Statistics & data on GB Psych.

Sick days per 1,000 AOK members, diagnosis group Z73 (WIdO Fehlzeiten-Report 2025, data year 2024)

Burnout in Germany: 186.0 sick days per 1,000 AOK members (WIdO 2024)

Diagnosis group Z73 (burnout) accounted for 186.0 sick days per 1,000 AOK members in 2024 (WIdO Fehlzeiten-Report 2025), up from 101.6 in 2015. The reference population is AOK members, not individual cases.

Sick days per 100 employees from mental illness (DAK Psychreport 2025, data year 2024)

Sick days from mental illness: the documented figures for 2024

Sick days from mental illness in Germany, each figure with its reference population: DAK, BARMER, TK and BAuA measure the same phenomenon in different populations.

Lost production per sick day (BAuA, economic cost of sickness absence, data year 2024)

What does a sick day cost the economy? The BAuA figures for 2024

BAuA values one sick day in 2024 at €152 of lost production and €258 of lost gross value added. Both are macroeconomic figures, not a calculation of employer cost.

Replacement cost per employee as a share of annual salary (Gallup 2019)

Cost of employee turnover in Germany

Direct and indirect cost of an employee leaving: recruiting, onboarding, productivity loss, knowledge transfer. Documented figures from Gallup and the Center for American Progress.

Inspection density in Germany 2022 (BMAS interim report on inspection density)

Inspection density and the 5 % quota from 2026

From 2026, § 21 (1a) ArbSchG requires at least 5 % of the establishments present in each state to be inspected each year. The BMAS interim report puts inspection density at 0.84 % for 2022.

Inspected businesses without a risk assessment (GDA Psyche programme 2013-2018, not a random sample)

GB Psych in German businesses: the documented rates (2018 and 2023/24)

How many businesses in Germany have a GB Psych? Two documented figures with different reference populations: the GDA closing report Psyche 2013-2018 (inspected businesses) and the GDA business survey 2023/24 (all businesses).

Maximum fine § 25 ArbSchG

Fines under occupational safety law (§ 25 ArbSchG)

Fine framework under § 25 ArbSchG: up to €30,000 where an authority order under § 22 (3) ArbSchG is breached, up to €5,000 in all other cases.

Health and care supervision per burnout case (WIdO Fehlzeiten-Report 2024, data year 2023)

Burnout in care work: duration per case by occupation (2023)

How long does a burnout sick note last in care and health occupations? Duration per case by occupational group from the WIdO Fehlzeiten-Report 2024, data year 2023.

Statutory health insurance sickness rate, annual average 2024 (Federal Ministry of Health, GKV statistics KM1)

Sickness rate 2024: the official figure and the insurers figures

The official statutory health insurance sickness rate was 5.80 % in 2024. Insurer reports use different methods. TK reports sick days per insurance year by occupational field.

Hospitality employees under strong deadline or performance pressure (BAuA Stressreport Deutschland 2019, data 2018)

Mental load in retail and hospitality

Psychological demands in retail and hospitality as reported by the BAuA Stressreport Deutschland 2019, based on the BIBB/BAuA employment survey 2018.

Sick days from mental disorders among working members 2000 to 2024 (TK Gesundheitsreport 2025, per 100 insurance years)

Long-term trend: mental-illness sick days since 2000 (TK data)

Long-term development of sick days from mental disorders. The only continuous series starting in 2000 comes from Techniker Krankenkasse: 129 to 328 sick days per 100 insurance years.

Countries with documented national COPSOQ validation studies (COPSOQ International Network)

COPSOQ validation in Germany

Scientific validation of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) for the GB Psych: study evidence, reliability, comparison to KFZA and SALSA.