[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fcomparing-living-wages-in-garments-myanmar-ethiopia-bangladesh-and-egypt":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":9,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":24,"body_blocks":32,"call_to_action":82,"categories":89,"labels":94,"show_author_info":99,"show_table_of_contents":99,"owner":100,"authors":106,"image":108,"related_pages":109,"related_sites":110,"in_subsite":61,"contact_page_url":111,"banner_message":112},36747,"comparing-living-wages-in-garments-myanmar-ethiopia-bangladesh-and-egypt","Comparing Living Wages in garments: Myanmar, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Egypt",null,"\u003Cp>Discover Living Wage gaps in the garment sector: Myanmar, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt compared via simple 30-100% progression steps.\u003C\u002Fp>","","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fcomparing-living-wages-in-garments-myanmar-ethiopia-bangladesh-and-egypt","pages.newspage","en","2026-03-05T12:19:20.828000+00:00","2026-03-06T11:21:53.749771+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F36747\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23],{"title":18,"slug":19},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":21,"slug":22},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":9,"image":25,"canonical":26,"robots":27,"og_type":28,"twitter_card":29,"locale":12,"created_at":30,"last_modified_at":31},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fcomparing-living-wages-in-garments-myanmar-ethiopia-bangladesh-and-egypt\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2026-03-05T13:19:20.828000+01:00","2026-03-06T12:21:53.911179+01:00",[33],{"type":34,"data":35},"composed_content_block",{"blocks":36},[37,42,64,79],{"type":38,"data":39},"text_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The need for implementing Living Wages in the garment sector is often discussed. In most garment producing countries, the gaps between Minimum Wages and actual paid wages in relation to Living Wage levels are large. However, not all countries have the same gap, and the steps to get to a Living Wage might differ.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>A Simple Step-by-Step Approach to Living Wages\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>That’s why we and relevant experts started thinking about how to simplify the steps towards a Living Wage. The steps show the percentages of the Living Wage, like 30%, 50%, 75% and 100% to see what progression can look like. WageIndicator initially presented this in Myanmar in discussion with a group of factory owners, brands, worker rights groups and trade unions.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>What the Data Shows in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Egypt\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The result? It sparked an open discussion about how wages are now somewhere close to C or B or A. For this analysis, we compared Myanmar, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Egypt. 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Do these simple steps help to get more clarity on progression towards Living Wages?\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"type":43,"data":44},"images_block",{"title":9,"variant":41,"selected_images":45,"num_cols":60,"show_as_slider":61,"image_fit":62,"image_align":63},[46,54],{"id":47,"title":48,"alt":49,"src":50,"srcset":51,"width":52,"height":53,"caption":9},6804,"Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Myanmar","Table of Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Myanmar","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in_.width-300.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in_.width-300.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in_.width-600.png 600w",900,600,{"id":55,"title":56,"alt":57,"src":58,"srcset":59,"width":52,"height":53,"caption":9},6807,"Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Ethiopia","Table of Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Ethiopia","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__VipkQIk.width-300.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__VipkQIk.width-300.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__nW6nFDt.width-600.png 600w",2,false,"cover","middle",{"type":43,"data":65},{"title":9,"variant":41,"selected_images":66,"num_cols":60,"show_as_slider":61,"image_fit":62,"image_align":63},[67,73],{"id":68,"title":69,"alt":70,"src":71,"srcset":72,"width":52,"height":53,"caption":9},6806,"Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Bangladesh","Table of Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Bangladesh","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__x3584H7.width-300.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__x3584H7.width-300.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__ehYCfXa.width-600.png 600w",{"id":74,"title":75,"alt":76,"src":77,"srcset":78,"width":52,"height":53,"caption":9},6808,"Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Egypt","Table of Living Wage Performance in Garment Industry in Egypt","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__pmf3x1A.width-300.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__pmf3x1A.width-300.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in__oOFXCPI.width-600.png 600w",{"type":38,"data":80},{"content":81,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Ci>Tables: March 2026.\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Living Wages data used is guidance October 2025. The numbers from the tables above are rounded off and all come from WageIndicator's \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\">Minimum Wage\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\">Living Wage\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwork\u002Fsalary\">Salary\u003C\u002Fa> and Wages databases. WageIndicator does research on wages and cost of living in all countries mentioned above.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"text":83,"link":84},"Contact us",{"title":83,"url":85,"description":83,"rel":86,"type":87,"id":88},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[90],{"id":91,"slug":92,"name":93},4,"living-wage","Living Wage",[95],{"id":96,"slug":97,"name":98},3,"blogs","Blogs",true,{"id":96,"first_name":101,"last_name":102,"email":103,"image":104,"function":105,"external":61},"Paulien","Osse","paulienosse@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FPaulien-Osse-WagenIndicator.width-400.jpg","Co-Founder and Lead Living Wages",[107],{"id":96,"first_name":101,"last_name":102,"email":103,"image":104,"function":105,"external":61},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FLiving_Wage_Perfomance_in_Garment_Industry_in_.width-400.png",[],[],"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]