World Sleep Day

<h2 id="sleeplessness">Sleeplessness</h2>
It was estimated in 2019 that sleep deprivation cost the US over $400 billion a year with Japan losing $138 billion, Germany $60 billion, the UK $50 billion, and Canada $21 billion.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>
In an article in <a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a> in 2019, World Sleep Day was criticized as helping to turn sleep into a commodity and pushing the idea that everyone should aspire to a single unbroken block of sleep, an idea which historians say is a recent invention.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>

<h2 id="annual-celebration">Annual celebration</h2>
World Sleep Day is observed annually on the Friday before the <a href="/facts/March_Equinox/27hlaADj">March Equinox</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> The first World Sleep Day was held on 14 March 2008. Events involving discussions, presentations of educational materials and exhibitions take place around the world and online.

<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Date</th><th>Slogan</th></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>14 March</td><td>'Sleep well, live fully awake'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>20 March</td><td>'Drive alert, arrive safe'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>19 March</td><td>'Sleep Well, Stay Healthy'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>18 March</td><td>'Sleep Well, Grow Healthy'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>16 March</td><td>'Breathe Easily, Sleep Well'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>15 March</td><td>'Good Sleep, Healthy Aging'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>14 March</td><td>'Restful Sleep, Easy Breathing, Healthy Body'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>13 March</td><td>'When sleep is sound, health and happiness abound'</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>18 March</td><td>'Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream'</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>17 March</td><td>'Sleep Soundly, Nurture Life'</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>16 March</td><td>'Join the Sleep World, Preserve Your Rhythms to Enjoy Life'</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>15 March</td><td>'Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging'</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>13 March</td><td>'Better Sleep, Better Life, Better Planet'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>19 March</td><td>'Regular Sleep, Healthy Future'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>18 March</td><td>'Quality Sleep, Sound Mind, Happy World'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>17 March</td><td>'Sleep Is Essential for Health'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>15 March</td><td>'Sleep Equity for Global Health'<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>14 March</td><td>'Make Sleep Health a Priority'</td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">World Sleep Day, accessed 19 March 2011 <a href="http://www.worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">http://www.worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"World Sleep Day: Sleeplessness Costs the World More Than a Trillion Dollars a Year". News18. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021. <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/world-sleep-day-sleeplessness-costs-the-world-more-than-a-trillion-dollars-a-year-2067403.html" target="_blank">https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/world-sleep-day-sleeplessness-costs-the-world-more-than-a-trillion-dollars-a-year-2067403.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Why the sleep industry is keeping us awake at night". The Guardian. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/09/the-big-sleep-business-are-we-being-sold-an-impossible-dream" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/09/the-big-sleep-business-are-we-being-sold-an-impossible-dream</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream". Retrieved 17 March 2016. <a href="http://www.worldsleepday.org" target="_blank">http://www.worldsleepday.org</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"StackPath". worldsleepday.org. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2021. <a href="https://worldsleepday.org/history" target="_blank">https://worldsleepday.org/history</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Reuters <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223828/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/17/idUS181827+17-Mar-2009+PRN20090317" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223828/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/17/idUS181827+17-Mar-2009+PRN20090317</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"March 19 2010 is Third Annual World Sleep Day". Thaindian News. <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/march-19-2010-is-third-annual-world-sleep-day_100336867.html" target="_blank">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/march-19-2010-is-third-annual-world-sleep-day_100336867.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Philips official sponsor of World Sleep Day 2011". 18 March 2011. <a href="https://dutchdailynews.com/world-sleep-day-2011/" target="_blank">https://dutchdailynews.com/world-sleep-day-2011/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"World Sleep Day® is March 15, 2019". <a href="http://worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">http://worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"World Sleep Day® is March 15, 2019". <a href="http://worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">http://worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"World Sleep Day® is March 15, 2019". <a href="http://worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">http://worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"World Sleep Day 2015 toolkit" (PDF). Retrieved 12 March 2020. <a href="https://worldsleepday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WSD_Toolkit_2015_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://worldsleepday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WSD_Toolkit_2015_final.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">"World Sleep Day 2021 [Hindi]: जानिए नींद से जुड़े रोचक तथ्य व Quotes". Tube Light Talks. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021. <a href="https://tubelighttalks.com/world-sleep-day/" target="_blank">https://tubelighttalks.com/world-sleep-day/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">"StackPath". worldsleepday.org. Retrieved 16 March 2022. <a href="https://worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">https://worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">"World Sleep Day March 18, 2022". 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18. <a href="https://worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">https://worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">World Sleep Day, accessed 19 March 2011 <a href="http://www.worldsleepday.org/" target="_blank">http://www.worldsleepday.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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