, providing more affordable solutions for low- and middle-income markets.
  • In high-income countries, prostheses leg prices range from 3,500 to over 70,000 dollars for advanced control.
  • In low- and middle- income countries, costs for basic component kits are 77 to 450 dollars for transtibial and 188 to 540 dollars for transfemoral.
  • Prices are largely influenced by functionality, material, and manufacturing origin.