Overview

• Across Latin America and the Caribbean, only 12% of employers effectively manage psychosocial risks and just 9% assess burnout, despite most offering digital support platforms, according to Mercer Marsh Beneficios.
• Peru’s health ministry reports more than 250,000 depression cases treated in 2024, as community mental‑health centers expand yet continue to face staffing and resource constraints.
• In Mexico, over 49% of people have experienced anxiety symptoms per INEGI, UNAM cites widespread office fatigue, and local data range from a 46% jump in depression cases in Querétaro to pediatric self‑harm treated in Tijuana.
• Spain’s latest disability and employment snapshot finds only 27.3% labor force participation among people with certified mental‑health disabilities, with 81% not working and stigma cited as a key barrier.
• WHO’s 2025 baseline estimates more than one billion people living with mental disorders, with depression and anxiety driving massive productivity losses of roughly 12 billion workdays annually.