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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2020 Dec 2;397(10269):129–170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32290-X

Table 1. Potential heat-related work hours lost.

Billions of work
hours lost in 2000
(n=199·0)		 Billions of work
hours lost in 2019
(n=302·4)		 Work hours
lost per person
in 2019
Global 199·0 302·4 (100·0%)   52·7
India   75·0 118·3 (39·1%) 111·2
China   33·4   28·3 (9·4%)   24·5
Bangladesh   13·3   18·2 (6·0%) 148·0
Pakistan     9·5   17·0 (5·6%) 116·2
Indonesia   10·7   15·0 (5·0%)   71·8
Vietnam     7·7   12·5 (4·1%) 160·3
Thailand     6·3     9·7 (3·2%) 164·4
Nigeria     4·3     9·4 (3·1%)   66·7
Philippines     3·5     5·8 (1·9%)   71·4
Brazil     2·8     4·0 (1·3%)   23·3
Cambodia     1·7     2·2 (0·7%) 202·2
USA     1·2     2·0 (0·7%)     7·1
Mexico     0·9     1·7 (0·6%)   17·4
Rest of the world   28·7   58·3 (19·3%)   27·5

Data are n or n (%). For these estimates, all agricultural and construction work was assumed to be in the shade or indoors—the lower bounds of potential work hours lost. Work hours lost per person were estimated for the population older than 15 years.