Stress in the UK - statistics & facts

Most stressed countries worldwide in 2021-2022

Leading countries worldwide based on stress experienced in the previous day in 2021-2022

Great Britain: opinion on the most worrying topics 2019

Which three of the following topics do you find the most worrying in your country?

Common types of stress in the United Kingdom in 2020

Most common types of stress experienced in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020*

Share of respondents who feel stressed in the United Kingdom 2019 by generation

Share of respondents who agree with the statement "I often feel stressed" in the United Kingdom in 2019, by generation

Work-related stress in the United Kingdom in 2020, by region/country

Share of workers who experience work-related stress on a weekly basis in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by region/country

Number of workers reporting work-related stress in Britain 2008-2023

Number of workers reporting work-related stress, depression or anxiety in Great Britain from 2008/09 to 2022/23 (in 1,000s)

Very and extremely stressful work in Scotland 2009-2017, by gender

Share of individuals who find their work very or extremely stressful in Scotland from 2009 to 2017, by gender

Causes of short-term absences from work in the United Kingdom in 2021

Most common causes of short-term absences from work in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021*

Causes of long-term absences from work in the United Kingdom in 2021

Most common causes of long-term absences from work in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021*

Days of absence per employee in the UK 2010-2020

Average rate of absence per employee in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2020

Days of absence per employee in the UK 2019, by company size

Average rate of absence per employee in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by company workforce size

Yearly change in stress-related absences from work in the UK 2018-2019

Has stress-related absence increased or decreased in your organization over the past year?

Causes of work-related stress in the United Kingdom in 2020, by gender

Most common causes of work-related stress in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020, by gender

Most common causes of stress at work in the United Kingdom in 2021

Most common causes of stress at work in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021*

Work departments most likely to experience stress in the United Kingdom in 2020

Work departments most likely to experience workplace stress on a daily basis in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020

Issues that caused mental health issues in work in the United Kingdom in 2019

Which, if any, best describe the specific issues that caused mental health symptoms in work?

Experiences of health issues not caused by work in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age

Which of the following, if any, have you ever experienced where work was not a cause?

Common measures to help workplace stress in the United Kingdom in 2020

Most common measures to help manage workplace stress in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020

Aspects of health and well-being being promoted by organizations in the UK in 2021

Distribution of organizations' focus on promoting health and well-being in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021

Actions taken by employers to manage mental health in the UK in 2021

Share of actions taken by employers to manage their employees' mental health at work in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021

Effectiveness of employers in promoting positive mental health in the UK in 2021

Share of respondents who agree with the following statements regarding their organization's effectiveness in promoting positive mental health in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021

Positive effects of technology on employee's well-being in the UK in 2019

Positive effects of technological advances on the well-being of employees within organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019

Negative effects of technology on employee's well-being in the UK in 2019

Negative effects of technological advances on the well-being of employees within organizations in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019

Stress-related hospital attendances in the United Kingdom in 2019

Hospital activity driven by stress-related illnesses in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by department

Stress-related healthcare costs in the United Kingdom in 2019

Healthcare expenditure of stress-related illnesses in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by department (in billion U.S. dollars)

Hospital admissions for physical symptoms of stress-related illness in the UK 2019

Number of hospital admissions for physical symptoms driven by stress-related mental illness in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019

GP appointments for physical symptoms of stress-related illness in the UK 2019

Number of GP appointments for physical symptoms driven by stress-related mental illness in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019

Frequency of high stress levels of GPs in England 2018

How often do you become so stressed that you feel you cannot cope?

Impact of mental ill health on the work of doctors in the UK in 2019

Share of ways in which mental ill health* is affecting the work of doctors in the United Kingdom in 2019

Frequency of GPs working longer than their contracted hours in England as of 2018

How often do you work longer than your contracted hours?

Doctors working beyond their contracted hours in the UK, as of 2018

On average, do you work unpaid beyond your contractual hours?

Trainee doctors feeling burnt out in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018

Do you feel burnt out because of your work?

Mental ill health affecting the work of doctors in the UK in 2019, by branch

Share of doctors suffering from any form of depression, anxiety, burnout, stress, emotional stress, or a mental health condition which is affecting their work in the United Kingdom in 2019, by branch

Mental ill health affecting the work of doctors in the UK in 2019, by age

Share of doctors suffering from any form of depression, anxiety, burnout, stress, emotional stress, or a mental health condition which is affecting their work in the United Kingdom in 2019, by age

Mental ill health affecting the work of doctors in the UK in 2019, by hours worked

Share of doctors suffering from any form of depression, anxiety, burnout, stress, emotional stress, or a mental health condition which is affecting their work in the United Kingdom in 2019, by hours worked per week

Reasons for heightened anxiety during the coronavirus lockdown in the UK 2020

Share of reasons for people experiencing heightened anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in the United Kingdom as of May 2020

Anxiety levels of individuals during the lockdown in the UK in May 2020

Thinking about the Coronavirus pandemic and the current UK lockdown, which of the following statements best describes how you are feeling during this time?

Impact of the lockdown on personal day-to-day emotions in the UK as of May 2020

Do you feel that the Coronavirus pandemic and current UK lockdown has had a positive or negative impact on how you feel each day?

Impact of the lockdown on people's well-being in Great Britain as of May 2020

In the past seven days, how has your well-being being affected by coronavirus?*

Effect of coronavirus crisis on young people's mental health in the UK in 2020

Distribution of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the public health measures on young people's mental health in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2020

Young people's coping mechanisms during coronavirus crisis in the UK in 2020

Share of young people who find the following activities helpful in coping and self-managing their mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2020