One out of three young people experienced "burnout," a state of physical and mental exhaustion, within the past year. The biggest cause of burnout was anxiety about career paths.
On the 16th, the National Data Agency published for the first time an indicator report titled "Quality of life for youth 2025," which contains these findings. This is the first report to comprehensively measure quality of life among young people ages 19 to 34.
According to the report, the youth burnout experience rate was 32.2% last year. That was down 1.7 percentage points from 2022 (33.9%) but still amounted to 3 in 10.
The main reason for burnout was career anxiety. Among young people who experienced burnout, 39.1% cited career anxiety as the cause. Work overload followed at 18.4%, and a sense of doubt about work at 15.6%.
The younger the age group, the higher the share of career anxiety. Among those ages 19 to 24, 54.8% cited career anxiety as the reason for burnout. The rate was 41.5% among those ages 25 to 29. For those ages 30 to 34, career anxiety and work overload were similar at around 22% each.
The gender gap was also clear. Last year, the burnout experience rate among young women was 36.2%, 7.6 percentage points higher than men (28.6%).
By education level, young people with a college degree or higher had the highest burnout experience rate at 34.1%. Those with a high school education or less were at 28.2%, and those currently enrolled in college or on a leave of absence were at 29.7%.