Table 4

Economic impacts of OAO, baseline projections for 2020, 2030 and 2060 (in 2019 USD), by income group

Direct medical costs (billions)Direct non-medical costs (billions)Total direct costs (billions)Absenteeism costs (billions)Presenteeism costs (billions)Premature mortality costs (billions)Total indirect costs (billions)Total costs (billions)Total costs per capitaTotal costs as a per cent of GDP
Low-income
 20200.500.050.550.610.931.312.853.416.380.92
 20301.060.101.161.071.662.755.486.649.631.05
 20607.510.417.924.236.9920.3431.5639.4832.051.38
Lower middle income
 20209.630.259.885.0613.7758.1076.9386.8129.501.41
 203018.350.4018.758.6924.06135.76168.52187.2756.131.74
 206099.901.08100.9935.0099.451258.551392.991493.98350.322.67
Upper-middle income
 202081.560.5382.0927.8176.88311.91416.60498.69173.672.01
 2030148.020.70148.7243.98126.62809.28979.881128.61376.402.77
 2060638.971.07640.03135.07406.4910 672.1311 213.6911 853.723936.293.20
High-income
 2020521.900.20522.1093.62189.25561.69844.571366.661137.672.65
 2030677.200.22677.42115.16230.72879.461225.341902.761545.452.88
 20601322.550.281322.83218.51419.503521.084159.095481.924404.593.80
  • GDP, gross domestic product; OAO, overweight and obesity.