Table 3

The national-level direct, indirect and total costs of dementia summarised using the mean estimate percentage of GDP inflated to the year 2019, based on World Bank’s LMICs classification

Direct costIndirect costTotal cost
% of GDP, unweighted% of GDP, weighted by population% of GDP, unweighted% of GDP, weighted by population% of GDP, unweighted% of GDP, weighted by population
UMICs0.240.460.190.450.430.91
LRMICs0.170.170.220.170.350.34
LICs0.150.130.440.260.460.36
LMICs0.190.280.260.300.450.58
  • GDP, gross domestic product; LICs, low-income countries; LMICs, low-income and middle-income countries; LRMICs, lower-middle-income countries; UMICs, upper middle-income countries.