* The source used the data from the 7 researched countries to estimate a global figure.
The source gives the following information on the details of the study:
"Desk research was conducted between April and June 2021 to collate data from studies and surveys of the impact of the pandemic on the garment sector in seven major garment-producing countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In addition, traditional media and social media sources referenced in the Clean Clothes Campaign live blog were used to understand government policy, industry responses, and specific cases of un(der) payment of wages. The data were checked for accuracy by Clean Clothes Campaign partners in each country to establish whether the assumptions were realistic in the context."
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Monthly basic wage of garment workers in selected Asian countries in 2020-2021
According to the results of a study published in July 2021, workers in the garment industry in Indonesia earned the highest basic monthly wage compared to other major garment-producing Asian countries. In the time period between March 2020 and March 2021 (the first full year of COVID-19 pandemic), Indonesian garment workers had an average monthly basic wage of 243 U.S. dollars. Cambodia and Myanmar followed in the list with average monthly basic wages of 190 U.S. dollars and 157 U.S. dollars, respectively. When taking the seven countries surveyed into account, the estimated global average of monthly basic wage of garment industry workers was estimated to be worth 200 U.S. dollars per month in this time period.
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