Table 3

Current burden results, 2019 (in 2019 USD), by WHO region

WHO regionDirect 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 capitaTotal costs as per cent of GDPTotal costs (billions)*Total costs as per cent of GDP*
AFR4.130.104.242.874.749.7517.3621.6020.151.12%51.862.69
EMR12.160.0712.233.8412.8237.7154.3766.60108.862.10%81.682.57
EUR152.710.20152.9164.2161.41225.09350.71503.62541.522.16%619.992.66
AMR347.240.18347.4226.38116.99353.72497.09844.51872.332.99%985.993.49
SEA4.750.144.891.906.9245.8654.6959.5830.151.19%142.142.85
WPR72.760.2973.0524.4770.28215.04309.79382.84200.131.58%607.342.50
  • *with GDP multipliers.

  • AFR, Africa; AMR, the Americas; EMR, Eastern Mediterranean; EUR, Europe; GDP, gross domestic product; SEA, South-East Asian; WPR, Western Pacific.