More than one in four European workers say work has caused or worsened their stress, depression or anxiety.

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• The figure comes from the EU-OSHA 'OSH Pulse 2025' survey (fieldwork 31 March – 14 April 2025), an EU agency survey rather than a Eurostat labour statistic; the MEP did not name the source.
• The comparable EU-OSHA OSH Pulse 2022 survey reported a lower share (27%), so the 'more than one in four' framing is accurate for the most recent (2025) data but the indicator has been broadly stable around one in four since 2022.

Sources

• PrimaryEU-OSHA — World Mental Health Day: 29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxiety29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxiety (results of the OSH Pulse 2025 survey); 'over 40% of workers report severe time pressure, one in three feel their efforts go unnoticed'.
• PrimaryEU-OSHA OSHwiki — Mental health at workData from the OSH Pulse survey show that in 2025, 29% of the respondents reported that they experienced 'Stress, depression or anxiety' during the past 12 months caused or made worse by work.
• SecondaryHelsinki Times — Finland records EU's second-highest rate of work-related stress and anxietyAcross the EU, 29% of workers reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or worsened by work. The findings come from the OSH Pulse 2025 survey. Ipsos European Public Affairs carried out the research for EU-OSHA between 31 March and 14 April 2025.