Garment Industry Statistics

The global e-commerce apparel market was valued at $714.3 billion in 2024 [1]

The online share of global apparel revenue is projected to be 38.1% in 2025 [1]

Average revenue per user in the global apparel market is expected to amount to $238.20 in 2025 [2]

The number of users in the global apparel market is projected to reach 7.8 billion by 2029 [2]

Per capita revenue in the global apparel market is expected to be $235.20 in 2025 [2]

The women’s apparel segment is projected to generate $930.4 billion in 2025 globally [3]

The men’s apparel segment is projected to generate $587.9 billion in 2025 globally [4]

The children’s apparel segment is projected to generate $335.0 billion in 2025 globally [5]

Global apparel ad spending is projected to reach $31.1 billion in 2025 [6]

Mobile is expected to account for 74.9% of apparel ad spending in 2025 [6]

Zara had 5,692 stores worldwide in 2023 [7]

H&M operated 4,369 stores worldwide in 2023 [8]

Nike generated $51.2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024 [9]

Inditex reported €35.95 billion in sales in 2023 [10]

H&M Group’s net sales reached SEK 236.0 billion in 2023 [11]

Shein was valued at $66 billion in 2023 fundraising [12]

The global maternity wear market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2024 to 2030 [13]

The hosiery market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% from 2024 to 2030 [14]

The underwear market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2030 [15]

The workwear market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2024 to 2030 [16]

The wedding wear market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.1% from 2023 to 2030 [17]

The global luxury apparel market is projected to reach $126.17 billion by 2032 [18]

The denim jeans market is projected to reach $94.3 billion by 2032 [19]

The global used apparel market grew 18% in 2023 [20]

52% of consumers shopped for secondhand apparel in 2023 [20]

68% of consumers say they are looking for more affordable ways to shop [20]

55% of consumers say apparel resale offers the best value for their budget [20]

40% of Gen Z and Millennial consumers bought secondhand apparel in 2023 [20]

94% of retail executives say customers are already participating in resale [20]

The textile and apparel industry contributes 2% to India’s GDP [21]

The textile and apparel sector contributes 12% to India’s export earnings [21]

India’s textile sector provides employment to over 45 million people [21]

The Indian textile industry is expected to reach $350 billion by 2030 [21]

Bangladesh’s RMG sector employs about 4 million workers [22]

Women make up around 60.8% of Bangladesh’s garment workforce [22]

The Bangladesh apparel industry contributes more than 11% to national GDP [22]

The Cambodian garment, footwear and travel goods sector employed around 913,000 workers in 2023 [23]

The garment sector accounted for about 57% of Cambodia’s total merchandise exports in 2023 [23]

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry employs over 2.5 million workers [24]

The U.S. apparel manufacturing industry employed 84,400 people in 2023 [25]

U.S. cut and sew apparel manufacturing had 6,849 establishments in 2023 [25]

U.S. apparel knitting mills employed 15,600 people in 2023 [26]

U.S. cut and sew apparel contractors employed 20,700 people in 2023 [27]

U.S. women’s, girls’, and infants’ cut and sew apparel manufacturing employed 18,700 people in 2023 [28]

U.S. men’s and boys’ cut and sew apparel manufacturing employed 9,300 people in 2023 [29]

U.S. apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing employed 9,000 people in 2023 [30]

The EU textile and clothing sector had 197,000 enterprises in 2022 [31]

The EU textile and clothing sector employed 1.3 million people in 2022 [31]

The EU textile and clothing sector generated €170 billion in turnover in 2022 [31]

Clothing manufacturing represented 28% of the EU textile and clothing sector’s turnover in 2022 [31]

The global apparel market was valued at $1.79 trillion in 2024 [2]

Revenue in the global apparel market is projected to reach $1.84 trillion in 2025 [2]

The global apparel market is expected to grow annually by 2.72% from 2025 to 2029 [2]

The global second-hand apparel market was worth $197 billion in 2023 [20]

The global second-hand apparel market is expected to reach $350 billion by 2028 [20]

The U.S. second-hand apparel market reached $43 billion in 2023 [20]

The global fast fashion market size was valued at $106.4 billion in 2022 [32]

The fast fashion market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 10.7% from 2023 to 2030 [32]

The global luxury apparel market size was valued at $80.13 billion in 2023 [18]

The global sports apparel market size was valued at $193.89 billion in 2021 [33]

The sports apparel market is projected to reach $305.67 billion by 2030 [33]

The global children’s wear market size was estimated at $279.40 billion in 2023 [34]

The children’s wear market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% from 2024 to 2030 [34]

The global denim jeans market size was valued at $64.5 billion in 2023 [19]

The global underwear market size was valued at $91.47 billion in 2023 [15]

The global workwear market size was valued at $18.76 billion in 2023 [16]

The global wedding wear market size was valued at $61.6 billion in 2022 [17]

The global hosiery market size was valued at $47.7 billion in 2023 [14]

The global maternity wear market size was valued at $19.7 billion in 2023 [13]

Global fiber production reached a record 124 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

Polyester accounted for 57% of global fiber production in 2023 [35]

Cotton fiber production was 25.5 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

Recycled fibers represented 7.7% of global fiber production in 2023 [35]

Less than 1% of the global fiber market came from pre- and post-consumer recycled textiles in 2023 [35]

Global man-made cellulosic fiber production reached 8.9 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

Global wool production was 1.0 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

Global down production was 0.6 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

Global leather production was 7.3 million tonnes in 2023 [35]

China produced 22.3 billion garments in 2023 [36]

China’s chemical fiber output reached 71.27 million metric tons in 2023 [37]

China’s yarn output was 21.5 million metric tons in 2023 [38]

China’s cloth output totaled 29.9 billion meters in 2023 [39]

U.S. apparel manufacturing shipments were valued at $12.1 billion in 2022 [40]

U.S. textile mills shipments totaled $36.7 billion in 2022 [40]

The U.S. cut and sew apparel manufacturing industry had annual payroll of $3.1 billion in 2023 [25]

U.S. apparel knitting mills had annual payroll of $791.5 million in 2023 [26]

U.S. cut and sew apparel contractors had annual payroll of $794.7 million in 2023 [27]

U.S. women’s, girls’, and infants’ cut and sew apparel manufacturing had annual payroll of $717.1 million in 2023 [28]

U.S. men’s and boys’ cut and sew apparel manufacturing had annual payroll of $373.1 million in 2023 [29]

U.S. apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing had annual payroll of $396.5 million in 2023 [30]

The EU produced €46 billion worth of clothing in 2022 [31]

The EU produced €59 billion worth of textiles in 2022 [31]

The EU produced €21 billion worth of leather products in 2022 [31]

Italy accounted for 19% of EU textile and clothing turnover in 2022 [31]

France accounted for 16% of EU textile and clothing turnover in 2022 [31]

Spain accounted for 13% of EU textile and clothing turnover in 2022 [31]

Germany accounted for 12% of EU textile and clothing turnover in 2022 [31]

Portugal accounted for 8% of EU textile and clothing turnover in 2022 [31]

The global fashion industry is responsible for 2% to 8% of global carbon emissions [41]

The fashion industry consumes about 215 trillion liters of water per year [42]

Around 9% of annual microplastic losses to the oceans come from apparel and textiles [42]

About 20% of global wastewater is generated by the fashion industry [42]

The equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second [43]

Less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing [43]

The average number of times a garment is worn has decreased by 36% compared to 15 years ago [43]

Clothing production roughly doubled between 2000 and 2015 [43]

A cotton shirt requires about 2,700 liters of water to produce [44]

A pair of jeans requires about 7,500 liters of water to produce [42]

Global textile production generates 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually [45]

Washing clothes releases around 500,000 tonnes of microfibres into the ocean each year [42]

The fashion industry accounts for around 10% of global carbon emissions [46]

Textiles in the EU had the fourth highest impact on climate change among household consumption categories [47]

The average EU citizen consumed 19 kilograms of textiles in 2022 [47]

EU textile consumption generated about 270 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person in 2022 [47]

EU textile consumption used 9 cubic meters of water per person in 2022 [47]

EU textile consumption required 400 square meters of land per person in 2022 [47]

In 2022, 6.94 million tonnes of textile waste were generated in the EU [47]

Only 15% of textile waste in the EU was collected separately in 2022 [47]

Americans generated 17 million tons of textile municipal solid waste in 2018 [48]

The recycling rate for textiles in the U.S. was 14.7% in 2018 [48]

Textiles accounted for 5.8% of total U.S. municipal solid waste generation in 2018 [48]

Landfilled textiles in the U.S. totaled 11.3 million tons in 2018 [48]

Combusted textiles with energy recovery in the U.S. totaled 2.5 million tons in 2018 [48]

China exported approximately $165 billion worth of apparel in 2023 [49]

The European Union imported around €83 billion of clothing in 2023 [31]

The EU exported €28 billion of clothing in 2023 [31]

Bangladesh’s apparel exports totaled $47.39 billion in fiscal year 2023-24 [50]

Ready-made garments accounted for 84.58% of Bangladesh’s total exports in FY 2023-24 [50]

Vietnam’s textile and garment exports reached $40.3 billion in 2023 [24]

India’s textile and apparel exports were $34.4 billion in FY 2023-24 [21]

Cambodia exported garment products worth $9.84 billion in 2023 [51]

Pakistan’s textile exports stood at $16.65 billion in FY 2023-24 [52]

Turkey’s apparel exports amounted to $19.2 billion in 2023 [53]

The U.S. imported apparel worth $79.3 billion in 2023 [54]

Germany imported apparel valued at $46.7 billion in 2023 [54]

Japan imported apparel worth $25.2 billion in 2023 [54]

The UK imported apparel valued at $24.1 billion in 2023 [54]

France imported apparel worth $23.6 billion in 2023 [54]

Italy imported apparel valued at $18.7 billion in 2023 [54]

Spain imported apparel worth $16.5 billion in 2023 [54]

South Korea imported apparel valued at $15.4 billion in 2023 [54]

Canada imported apparel worth $13.2 billion in 2023 [54]

China accounted for 32.6% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

The European Union accounted for 25.8% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

Bangladesh accounted for 7.4% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

Vietnam accounted for 5.7% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

Turkey accounted for 3.5% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

India accounted for 3.1% of world clothing exports in 2023 [55]

The United States accounted for 16.8% of world clothing imports in 2023 [55]

The European Union accounted for 21.9% of world clothing imports in 2023 [55]