"China + 1" manufacturing in EM: relatively cheap wages and equities in Vietnam (more so than in Mexico)

Among countries in this chart the lowest wages are in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam in Asia, Egypt, Morocco in Africa, Mexico in the Americas, Turkey, Romania in Europe 

*Local indices, else MSCI country index
Chart: Hasnain Malik Source: WB, Bloomberg (30 Jan 2023), Tellimer Research Get the data