23%
Percentage of employees worldwide who were actively engaged in their jobs in 2022, compared with 21% in 2021. Engagement in one’s job—defined as the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in both their work and workplace—has been steadily rising since 2009 except for a dip in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
33%
Percentage of workers in South Asia who say they’re actively engaged in their work, compared with 31% of workers in the United States and Canada, 31% in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 13% in Europe.
52%
Percentage of workers in the United States, Canada, and East Asia who reported feeling stress “a lot of the day” on the previous day, compared with 39% of workers in Europe. Younger workers and those working in hybrid or exclusively remote work locations reported the highest levels of stress.
59%
Percentage of employees worldwide who are “quiet quitting,” or who are psychologically disengaged from their work. These employees said that improvements in workplace culture, employee engagement, and pay and benefits could help them feel better about their jobs.
