Womens Apparel Industry Statistics

65% of women prefer sustainable brands in apparel purchases [1]

42% of female consumers buy apparel online weekly [2]

Millennial women spend average $1,200 annually on clothing [3]

70% of women influenced by social media in fashion buys [4]

Gen Z women prioritize size inclusivity in 58% of purchases [5]

55% of women aged 25-34 bought athleisure in past month [6]

Average woman buys 60 clothing items per year [7]

48% of women return online apparel purchases [8]

62% of women seek personalized sizing recommendations [9]

Black women spend 20% more on apparel than average [10]

75% of women over 50 prefer comfort over trendiness [11]

Hispanic women drive 25% of U.S. apparel growth [12]

40% of women use resale platforms for apparel [13]

Women aged 18-24 buy fast fashion 3x more than others [14]

67% of women influenced by influencers in buys [15]

Average spend on dresses by women $150 per item 2023 [16]

52% of working women buy professional attire monthly [17]

Women prefer brands with body positivity messaging 71% [18]

35% of women reduced apparel spending due to inflation 2023 [19]

Eco-conscious women 80% willing to pay more for green apparel [20]

28% of women shop vintage for uniqueness [21]

Lululemon 45% of women's activewear market share US 2023 [22]

61% women try-on virtually before buying [23]

Boomers women spend $800/year on apparel [24]

50% women buy impulse on mobile apps [25]

Online sales account for 35% of women's apparel revenue in 2023 [26]

Amazon holds 38% of US women's apparel e-commerce market [27]

Shein captured 50% of fast fashion e-commerce sales 2023 [28]

Walmart.com women's apparel sales up 25% YoY 2023 [29]

ASOS women's sales £2.1 billion in FY2023 [30]

22% of women's apparel sales via marketplaces in US 2023 [31]

Mobile commerce 55% of women's online apparel buys [32]

Zara online women's sales €10 billion in 2023 [33]

Macy's apparel e-com grew 12% to $5bn women's segment 2023 [34]

Nordstrom Rack online women's sales $1.2bn 2023 [35]

Temu US women's apparel sales $500m in first year [36]

45% growth in women's apparel D2C sales 2023 [37]

Etsy women's vintage clothing sales $300m 2023 [38]

Boohoo Group women's sales £1.7bn FY2023 [39]

60% of Gen Z women buy apparel exclusively online [40]

Kohl's women's apparel online up 15% 2023 [41]

Depop women's resale transactions 25m in 2023 [42]

Target.com women's apparel $4bn sales 2023 [43]

Next plc online women's sales 45% of total £3.5bn [44]

28% CAGR for women's apparel metaverse sales projected to 2030 [45]

J.Crew DTC women's sales 60% of revenue 2023 [46]

75% of women's apparel returns happen online [47]

Farfetch women's luxury e-com $2.5bn 2023 [48]

40% of women's apparel sold via social commerce 2024 projection [49]

Anthropologie online women's $1bn+ 2023 [50]

32% of brick-and-mortar women's sales shifted online post-COVID [51]

Global women's apparel industry employs 75 million workers [52]

80% of apparel workers are women [53]

U.S. women's apparel manufacturing jobs 100,000 in 2023 [54]

Bangladesh garment sector 4 million women employed [55]

Average wage for women garment workers $0.50/hour Vietnam [56]

60% of Indian apparel workforce women in manufacturing [57]

China women's apparel factories employ 10 million [58]

Ethiopia women's apparel jobs grew to 50,000 in 2023 [59]

75% women in Cambodia garment factories face overtime issues [60]

U.S. retail sales jobs in women's apparel 1.2 million [61]

Pakistan ready-made garments 40% women workers 500k employed [62]

Turkey apparel industry 200k women in manufacturing [63]

Mexico maquiladoras 300k women in apparel [64]

Indonesia garment workers 2.5 million mostly women [65]

90% of homeworkers in women's apparel informal sector India [66]

Sri Lanka apparel exports employ 350k women [67]

Morocco textile jobs 150k women 2023 [68]

Automation reduced manufacturing jobs 20% in women's apparel 2010-2023 [69]

Average age of women garment workers 25 years globally [70]

Unionization rate 5% in women's apparel factories Bangladesh [71]

U.S. designers in women's fashion 70% women employed 200k [72]

Haiti apparel sector 40k jobs mostly women [73]

Turnover rate 40% annual in fast fashion women's factories [74]

2.5 million women in Lesotho apparel manufacturing [75]

Revenue in the Women's Apparel market amounts to US$691.70bn in 2024 [76]

The global women's wear market size was valued at USD 1,046.1 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.4% from 2023 to 2030 [77]

U.S. women's apparel market revenue is projected to reach US$139.50bn in 2024 [78]

The women's apparel segment accounted for 52% of the global apparel market in 2022 [79]

Global women's clothing market expected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2028 [80]

Women's apparel market in Europe generated $250 billion in revenue in 2023 [81]

Asia-Pacific women's wear market size was USD 448.2 billion in 2022 [82]

U.S. women's apparel e-commerce revenue to hit $70bn by 2025 [83]

Global athleisure women's apparel market valued at $112.5 billion in 2023 [84]

Women's formal wear market projected to grow to $18.5 billion by 2030 at CAGR 4.2% [85]

Latin America women's apparel market revenue US$45.2bn in 2024 [86]

Middle East women's apparel market to reach $35bn by 2027 [87]

India women's apparel market size USD 45 billion in FY2023 [88]

China women's clothing market revenue CNY 1.2 trillion in 2023 [89]

UK women's apparel market value £28 billion in 2023 [90]

Brazil women's wear market expected to grow 6% annually to 2028 [91]

Global plus-size women's apparel market $520 billion in 2023 [92]

Sustainable women's apparel market valued at $12 billion in 2022 [93]

Fast fashion women's segment 30% of global apparel sales in 2023 [94]

U.S. vintage women's apparel market $15 billion in 2023 [95]

Activewear women's market to reach $250 billion globally by 2026 [96]

Denim women's apparel market $85 billion in 2023 [97]

Lingerie market for women $40 billion globally in 2023 [98]

Sleepwear women's market $18 billion in 2023 [99]

Swimwear women's global market $20.5 billion in 2023 [100]

Coats and jackets women's segment $120 billion in 2023 [101]

Dresses market $55 billion globally for women in 2023 [102]

Tops and t-shirts women's $300 billion in 2023 [103]

Bottoms women's apparel $200 billion globally 2023 [104]

Global women's apparel CAGR projected at 4.5% from 2024-2028 [105]

68% of apparel manufacturing uses polyester for women's clothing [106]

92 million tons of textile waste annually from apparel including women's [107]

Only 1% of clothing is recycled into new clothing globally [108]

Water usage in women's denim production 7,500 liters per pair [109]

20% of global wastewater from textile dyeing women's apparel [110]

Fast fashion produces 10% of global CO2 emissions, women's segment major part [111]

85% of women's apparel uses virgin polyester [112]

Organic cotton in women's apparel only 1.4% of total [113]

Microplastics from synthetic women's clothing 0.5 million tons/year to oceans [114]

Bangladesh women's apparel factories 60% non-compliant with labor standards [115]

Recycled materials in women's sportswear up 15% in 2023 [116]

Leather tanning for women's bags pollutes with 17% chromium globally [117]

70% of women's fast fashion discarded after 7 wears [118]

H&M recycled 20,000 tons of women's clothing in 2023 [119]

Patagonia uses 68% recycled polyester in women's products [120]

Global textile chemical pollution 20% from women's apparel dyes [121]

Vietnam women's factories use 50% less water with new tech [122]

15 billion garments landfilled yearly, half women's [123]

Levi's women's jeans 96% sustainable cotton goal by 2025 [124]

Shein carbon footprint 6.3 million tons CO2 2023 women's sales [125]

40% reduction in energy for recycled nylon in women's activewear [126]

India apparel exports women's 45% of total $16bn 2023 [127]

Ethical fashion brands represent 3% of women's market [128]

500 gallons water per cotton t-shirt for women [129]

Women's apparel supply chain 80% in Asia with poor traceability [130]

25% of women's brands commit to net-zero by 2050 [131]