Only 13 per cent of European employees are engaged at work

Employee engagement

Gallup noted a notable lack of improvement in employee engagement and wellbeing, following multiple years of steady gains.

The U.S. and Canada have the highest regional percentage of engaged employees at 33 per cent, compared to the global average of 23 per cent. Women in the region experienced higher engagement (35 per cent) than men (31 per cent).

Europe was ranked last with 13 per cent engagement.

Gallup estimates that low engagement costs the global economy $8.9tn, or nine per cent of global GDP — enough to make the difference between success and failure for the world’s development goals.

Jim Harter, Gallup’s chief workplace scientist, said, "Employee engagement has become increasingly important as the globe has entered uncertain economic times. Our research has shown that engagement has a stronger effect on organisational performance during a tough economy.”