In 2019, hotel, food services and hospitality was the industry with the highest burnout rate worldwide. About 80 percent of people employed in this sector stated that they felt overwhelmed by their workload. A significant share of employees suffering from burnout was also reported in manufacturing and medical and health care industries, with more than 76 percent of the respondents.
Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019
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Statistics on Stress and burnout
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Share of employees affected by high stress U.S. 2016-2020
- Basic Statistic Share of adults whose stress level increased over the past year U.S. 2012-2017
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults that were more anxious than the previous year in 2020 and 2021
- Premium Statistic Stress and lack of time among U.S. adults from 2001 to 2017
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by income
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by parent and employment status
- Premium Statistic U.S. LGBTQ youth with a high level of stress in 2017, by gender identity
Sources of Stress
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- Premium Statistic Situations and areas of life where U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017
- Basic Statistic Anxiety among U.S. adults in regards to select aspects of life including COVID, 2021
- Basic Statistic Emerging significant life stressors among U.S. adults in 2018
- Basic Statistic Adult stress levels regarding select U.S. political issues in 2018, by generation
- Premium Statistic Share of Americans stressed over personal safety 2008-2017
- Basic Statistic Common daily life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Basic Statistic Significant life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
Employees
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- Basic Statistic U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by employment status
- Basic Statistic On the job sources of stress in employees in North America 2017
- Premium Statistic Frequency that U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017, by weekly working hours
- Basic Statistic U.S. employees whose companies offered burnout prevention programs 2017
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17
- Premium Statistic U.S. workers whose work stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17, by industry
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress affected their relationships 2015-17
- Premium Statistic U.S. workers whose work stress impacted their relationships 2015-17, by industry
Burnout
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- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults who ever heard the term burnout as of 2017, by age
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who knew someone diagnosed with burnout as of 2017, by age
- Premium Statistic Stress-related statements that applied to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults who often felt select burnout symptoms 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Premium Statistic Where U.S. adults would turn to for help in case of burnout 2017, by gender
- Premium Statistic Best ways to avoid burnout according to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
Stress relief
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- Basic Statistic Activities U.S. adults engaged in when feeling stressed, anxious, or sad as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Routine activities U.S. adults engaged in more often when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Leading five activities U.S. adults engaged in when stressed 2018, by generation
- Basic Statistic Activities young people in the U.S. engaged in when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Exercise among U.S. adults who experienced a lot of stress 2016-2017, by age
- Premium Statistic Primary reason for people to continue to run as a sport in the U.S. 2017
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults that used apps to relieve stress 2017, by age
Focus: physicians
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- Basic Statistic Portrait of a U.S. physician 2018
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. physicians feeling burned out by specialty 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Severity of burn-out among U.S. physicians 2017, by specialty
- Premium Statistic Burn-out among U.S. physicians 2013-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Major causes for burn-out among U.S. physicians 2020
Miscellaneous
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- Basic Statistic Work stress symptoms among U.S. nurses 2017
- Premium Statistic Americans stressed over presidential election outcome Jan. 2017, by geographical area
- Premium Statistic Americans stressed over police on minority violence Aug. 2016 & Jan. 2017, by race
- Basic Statistic U.S. college students that received health information from their universities 2018
- Basic Statistic Primary mental health issues among U.S. college students 2022
- Premium Statistic Perceived causes of headaches among U.S. adults as of 2017
Further related statistics
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- U.S. monthly change in nonfarm payroll employment 2023, by industry
- Informal employment in the construction industry in Latin America 2021, by country
- Share of employment in the industry sector in Morocco 2010-2019
- Share of employment in industry in Angola 2010-2019
- U.S.- employment by industry 2022
- Proportion of employment by industry ASEAN 2021, by country
- Cultural sector's employment in the UK 2020-2022, by industry
- Employment level in Toronto, Canada 2022, by industry
- Employment level in Montréal, Canada 2022, by industry
- Employment in the financial services industry Hong Kong 2010-2020, by sector
- Direct employment in the tourism industry in Tunisia 2018-2021
- U.S. employment growth 2021-2031, by industry
- Employment in the travel and tourism industry in Algeria 2019-2021
- Direct employment in the tourism industry as share of GDP in Tunisia 2018-2021
- Employment in tourism industry as share of total employment in Algeria 2019-2021
- Change in employment in Singapore 2021
- Share of employed people in agriculture industry Philippines 2016-2021, by gender
- Employment in the design industry in the UK 2020, by country and region
- Re-entry into employment ratio in Singapore 2021, by industry
- Employment in the industry sector in Ghana 2009-2019
- Employment in the tourism industry Hong Kong 2010-2020 by sector
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Various sources (Paychex). (February 25, 2019). Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/
Various sources (Paychex). "Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019." Chart. February 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/
Various sources (Paychex). (2019). Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/
Various sources (Paychex). "Industries with The Highest Employee Burnout Rate Worldwide in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/
Various sources (Paychex), Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/ (last visited March 22, 2023)
Industries with the highest employee burnout rate worldwide in 2019 [Graph], Various sources (Paychex), February 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274617/industries-burnout-globally/