WHO region | Direct medical costs (billions) | Direct non-medical costs (billions) | Total direct costs (billions) | Absentee-ism costs (billions) | Presentee-ism costs (billions) | Premature mortality costs (billions) | Total indirect costs (billions) | Total costs (billions) | Total costs per capita | Total costs as per cent of GDP | Total costs (billions)* | Total costs as per cent of GDP* |
AFR | 4.13 | 0.10 | 4.24 | 2.87 | 4.74 | 9.75 | 17.36 | 21.60 | 20.15 | 1.12% | 51.86 | 2.69 |
EMR | 12.16 | 0.07 | 12.23 | 3.84 | 12.82 | 37.71 | 54.37 | 66.60 | 108.86 | 2.10% | 81.68 | 2.57 |
EUR | 152.71 | 0.20 | 152.91 | 64.21 | 61.41 | 225.09 | 350.71 | 503.62 | 541.52 | 2.16% | 619.99 | 2.66 |
AMR | 347.24 | 0.18 | 347.42 | 26.38 | 116.99 | 353.72 | 497.09 | 844.51 | 872.33 | 2.99% | 985.99 | 3.49 |
SEA | 4.75 | 0.14 | 4.89 | 1.90 | 6.92 | 45.86 | 54.69 | 59.58 | 30.15 | 1.19% | 142.14 | 2.85 |
WPR | 72.76 | 0.29 | 73.05 | 24.47 | 70.28 | 215.04 | 309.79 | 382.84 | 200.13 | 1.58% | 607.34 | 2.50 |
*with GDP multipliers.
AFR, Africa; AMR, the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean; EUR, Europe; GDP, gross domestic product; SEA, South-East Asian; WPR, Western Pacific.