Rise in Female Workforce, Growing Awareness about Breast Feeding, Governmental Support, and Technological Advancements to Drive the Global Breast Pumps Market
The global market for Breast Pumps is forecast to reach US$1.3 billion by 2024 , driven by rise in the rate of female workforce, growing awareness regarding benefits of breastfeeding, encouragement from governments to breastfeed babies, and technological advancements. One of the chief growth drivers for the global market for breast pumps is the growing preference among mothers across the world, to breastfeed their infants. Working women constitute the major buyer segment for breast pumps worldwide. Working women feel the pressure to resume work soon after delivering the child and are on the constant lookout for products that allow them to feed their infants’ breast milk, even in their absence and also to easily balance their work life and personal life priorities. In most countries, the inadequate leave period for nursing mothers is also a factor behind increasing sales of breast pumps. Continuous encouragement from governments to exclusively breast feed children up to the age of 6 ...