Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
The burnout continues
Mental health | Jobs
August 5, 2022 – Despite HR professionals making employee mental health a top priority, their efforts are falling short. On average, a quarter of employees report experiencing burnout symptoms, according to a McKinsey Health Institute survey of nearly 15,000 workers across 15 countries.
To read the article, see “Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem?,” May 27, 2022.
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Visual form
Three-column horizontal bar comparison chart by country.
Layout / body structure
The chart aligns the same list of countries across three side-by-side panels. The left panel shows Burnout, the middle panel shows Distress, and the right panel shows Organizational commitment, so the reader can scan straight across each country row and compare employee symptoms with the priority level reported by HR decision makers.
What is being compared
The chart compares workplace outcomes across Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It compares the share of employees reporting burnout symptoms, the share reporting moderate distress, and the share of HR decision makers reporting mental health as a top priority.
Measurement system
All three panels use percentages. The burnout and distress panels show employee-reported symptom rates, while the organizational commitment panel shows a separate percentage of HR decision makers putting mental health at the top of the agenda.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Each country appears once per panel as a filled horizontal bar with a printed value. The burnout bars sit in the low 20s to upper 30s, the distress bars are mostly around the high 20s to low 40s, and the commitment bars are much longer, clustering around the 70s and low 80s, which creates a visible mismatch between organizational intent and employee outcomes.
Main takeaway from the visual
The chart shows that high organizational commitment does not line up with low employee strain. In most countries, the commitment bars are very high while burnout and distress still remain elevated, which makes the gap between declared priority and lived outcome visible row by row.
Key standout values or extremes
India has the highest burnout value at 38 percent, with Egypt next at 36 percent. Distress peaks in Egypt at 43 percent and Brazil at 42 percent. On the commitment side, South Africa is highest at 84 percent, Australia and China are both at 83 percent, while Egypt is notably lower at 52 percent and Switzerland at 56 percent.
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