As the data show, 41.4 percent adult Poles evaluate the quality of their sleep negatively. A year ago, this percentage was 41 percent. Simultaneously The number of people who are satisfied with their sleep has dropped – nowadays less than 53 percent. A year ago, 53.8 percent declared so respondents.
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“In the first quarter of 2025, there were 17 million 742 thousand people working in our country. Sleep problems had 41.4 percent adult Poles. The annual dimension is 1992 hours. work. Loss of efficiency at 1 percent It's about 2.5 days. The cost of working day, assuming the average salary and employers' expenses, is PLN 492. In total, rounding is a minimum of PLN 8.75 billion” – explains the co -author of the report from the Epsycholodzy.pl platform Michał Pajdak.
“Sleep problems lead to a decrease in concentration, efficiency and efficiency at work. In the long run, they also increase the risk of sickness absence and costs related to healthcare” – he added.
The report shows that People earning a month between 5 and 7 thousand have the biggest sleep problems. PLN net. Experts point to professional stress and high expectations as the main reasons for a negative impact on sleep quality.
According to Pajdak, especially industries with high work intensity, such as technologies, finance or creative sector, often require great sacrifices from their employees. Sleep is seen as something secondary. In such conditions, it is difficult to take care of taking care of it as an integral part of the policy of employee well -being. They themselves can be afraid to talk about problems with sleep or the need to rest, fearing a negative assessment of superiors.
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The report pointed out that companies can effectively counteract these problems. The need to introduce solutions such as limiting communication after working hours, promoting healthy habits and a change in organizational culture so that sleep and regeneration were treated as an element of health policy.
Report “The dream of Poles. Loss for the economy. Edition 2025” was created on the canvas of a public opinion, conducted by the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview) method by Uce Research and the Platform Epsycholodzy.pl at a rehearsal of 1008 adult Poles aged 18-80.
