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Mental Health And It's Impact On Work

When numbers speak and we listen
May 1, 2026 by
Mental Health And It's Impact On Work
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Mental Health in numbers.


Context_
60 % 

of the world population is in work


61 % 

of workers work in the informal economy


207 million 

unemployed people are expected in 2022



Prevalence_
301 million 
people lived with anxiety in 2019*

280 million 
people lived with depression in 2019*

703,000

people died by suicide in 2019*






15 % 

of working-age adults had a mental disorder in 2019



Impact_
50 % 

of total societal cost of mental health conditions is driven by indirect costs such as reduced productivity



12 billion 

working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety


US$ 1 trillion 
cost to the global economy due to depression and anxiety, predominantly from
lost productivity

*: Many of these people are working-age adults

Sources: HME, 2019 [5]; ILO, 2018 [7]; ILO, 2022 [8]; Christensen et al., 2020 [9]; Chisholm et al., 2016 [10]

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