Table 2

Current burden results, 2019 (in 2019 USD), by country income group

Country income groupDirect 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*
Low0.460.050.510.570.881.232.683.196.150.87%6.281.71
Lower middle9.030.249.274.8113.0653.9671.8481.1027.941.26%160.562.50
Upper middle76.730.5177.2426.6173.17289.07388.85466.09163.381.86%776.653.10
High507.520.19507.7291.68186.05542.91820.641328.361109.902.46%1545.522.86
  • *with GDP multipliers.

  • GDP, gross domestic product.