CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data for January 2022 (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):
January 2022 CIPA numbers
Mirrorless unit share at 56.1% is higher than January 2021 (53.8%), but lower than the full-year 2021 unit share of 59%. Mirrorless shipped value share is higher at 79.9% compared to 72.2% last January and 78% full year 2021.
CIPA has predicted 5.29 million DSLR and Mirrorless bodies for 2022. We’re predicting 4.8 to 5.143 million compared to:
- 2021: 5.348 million
- 2020: 5.308 million
- 2019: 8.462 million
- 2018: 10.76 million
- 2017: 11.68 million
January 2022 Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to January 2021)
DSLR Units: 175.9K –9% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥6.7 billion –14% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 224K +0% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥26.6 billion +31% YTD
Compact Units: 179.4K –19% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥5.118 billion +5% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Units: 356K –11% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm Shipped Value: ¥5.364 billion -3% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Units: 361K, +3% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger Shipped Value: ¥22.23 billion +30% YTD
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 56.1% (was 53.8% YTD 2021)
Cumulative 2022 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 79.9% (was 72.2% YTD 2021)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.79 for YTD 2022. It was 1.81 for YTD 2021.
Full Year 2021 Geographic Share:
DSLR:
- Units: China 8.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 12.4%, Japan 2.4%, Europe 40.2%, Americas 34.6%, Other 1.8%
- Shipped Value: China 15.3%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 15.4%, Japan 4.8%, Europe 31.3%, Americas 31.8%, Other 1.3%
Mirrorless:
- Units: China 19.2%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 19.5%, Japan 7%, Europe 23.3%, Americas 27.6%, Other 3.5%
- Shipped Value: China 17.7%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 18.9%, Japan 7.8%, Europe 22.8%, Americas 28.6%, Other 4.2%
Compacts:
- Units: China 10.8%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 11.5%, Japan 23.1%, Europe 29.5%, Americas 21.9%, Other 3.4%
- Shipped Value: China 16.5%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 14.1%, Japan 16.2%, Europe 28.7%, Americas 21.8%, Other 2.7%
Lenses:
- Units: China 12.8%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 15.6%, Japan 6.7%, Europe 32.9%, Americas 28.6%, Other 3.5%
- Shipped Value: China 15.3%, Asia (not incl. China or Japan) 15.5%, Japan 9.4%, Europe 28.8%, Americas 26.7%, Other 4.3%
List of participating CIPA companies can be found here (thanks ZoetMB).
CIPA also released their annual market outlook for shipment of cameras and lenses – the worldwide camera shipment will decrease 6.1% this year (2022):
“Total shipments of digital cameras were 94.1% those of the previous year, and the mainstay “interchangeable lens” type cameras were 100.8%. In 2021 (January to December cumulative), the total shipments of digital cameras were 8,361,521 units, 94.1% of the previous year (the attached table is in units of 10,000). Although the market continued to expand significantly since such statistics started being kept in 1999, it decreased in 2009 for the first time due to the impact of the worldwide economic recession, decreased in 2011 due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the flooding in Thailand, and then continued to decrease. Although it started to increase in 2017, it has fallen below the previous year’s level for four consecutive years since 2018.”
Here is another quote by Nikkei:
“The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) announced on the 22nd that the worldwide shipment of digital cameras in 2022 will decrease 6.1% from 2009 to 7.85 million units. It is expected to fall below the previous year’s level for the fifth consecutive year. The shortage of parts such as semiconductors is expected to continue to affect production for 22 years. Compared to the peak of 10 years (121.46 million units), it will be about 1/15. By type, the number of integrated lenses such as compact digital cameras is expected to decrease by 15% to 2.56 million units, and the number of interchangeable lens cameras such as single-lens reflex cameras and mirrorless cameras is expected to decrease by 1.1% to 5.29 million units.”
