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Good vision is fundamentally connected to both educational attainment and access to employment. Currently, unaddressed vision impairment is estimated to result in an annual global productivity loss of approximately USD 411 billion. In addition, an estimated 6.3 million years of schooling are lost each year, with potential future economic productivity losses projected at USD 173 billion annually. Addressing this issue presents a clear opportunity to unlock substantial productivity gains at both national and global levels.
Over 2 billion people are living with poor vision and, for over 1 billion of these people, this sight loss could have been avoided or treated. This represents a significant and rapidly growing public health challenge. Importantly, it is a challenge that can be effectively addressed as over 90% of vision impairment cases are preventable or treatable through low-cost interventions such as spectacle provision and cataract surgery.