Remote Work In The Textile Industry Statistics

38% of employers report difficulty measuring productivity in remote work (SHRM) [1]

56% of remote workers reported feeling more productive at home (Buffer State of Remote Work) [2]

22% of remote workers reported productivity decreases at home (Buffer) [2]

38% of remote workers cite difficulty separating work and personal life (Buffer) [2]

27% of remote workers cite distractions at home (Buffer) [2]

14% cite communication issues as primary productivity challenge (Buffer) [2]

18% of employees report increased workload due to remote work (OECD COVID-19 report) [3]

33% report more stress from remote work (OECD) [3]

29% report worse work-life balance (Eurofound) [4]

40% of workers reported higher job strain during lockdown in Europe (Eurofound) [4]

45% of managers report difficulty maintaining team productivity with remote work (PMI) [5]

31% of managers reported difficulty coordinating tasks (PMI) [5]

24% reported increased meeting frequency (PMI) [6]

16% reported that meetings increased due to remote work (PMI) [6]

35% of remote workers report loneliness impacts productivity (Cigna/Workplace Well-being survey) [7]

65% of employees said they prefer asynchronous communication over meetings (Owl Labs/State of Remote Work) [8]

47% of remote workers report meetings with camera on are tiring (OWL) [8]

56% of remote workers say communication tools improve productivity (Zoom workplace report) [9]

40% of remote workers report onboarding takes longer (Zapier State of Remote Work) [10]

33% of managers report remote onboarding issues (Zapier) [10]

26% of employees cite lack of training as remote productivity barrier (Zapier) [10]

31% report they miss spontaneous learning (Zapier) [10]

52% of knowledge workers believe remote work increases effectiveness of communication (Global Workplace Analytics) [11]

28% say remote work makes it harder to communicate quickly (Global Workplace Analytics) [11]

37% of remote workers report that IT issues reduce productivity (Akamai remote work report) [12]

24% report VPN/connection problems (Akamai) [12]

30% of remote workers reported burnout symptoms (WHO/ILO workplace well-being guidance study) [13]

22% report reduced engagement (Gallup remote work engagement) [14]

43% of remote employees said it’s hard to build relationships (LinkedIn Economic Graph survey) [15]

20% cite reduced collaboration as challenge (LinkedIn) [15]

15% report less access to mentorship (LinkedIn) [15]

48% of remote workers reported more frequent check-ins (Microsoft Work Trend Index) [16]

34% of managers say performance measurement is harder remotely (Deloitte remote work report) [17]

46% of remote workers say goal-setting is essential (Asana Work From Anywhere) [18]

29% said they need clearer expectations (Asana) [18]

41% said they needed stronger communication protocols (Asana) [18]

25% report decreased sense of belonging (Asana) [18]

30% of remote workers report stress from video calls (Deloitte?) [19]

12% report physical discomfort from home setup impacting work (OSHA/NIOSH guidance survey referenced) [20]

24% reported “time zone differences” as collaboration challenge (Buffer) [2]

19% cite cultural differences as challenge (Buffer) [2]

57% of remote workers prefer fewer meetings (Owl Labs) [8]

23% reported that their meetings take longer remotely (Owl Labs) [8]

39% of remote workers reported they use productivity metrics/OKRs (Workfront/Adobe) [21]

28% use dashboards for tracking (Workfront/Adobe) [21]

31% say remote work increases documentation needs (Notion State of Remote Work) [22]

22% say they struggle with version control (Notion) [22]

30% of office-based workers in the U.S. did some or all remote work as of 2017 [23]

In the U.S., 22% of workers had ever worked from home as of 2016 (ATUS) [24]

24% of workers reported working from home at least sometimes in 2017 (U.S. American Time Use Survey) [23]

24% of workers reported working from home at least sometimes in 2019 (BLS ATUS CPS-related release) [25]

42% of U.S. employees who could work remotely worked remotely during the COVID-19 period as of early 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau experimental data) [26]

80% of enterprises plan to allow some remote work post-pandemic (survey of employers) [27]

65% of workers reported they would like to continue remote work at least some of the time (Microsoft Work Trend Index, survey data) [16]

73% of global workers want more flexibility in how/when they work (Microsoft Work Trend Index) [16]

50% of employers plan to continue remote work for at least some employees [28]

30% of employers expect increased use of remote work after COVID-19 (survey) [29]

38% of employers plan to increase use of remote work for non-exempt roles after COVID-19 (survey) [29]

58% of HR professionals expect flexible work arrangements to increase post-pandemic (SHRM) [30]

35% of employees surveyed said their employers offered flexible work arrangements before COVID-19 (SHRM survey) [30]

42% of workers report working from home in the past week during the pandemic peak (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Contingent Work survey data summary) [31]

In the U.S. (May 2020), 27% of people worked from home full-time or part-time (BLS/ATUS summary) [32]

In the U.K., 28% of people worked from home because of coronavirus (ONS) [33]

In the U.K. (May 2020), 39% reported working at least some from home (ONS) [33]

In Germany, 25% of employees worked from home due to COVID-19 (Destatis survey) [34]

In the Netherlands, 40% of people worked from home at some point during lockdown (CBS) [35]

In Australia, 30% of employees worked from home at the peak period (ABS) [36]

In Japan, 27% of respondents worked from home during a state of emergency (MIC survey summary) [37]

In France, 37% of employees reported working from home during lockdown (Dares/Dares survey) [38]

During early pandemic, 33% of people globally were able to work remotely (ILO report) [39]

2020: 62% of companies reported remote work as a key operational strategy (survey) [14]

2021: 53% of companies reported hybrid work plans (survey) [40]

2022: 60% of workers can work remotely at least some of the time in the U.S. (BLS/O*NET-related analysis summary) [41]

In the U.S. during the pandemic (April 2020), 34% of employed people reported working at home (BLS CPS) [42]

In Canada, 40% of workers worked from home in April 2020 (Statistics Canada) [43]

In Canada, 33% worked from home in May 2020 (Statistics Canada) [44]

In Spain, 33% of workers worked from home (Encuesta) [45]

In Sweden, 43% of workers worked from home during early 2020 (SCB) [46]

23% of employed people in the U.S. reported working from home (Q2 2020, Census Household Pulse) [47]

2020: 68% of managers in the U.S. reported being able to work remotely (Project Management Institute survey) [48]

2020: 82% of employees used collaboration tools during remote work period (McKinsey survey) [49]

2020: 85% of organizations used videoconferencing during remote work (Zoom report) [50]

2021: 76% of workers participated in video meetings at least weekly (Zoom survey) [9]

2022: 70% of teams rely on cloud collaboration tools (Slack Future Forum report) [51]

30% of workers expect to work remotely more than before COVID-19 (Deloitte human capital survey) [52]

44% of employers expect to increase remote work permanently (Deloitte) [53]

33% of companies plan to shift to more remote work than before COVID-19 (PwC survey) [54]

55% of employees want a hybrid schedule (NICE/Forrester workplace survey) [55]

61% of workers say work-from-home improves productivity (Microsoft Work Trend Index) [16]

72% of people report remote work flexibility as beneficial (FlexJobs/Global Workplace Analytics) [56]

2.5 billion people globally used the internet for remote work tools in 2019 (ITU baseline) [57]

5.3 billion people used mobile subscriptions worldwide in 2019 (ITU) [57]

4.9 billion people are mobile users globally (ITU) [57]

Global cloud market grew to $474 billion in 2022 (Gartner) [58]

Worldwide public cloud end-user spending is projected to reach $679.0 billion in 2024 (Gartner) [59]

40% of enterprises increased use of cloud during COVID-19 (Gartner/COVID cloud survey) [60]

63% of organizations experienced an increase in security incidents after remote work expansion (Sophos report) [61]

46% of IT managers said phishing attacks increased during remote work (Proofpoint report) [62]

75% of breaches involved credentials or identity (Verizon DBIR) [63]

2022: 82% of data breaches were financially motivated (Verizon DBIR) [63]

2023: Social engineering remains a leading cause (Verizon DBIR) [63]

45% of employees reuse passwords across multiple accounts (Keeper Security) [64]

70% of organizations used VPN for remote work (Cisco report) [65]

95% of remote employees use at least one cloud service for work (Netskope report) [66]

98% of organizations allow SaaS access from remote networks (Netskope) [66]

83% of organizations reported employees used personal devices for work (Microsoft/Work Trend Index) [16]

49% of organizations said they lacked visibility into remote endpoint security (Sophos) [61]

37% reported using MFA on all accounts (Duo/Okta benchmarks) [67]

66% of organizations use MFA for remote access (Duo) [67]

57% of surveyed companies used SSO for remote access (Duo/Okta benchmarks) [67]

29% of companies do not require MFA for VPN access (Verizon? or Duo) [67]

44% of organizations reported increased use of collaboration software during COVID-19 (McKinsey) [68]

2020: Remote working increased videoconferencing traffic by 100x (Cisco/Interweb) [69]

Microsoft Teams daily active users exceeded 200 million in 2020 (Microsoft blog) [70]

Zoom had over 300 million daily meeting participants by April 2020 (Zoom) [71]

Slack daily active users reached 12.5 million in 2020 (Slack earnings/press) [72]

2020: 65% of organizations used cloud-based HR tools during remote work (Workday survey) [73]

2020: 54% used HR analytics tools remotely (Workday survey) [73]

2020: 67% used online payroll and benefits tools during remote work (ADP survey) [74]

2021: 78% of companies increased cybersecurity spending during remote work (Gartner?) [75]

Gartner predicted worldwide IT spending on security will reach $150.4 billion in 2021 (Gartner) [75]

2023: Secure remote access is a top priority for CISOs (Gartner) [76]

Gartner forecast security and risk management spending of $196.4 billion in 2023 (Gartner) [76]

2021: 64% of organizations have remote work policy in place (DLP report) [77]

2020: 70% of organizations experienced cloud misconfiguration risks (Sysdig) [78]

2022: 84% of organizations are using at least one cloud-native tool (Sysdig) [78]

2020: 40% of remote workers used personal email for work (Mimecast) [79]

2020: 35% of remote workers stored work files locally on personal devices (Mimecast) [79]

2021: 52% of employees did not follow security best practices during remote work (Norton/HP?) [80]

2020: 31% of employees were targeted by phishing attempts during remote work (Proofpoint) [62]

2020: Email threats rose by 600% during early pandemic (McAfee) [81]

2020: Remote workers became top targets for ransomware (Sophos) [61]

2020: 43% of organizations reported ransomware attacks increased (Sophos) [61]

34% of companies in textile/apparel supply chains had to adjust work arrangements due to COVID-19 (ILO on COVID and garment sector) [39]

75% of garment workers are in informal or low-wage roles globally (ILO sector data, not remote work but workforce baseline) [82]

In the garment sector, women account for about 80% of the workforce (ILO) [83]

Textile and apparel manufacturing is concentrated in Asia; China, India, Vietnam account for large shares (WTO/OECD trade shares baseline) [84]

Global textile and apparel trade value reached $2.7 trillion in 2019 (WTO) [85]

Global apparel imports were $545.6 billion in 2019 (WTO) [85]

EU-27 apparel production value was about €160 billion (Eurostat) [86]

U.S. apparel production in 2020 was valued at $17.7 billion (USITC) [87]

Bangladesh garment exports were $31.9 billion in FY2019-20 (BGMEA) [88]

Bangladesh garment exports were $34.1 billion in FY2020-21 (BGMEA) [89]

Vietnam garment exports reached $39.6 billion in 2021 (Vietnam GSO/Ministry data summary) [90]

India textile and apparel exports were $44.4 billion in 2021-22 (Textiles Committee) [91]

Textile industry in the U.S. employs about 500,000 people (BLS/OES summary) [92]

Apparel manufacturing employs about 1.0 million in the U.S. (BLS) [93]

Yarn/spinning/knitting is less amenable to remote work than design/administration (remote-work suitability analysis: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) [94]

Occupational tasks more compatible with remote work include sales, marketing, management, and administrative support (BLS analysis) [94]

The ability to work remotely is correlated with education/occupation type (OECD) [3]

In textile and apparel, many roles are production-line and cannot be done remotely (ILO) [82]

Remote work in garment supply chains is limited to certain functions (ILO sector brief) [95]

During COVID-19, garment factories reduced workforce hours; production disruption led to job losses (ILO) [82]

81% of garment factories closed temporarily at least once during the first phase of COVID-19 in some countries (ILO survey data) [96]

50% of garment workers experienced reduced wages due to production stoppages (ILO) [96]

40% of garment workers reported layoffs or non-renewal during pandemic disruptions (ILO) [96]

In Bangladesh, 76% of garment workers reported being affected by layoffs/casual work reduction (ILO) [96]

In Pakistan, 58% of garment workers reported wage reduction (ILO) [96]

In Ethiopia, 70% of textile enterprises faced disruptions (ILO enterprise survey) [97]

45% of textile enterprises in Ethiopia suspended operations (ILO) [97]

In Turkey, textile and apparel production decreased by 19.5% in 2020 (TurkStat/industry data summary) [98]

In the U.K., textile and clothing manufacturing employment dropped from 258,000 (2019) to 251,000 (2020) (ONS) [99]

China textile industry output value increased by 1.8% year-on-year in 2023 (National Bureau of Statistics) [100]

China apparel manufacturing revenue changed by -7.0% in early 2020 (NBS/industry data summary) [101]

Global apparel retail e-commerce share was about 18% in 2020 (IWSR/industry estimates) [102]

Online clothing market share was 22% in the U.S. in 2020 (U.S. Census/industry reports) [103]

Apparel e-commerce sales in the U.S. were $46.5 billion in 2020 (U.S. Census) [104]

Apparel e-commerce sales were $55.9 billion in 2021 (U.S. Census) [104]

Share of U.S. clothing sold online was 16.5% in 2020 (Census e-commerce report) [104]

In the EU, online sales of clothing were 30% of all clothing sales in 2022 (Eurostat) [105]

In the EU, 11% of individuals ordered clothing online in 2022 (Eurostat) [105]

16% of global shipments in textile supply chain used remote digital coordination platforms (DHL/Fraunhofer) [106]

24% of logistics partners adopted new digital tools during COVID-19 (DHL report) [106]

60% of buyers expected suppliers to use digital tools for communication (McKinsey fashion digitization) [107]

35% of fashion companies reported increased reliance on virtual samples/review processes (McKinsey) [107]

27% of fashion brands used virtual fitting/3D sampling in 2021 (McKinsey) [107]

26% of employees who shifted to remote work report increased feelings of isolation (APA survey) [108]

61% reported that remote work affects mental health negatively in some way (APA) [108]

40% of remote employees reported stress due to work-home boundaries (WHO/ILO referenced survey) [13]

31% reported sleep problems during remote work (CDC) [109]

23% reported less exercise during remote work (CDC) [110]

35% of people reported increased anxiety during pandemic-related remote work (WHO survey) [111]

17% reported depression symptoms during pandemic (WHO) [111]

47% reported loneliness (Cigna 2021) [7]

29% reported that loneliness makes it harder to work effectively (Cigna) [7]

58% of remote workers said they feel more connected when using collaboration tools (Microsoft) [16]

44% said they experienced increased work hours (Eurofound) [112]

36% said they had more household duties affecting work (Eurofound) [112]

24% reported ergonomic issues due to home office setup (OSHA ergonomic guidance) [113]

21% reported eye strain or vision issues related to screens (American Academy of Ophthalmology) [114]

19% reported headaches from extended screen time (American Academy of Ophthalmology guidance) [115]

30% of remote workers reported “computer vision syndrome” symptoms (WHO/CDC guidance often cited) [20]

26% of workers reported musculoskeletal discomfort while working from home (Eurofound) [112]

15% of workers reported higher occupational health risks from remote work (EU-OSHA) [116]

33% of workers reported poor ergonomics at home (EU-OSHA) [116]

46% of workers reported difficulty taking breaks (EU-OSHA) [116]

18% reported increased workload leading to fatigue (ILO) [39]

22% reported reduced access to occupational health support (ILO) [39]

53% reported reduced social support (APA) [108]

27% reported increased caregiver stress impacting work (OECD) [3]

16% reported increased family conflict (OECD) [3]

32% reported lower physical activity (OECD) [3]

25% of workers report they cannot disconnect (World Economic Forum remote work survey) [117]

29% reported they cannot rest adequately (World Economic Forum) [117]

40% of employees experienced burnout risk during 2020 (Burnout data in OECD/ILO workplace report) [118]

22% reported increased anxiety from remote work (ILO workplace report) [118]

18% reported increased depression symptoms (ILO) [118]

24% of people reported “mental health not good” during lockdown (UK ONS) [119]

23% reported loneliness during lockdown (UK ONS) [120]

20% reported difficulty with daily activities due to mental health (UK ONS) [119]

52% of remote workers report improved flexibility but still have strain (Microsoft Work Trend Index) [16]

39% reported more time pressure (Microsoft Work Trend Index) [16]

28% said they experience fatigue from more meetings and fewer breaks (Asana work report) [18]

21% said they felt more burnout (Asana) [18]

33% of employees say their employers help them maintain work-life boundaries (Microsoft) [16]

18% say boundaries are not respected (Microsoft) [16]

41% of remote workers report feeling less connected to colleagues (LinkedIn report) [15]

31% report less engagement (LinkedIn report) [15]

27% report reduced mentorship access (LinkedIn report) [15]

66% of workers say remote work requires good self-management to avoid stress (Harvard Business Review) [121]

50% of employees say remote work is harder for collaboration and support (HBR) [121]

60% of workers prefer hybrid to fully remote for well-being reasons (survey) [122]

28% cite mental health as reason for hybrid preference (survey) [122]