The buoyant ad marketing in emerging economies has seen media buying agency ZenithOptimedia raise its global adspend forecast for 2005 to $406bn (£230bn), a rise of 5.2% on 2004.
Along with growth from the so-called BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- advertising in Saudi Arabia and the pan-Arabic market is also expected to rise, contributing $656m to global adspend, almost the same amount as India.
This year, the fastest-growing region is Latin America, with adspend forecast to increase by 19.3%. It is followed by Africa, the Middle East and rest of the world, up by 17.1%, and then by Asia Pacific, which is forecast to report growth of 5.5%.
Europe and the US lag behind the global growth rate with 3.1% and 3.6% respectively.
The agency said that adspend outlook remained positive despite economic uncertainties. It is forecasting 6.2% growth in 2006 and 6.1% in 2007.
ZenithOptimedia said that as well as the growth of advertising in emerging markets, the rise of the internet as an advertising medium was also pushing up growth. It is forecasting that by 2007, the internet will account for 5% of all global adspend.
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