The prevalence of mental health issues in Malaysia has tripled from 10.7 in 1996 to 29.2 in 2016. These were the pre-Covid-19 estimates. In a 2018 report. Malaysia has a labour force of about 15.23 million workers earning a mean daily wage of about RM134. Mean number of days in absenteeism per worker, per year is around 8 and mean number of days in presenteenism per worker, per year is around 62. Total cost of absenteeism due to mental health condition is around RM3.28 billio
