Table 3.

Annualized population level estimates of productivity costs of depression associated with presenteeism by country, measured in USD

	Brazil	Canada	Chinaa	Japan	Korea	Mexico	South Africa	USA
Mean cost/person	5,788	4,270	547	3,801	2,114	2,918	6,066	5,524
Median cost/person	4,923	3,011	525	3,639	1,715	2,488	1,300	4,044
IQR	2,532, 7,877	1,994, 5,865	326, 735	1,213, 5,822	821, 2,716	2,466, 3,371	516, 10,187	2,316, 7,414
Size of labor forceb	104,745,358	19,271,114	787,632,272	65,281,090	25,765,461	52,847,521	19,083,339	158,666,072
Estimated annual prevalence employees with diagnosis of depressionc	10.44	8.28	3.76	3.33	2.96	7.30	12.80	9.66
Aggregate cost (total labor force)	63,321,129,353	6,813,417,981	16,219,665,046	8,271,114,103	1,612,258,263	11,257,261,838	14,817,220,400	84,663,405,809
% GDP	2.82	0.37	0.18	0.17	0.12	0.89	4.23	0.50

^aUnemployment rates were taken from the International Labor Organization http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2014/WCMS_233936/lang–en/index.htm

^bGDP taken from the World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD

^cThough duration and number of episodes may differ by country (e.g., access to appropriate care and treatment). We assumed an average of 37.7 weeks for an episode of depression based on the global burden of disease review and estimate [26]