Akshata Sharma
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Only 14% of Indian employees feel they are "thriving" in life, while the rest admit to "struggling" or "suffering," according to the Gallup 2024 State of the Global Workplace report.
This contrasts sharply with the 34% of employees worldwide who feel they are "thriving."
The 2024 Gallup State of the Global Workplace report examines the current state of employee mental health and well-being worldwide.
For its Life Evaluation Index, Gallup classified respondents into three categories of well-being: thriving, struggling, or suffering.
"They are more likely to report a lack of basics such as food and shelter, and more likely to experience physical pain, stress, worry, sadness, and anger. They have less access to health insurance and care and more than double the disease burden compared with thriving respondents," Gallup said in a report.
According to the report, only 14% of Indian employees feel they are thriving, while the other 86% admit to struggling or suffering.
The report said the trend is actual across all countries in the region surveyed, with India reporting the second-highest rate of thriving at only 14%, behind Nepal at 22%.
Additionally, 35% of respondents from India admitted to experiencing daily anger, more than any other country in South Asia.
However, India ranked lowest among South Asian countries in terms of stress, with only 32% of respondents experiencing daily stress, compared to 62% in Sri Lanka and 58% in Afghanistan.
Of all regions surveyed, South Asia reports the highest regional percentage of employees experiencing loneliness (29%), anger (34%), and sadness (42%) a lot of the previous day.
Globally, those who work exclusively remotely are more likely to report being lonely.
In India, the rates of anger and sadness are similar to the regional averages.
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