Study: How badly has COVID affected people’s mental health?

Online Thais are the most likely to report a negative impact on their mental health (81%), including 34% who say it’s had a very negative impact.

Online Filipinos are the next most affect, with 73% reporting a negative affect on their mental wellbeing, followed by online Vietnamese at 71%.

All three countries have experienced recent surges in COVID-19 case numbers.

At the bottom of the list is Saudi Arabia, where only one in three online urban Saudis (36%) say that the pandemic has taken its toll on their mental health.