Fashion Industry Statistics

Global e-commerce apparel revenue is projected to amount to $764.4 billion in 2024 [1]

Global e-commerce footwear revenue is projected to amount to $182.6 billion in 2024 [2]

Global e-commerce luxury fashion revenue is projected to amount to $34.8 billion in 2024 [3]

The average revenue per user in global apparel e-commerce is projected to be $123.70 in 2024 [1]

The average revenue per user in global footwear e-commerce is projected to be $72.08 in 2024 [2]

Online user penetration in global apparel e-commerce is projected to be 43.5% in 2024 [1]

Online user penetration in global footwear e-commerce is projected to be 26.9% in 2024 [2]

Online user penetration in global luxury fashion e-commerce is projected to be 8.6% in 2024 [3]

Apparel accounted for 18.3% of global e-commerce revenue in 2023 [4]

Global fashion influencer marketing was estimated at $6.82 billion in 2024 [5]

56% of Gen Z consumers purchased secondhand apparel in 2023 [6]

40% of consumers bought secondhand apparel in 2023 [6]

62% of consumers say they look for an item secondhand before buying it new [6]

65% of Gen Z say they seek out shopping recommendations from social media [7]

71% of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions [8]

76% of consumers get frustrated when personalization does not happen [8]

78% of consumers are more likely to make repeat purchases from brands that personalize [8]

60% of consumers in 2022 made purchases from a DTC brand in the previous three months [9]

U.S. online apparel and accessories sales amounted to $197.8 billion in 2023 [10]

U.S. apparel and accessories e-commerce penetration reached 46% in 2023 [11]

Nike was the most valuable apparel brand in the world in 2024 with a brand value of $39.1 billion [12]

Zara’s brand value reached $16.4 billion in 2024 [12]

Louis Vuitton was the most valuable luxury brand in the world in 2024 with a brand value of $32.2 billion [13]

Shein had 88.8 million downloads globally in 2023 [14]

Temu had 337.2 million downloads globally in 2023 [15]

The average order value for online apparel in the U.S. was $117 in 2023 [16]

Cart abandonment in fashion e-commerce averaged 84.5% [17]

Mobile devices accounted for 73% of retail site visits globally in Q4 2023 [18]

The average engagement rate for fashion influencers on Instagram was 0.52% in 2024 [19]

The apparel and footwear industry employed 1.46 million people in the United States in 2023 [20]

There were 83.6 million people employed in the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sector worldwide in 2022 [21]

About 60 million people work in the garment industry worldwide [22]

Women make up approximately 80% of garment workers worldwide [22]

Bangladesh’s apparel industry employs around 4 million workers [23]

About 85% of garment workers in Bangladesh are women [23]

The garment industry accounts for 84% of Bangladesh’s exports [23]

The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh was raised to 12,500 taka per month in 2023 [24]

The global garment industry was worth $1.7 trillion and employed more than 300 million people across its value chain before the pandemic [25]

One in six people worldwide work in the fashion supply chain [26]

The median hourly wage for sewing machine operators in the U.S. was $17.27 in May 2023 [27]

Employment of fashion designers in the U.S. was 24,100 in 2023 [28]

The median annual pay for fashion designers in the U.S. was $79,290 in May 2023 [28]

Employment of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in the U.S. was 17,500 in 2023 [29]

The median annual wage for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in the U.S. was $36,460 in May 2023 [29]

The median annual wage for textile, apparel, and furnishings workers in the U.S. was $34,440 in May 2023 [30]

Employment of textile, apparel, and furnishings workers in the U.S. is projected to decline 11% from 2023 to 2033 [30]

Employment of fashion designers in the U.S. is projected to grow 5% from 2023 to 2033 [28]

The median annual wage for floral designers in the U.S. was $35,500 in May 2023 [31]

Cambodia’s garment, footwear and travel goods sector employed about 913,000 workers in 2023 [32]

In Ethiopia’s industrial parks, around 80% of garment workers are women [33]

The apparel sector in Vietnam employed over 2.5 million workers in 2023 [34]

India’s textile and apparel industry employed 45 million people directly in 2022 [35]

India’s textile industry supports 100 million people indirectly [35]

The U.S. textile and apparel industry employed 471,000 people in 2023 in manufacturing establishments [36]

U.S. man-made fiber, textile, and apparel shipments totaled an estimated $64.8 billion in 2023 [36]

The U.S. textile supply chain exports were $28.0 billion in 2023 [36]

The U.S. textile industry invested $22.3 billion in new plants and equipment from 2013 to 2022 [36]

The number of apparel store salespeople employed in the U.S. was 422,300 in May 2023 [37]

The mean annual wage for salespersons of apparel in the U.S. was $33,360 in May 2023 [37]

The apparel industry generated 1.9 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2018 [38]

Polyester has nearly double the carbon footprint of cotton and almost triple that of linen [38]

Raw material production accounted for 38% of the fashion industry’s climate impact in 2018 [38]

Yarn preparation, fabric preparation and wet processes accounted for 36% of the fashion industry’s climate impact in 2018 [38]

End-of-life accounted for 22% of the fashion industry’s climate impact in 2018 [38]

Fashion brands need to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 to align with the Paris Agreement [39]

Renewables supplied 17% of electricity consumption in the fashion industry in 2022 [39]

Coal still accounted for 39% of energy used for textile manufacturing in 2022 [39]

Only 19% of polyester was recycled or bio-based in 2022 [39]

The resale market grew 18 times faster than the broader retail clothing market in 2023 [6]

Global AI in fashion market size was valued at $1.26 billion in 2024 [40]

The global AI in fashion market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 40.4% from 2024 to 2034 [40]

The global 3D apparel design software market size was valued at $1.07 billion in 2023 [41]

The global 3D apparel design software market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.6% from 2024 to 2030 [41]

The digital textile printing market size was valued at $2.71 billion in 2023 [42]

The digital textile printing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.3% from 2024 to 2030 [42]

The smart textiles market size was valued at $5.41 billion in 2023 [43]

The smart textiles market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31.3% from 2024 to 2030 [43]

The apparel PLM software market size was valued at $1.56 billion in 2023 [44]

The apparel PLM software market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% from 2024 to 2030 [44]

The global virtual fitting room market size was valued at $5.71 billion in 2023 [45]

The virtual fitting room market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.5% from 2024 to 2030 [45]

The global textile recycling market size was valued at $5.72 billion in 2023 [46]

The textile recycling market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2024 to 2030 [46]

The blockchain in retail market size was valued at $220.7 million in 2023 [47]

The blockchain in retail market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 90.8% from 2024 to 2030 [47]

73% of fashion executives consider generative AI a priority for their businesses in 2024 [7]

Generative AI could add between $150 billion and $275 billion to apparel, fashion, and luxury profits in the next 3 to 5 years [48]

25% of fashion executives expect generative AI to improve product development and design in 2024 [7]

18% of fashion executives expect generative AI to support marketing and sales in 2024 [7]

60% of sourcing executives cited uncertain demand as their top challenge in 2024 [7]

39% of sourcing executives plan to nearshore more of their production in 2024 [7]

33% of fashion executives ranked supply chain disruption as the leading risk for growth in 2024 [7]

65% of fashion executives cited inflation as the biggest risk to growth in 2024 [7]

20% of fashion executives expect conditions in the luxury segment to improve in 2024 [7]

The global apparel market is projected to reach $1.79 trillion in 2024 [49]

Revenue in the global luxury fashion market is projected to reach $150.2 billion in 2024 [50]

The secondhand apparel market is expected to reach $350 billion by 2027 [6]

The global footwear market is projected to generate $457.3 billion in revenue in 2024 [51]

The global fast fashion market size was valued at $106.4 billion in 2022 [52]

The global online fashion market is expected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2027 [53]

The global sportswear market size was valued at $182.8 billion in 2023 [54]

The global handbags market size was valued at $56.6 billion in 2023 [55]

The global denim jeans market size was valued at $79.5 billion in 2023 [56]

The global childrenswear market is projected to reach $285.3 billion in 2024 [57]

The global womenswear market is projected to reach $936.3 billion in 2024 [58]

The global menswear market is projected to reach $587.9 billion in 2024 [59]

The global jewelry market is projected to reach $353.3 billion in 2024 [60]

The global watches market is projected to reach $93.2 billion in 2024 [61]

The global eyewear market is projected to reach $169.8 billion in 2024 [62]

The global apparel market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.81% from 2024 to 2028 [49]

The global luxury fashion market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.09% from 2024 to 2028 [50]

The global handbags market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.3% from 2024 to 2030 [55]

The global sportswear market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2024 to 2030 [54]

The global fast fashion market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.7% from 2023 to 2030 [52]

The global apparel market ARPU is projected to amount to $234.30 in 2024 [49]

The average volume per person in the global apparel market is projected to be 28.8 pieces in 2024 [49]

Online sales will account for 38.1% of total revenue in the global apparel market in 2024 [49]

The U.S. apparel market is projected to generate $365.7 billion in revenue in 2024 [63]

China’s apparel market is projected to generate $382.1 billion in revenue in 2024 [64]

India’s apparel market is projected to generate $101.4 billion in revenue in 2024 [65]

The UK apparel market is projected to generate $88.2 billion in revenue in 2024 [66]

Germany’s apparel market is projected to generate $76.4 billion in revenue in 2024 [67]

Japan’s apparel market is projected to generate $66.5 billion in revenue in 2024 [68]

France’s apparel market is projected to generate $54.8 billion in revenue in 2024 [69]

The fashion industry is responsible for around 10% of global carbon emissions [70]

Fashion production makes up 20% of global wastewater [71]

The textile industry is responsible for about 9% of annual microplastic losses to the ocean [72]

Less than 1% of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new textiles [73]

Around 87% of total fibre input used for clothing is ultimately incinerated or disposed of in landfill [73]

The equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second [73]

Washing clothes releases 500,000 tonnes of microfibres into the ocean every year [73]

The fashion industry uses about 93 billion cubic metres of water annually [71]

It takes about 7,500 litres of water to make one pair of jeans [71]

It takes about 2,700 litres of water to produce one cotton shirt [74]

Europeans consume nearly 26 kg of textiles and discard about 11 kg of textiles per person each year [72]

In the EU, textile consumption had the fourth highest impact on the environment and climate change from a global life cycle perspective [75]

Textile use in the EU had the third highest impact on water and land use in 2020 [75]

Textile consumption in Europe generated about 270 kg of CO2 emissions per person in 2020 [75]

Textile consumption in Europe required 9 cubic metres of water per person in 2020 [75]

Textile consumption in Europe used 400 square metres of land per person in 2020 [75]

Textile consumption in Europe used 391 kg of raw materials per person in 2020 [75]

Global textile production nearly doubled from 58 million tonnes in 2000 to 109 million tonnes in 2020 [75]

By 2030, global textile consumption is expected to increase by 63% to 102 million tonnes [72]

Synthetic fibres accounted for 64% of global fibre production in 2021 [76]

Polyester represented 54% of global fibre production in 2021 [76]

Recycled polyester accounted for 14.8% of the global polyester market in 2021 [76]

Global fibre production reached an all-time high of 113 million tonnes in 2021 [76]

Global fibre production is expected to grow to 149 million tonnes in 2030 if business continues as usual [76]

Less than 1% of clothing is recycled into new clothing in a closed-loop system [77]

The fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of global carbon emissions [78]

The fashion industry consumes 215 trillion litres of water per year [77]

The fashion industry emits 2.1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases annually [79]

Around 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the fashion industry [79]

More than 70 million barrels of oil a year are used to make polyester fibres for clothing [77]

Global emissions from fashion could rise by more than 50% by 2030 if no action is taken [77]

China was the leading apparel exporter worldwide in 2023 with exports valued at $165 billion [80]

The European Union exported $170 billion worth of apparel in 2023 [80]

Bangladesh exported $47 billion worth of apparel in 2023 [80]

Vietnam exported $31 billion worth of apparel in 2023 [80]

Global textile exports were valued at $353 billion in 2023 [81]

China accounted for 41.4% of global textile exports in 2023 [81]

The U.S. imported $79.3 billion of apparel in 2023 [82]

The U.S. imported 25.3 billion square meter equivalents of apparel in 2023 [82]

Bangladesh supplied 9.5% of U.S. apparel imports by value in 2023 [82]

Vietnam supplied 18.9% of U.S. apparel imports by value in 2023 [82]

China supplied 21.3% of U.S. apparel imports by value in 2023 [82]

The global textile market size was valued at $1.84 trillion in 2023 [83]

The global textile market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2024 to 2033 [83]

The global man-made fibers market size was valued at $58.5 billion in 2023 [84]

The global technical textile market size was valued at $225.2 billion in 2022 [85]

The global technical textile market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2023 to 2030 [85]

The global nonwoven fabrics market size was valued at $46.7 billion in 2023 [86]

Cotton production worldwide amounted to 113.4 million bales in 2023/24 [87]

Global wool production amounted to 1.14 million metric tons clean weight in 2023 [88]

Global silk production amounted to 177 thousand metric tons in 2023/24 [89]

Global leather production reached 23.7 billion square feet in 2023 [90]

The U.S. domestic apparel manufacturing industry market size was $9.1 billion in 2024 [91]

The U.S. cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing industry employed 85,839 people in 2024 [91]

Global clothing production doubled between 2000 and 2015 [77]

Consumers bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000 [77]

Garment utilization declined by 36% compared with 15 years earlier [73]

China produced 22.1 billion pieces of clothing in 2023 [92]

India produced 6.37 billion square meters of cloth in FY 2023 [93]

Vietnam’s textile and garment export turnover reached $40.3 billion in 2023 [94]

Bangladesh’s apparel export earnings reached $47.39 billion in fiscal year 2022/23 [95]