Table 3.

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

WHO region	Direct 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 capita	Total costs as per cent of GDP	Total costs (billions)*	Total costs as per cent of GDP*
AFR	4.13	0.10	4.24	2.87	4.74	9.75	17.36	21.60	20.15	1.12%	51.86	2.69
EMR	12.16	0.07	12.23	3.84	12.82	37.71	54.37	66.60	108.86	2.10%	81.68	2.57
EUR	152.71	0.20	152.91	64.21	61.41	225.09	350.71	503.62	541.52	2.16%	619.99	2.66
AMR	347.24	0.18	347.42	26.38	116.99	353.72	497.09	844.51	872.33	2.99%	985.99	3.49
SEA	4.75	0.14	4.89	1.90	6.92	45.86	54.69	59.58	30.15	1.19%	142.14	2.85
WPR	72.76	0.29	73.05	24.47	70.28	215.04	309.79	382.84	200.13	1.58%	607.34	2.50

*with GDP multipliers.

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