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Estimated annual age-standardized prevalence of depression (both sexes, % of population)

Name: Estimated annual age-standardized prevalence of depression (both sexes, % of population)
Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, mental health, depression, prevalence, non-communicable diseases, WHO, age-standardized

WHO estimates of age-standardized depression prevalence (% of population), comparable across countries using a common case definition and modeling.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO)•173 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

3.7%

Median: 3.7%

Countries Covered

173

with available data

Highest

Argentina

4.9%

Lowest

Solomon Islands

3.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Argentina4.9%

2Venezuela4.8%

3Yemen4.7%

4Haiti4.6%

5Andorra4.6%

By Region

South America4.3%(7 countries)

North America3.9%(4 countries)

Oceania3.9%(2 countries)

Other3.8%(93 countries)

Africa3.8%(9 countries)

Key Findings

•Depression prevalence varies substantially across countries (roughly ~2% to ~6.5% in this dataset).
•Age-standardized values enable more meaningful comparisons between younger and older populations.
•Higher estimated prevalence is often seen in countries facing conflict, instability, or major socioeconomic stressors (interpretation requires context).
•Because estimates are modeled, uncertainty can be higher where local epidemiological data are sparse.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0%)High (6.5%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.7%)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Other (93)

Africa (9)

Europe (32)

Asia (26)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the estimated share of a country’s population living with depressive disorders in a given year, expressed as an age-standardized percentage (both sexes). Age-standardization makes country-to-country comparisons more meaningful by removing differences due to population age structures.

The estimates are produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) using a consistent case definition (ICD depressive disorders) and comparable modeling across countries. Depression prevalence is influenced by many factors (including conflict, economic conditions, social determinants, and access to diagnosis and care), so values should be interpreted as modeled public-health estimates rather than counts of clinically diagnosed cases.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Argentina	4.9%
2	Venezuela	4.8%
3	Yemen	4.7%
4	Haiti	4.6%
5	Andorra	4.6%
6	Chile	4.5%
7	Somalia	4.5%
8	Cuba	4.4%
9	El Salvador	4.4%
10	Lesotho	4.4%
11	Nicaragua	4.4%
12	Panama	4.4%
13	Peru	4.4%
14	South Sudan	4.4%
15	Dominican Republic	4.3%
16	Eritrea	4.3%
17	Honduras	4.3%
18	Trinidad and Tobago	4.3%
19	Algeria	4.3%
20	Benin	4.2%
21	Guatemala	4.2%
22	Mexico	4.2%
23	New Caledonia	4.2%
24	Suriname	4.2%
25	Afghanistan	4.2%
26	Bahamas	4.2%
27	Botswana	4.2%
28	Colombia	4.1%
29	Republic of The Gambia	4.1%
30	Libya	4.1%
31	Vanuatu	4.1%
32	Papua New Guinea	4.1%
33	Paraguay	4.1%
34	Portugal	4.1%
35	Eswatini	4.1%
36	Syrian Arab Republic	4.1%
37	Tonga	4.1%
38	Angola	4.1%
39	Bolivia	4.1%
40	Burundi	4.0%
41	Costa Rica	4.0%
42	Ecuador	4.0%
43	Equatorial Guinea	4.0%
44	Liberia	4.0%
45	Madagascar	4.0%
46	Moldova, Republic of	4.0%
47	South Africa	4.0%
48	Sudan	4.0%
49	Uruguay	4.0%
50	Albania	4.0%
51	Australia	4.0%
52	Bahrain	4.0%
53	Bermuda	4.0%
54	Brazil	4.0%
55	Comoros	3.9%
56	Georgia	3.9%
57	Guinea	3.9%
58	Ireland	3.9%
59	Malta	3.9%
60	Mauritius	3.9%
61	Guinea-Bissau	3.9%
62	Togo	3.9%
63	Ukraine	3.9%
64	Belgium	3.9%
65	Cayman Islands	3.8%
66	Sri Lanka	3.8%
67	Faroe Islands	3.8%
68	State of Palestine	3.8%
69	Greece	3.8%
70	Iraq	3.8%
71	Lebanon	3.8%
72	Lithuania	3.8%
73	Maldives	3.8%
74	Mali	3.8%
75	Senegal	3.8%
76	Sierra Leone	3.8%
77	Tunisia	3.8%
78	United States of America	3.8%
79	Burkina Faso	3.8%
80	Brunei Darussalam	3.8%
81	Belarus	3.7%
82	Cape Verde	3.7%
83	Republic of the Congo	3.7%
84	Finland	3.7%
85	Djibouti	3.7%
86	Iceland	3.7%
87	Kenya	3.7%
88	Latvia	3.7%
89	Mauritania	3.7%
90	Morocco	3.7%
91	Namibia	3.7%
92	New Zealand	3.7%
93	Slovenia	3.7%
94	Zimbabwe	3.7%
95	The Republic of North Macedonia	3.7%
96	Egypt	3.7%
97	Bulgaria	3.6%
98	Canada	3.6%
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.6%
100	Denmark	3.6%
101	Ethiopia	3.6%
102	Estonia	3.6%
103	Ghana	3.6%
104	Italy	3.6%
105	Cote d'Ivoire	3.6%
106	Jordan	3.6%
107	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.6%
108	Luxembourg	3.6%
109	Malawi	3.6%
110	Philippines	3.6%
111	Romania	3.6%
112	Serbia	3.6%
113	Spain	3.6%
114	Sweden	3.6%
115	Türkiye	3.6%
116	United Kingdom	3.6%
117	Zambia	3.6%
118	Central African Republic	3.5%
119	France	3.5%
120	Hungary	3.5%
121	Montenegro	3.5%
122	Mozambique	3.5%
123	Nigeria	3.5%
124	Norway	3.5%
125	Poland	3.5%
126	Russian Federation	3.5%
127	Rwanda	3.5%
128	Uganda	3.5%
129	United Republic of Tanzania	3.5%
130	Austria	3.5%
131	Cambodia	3.4%
132	Croatia	3.4%
133	Czech Republic	3.4%
134	Germany	3.4%
135	Islamic Republic of Iran	3.4%
136	Mongolia	3.4%
137	Netherlands	3.4%
138	Timor-Leste	3.4%
139	Slovakia	3.4%
140	Switzerland	3.4%
141	Thailand	3.4%
142	Barbados	3.4%
143	Bhutan	3.4%
144	Cameroon	3.3%
145	Chad	3.3%
146	Indonesia	3.3%
147	Kyrgyzstan	3.3%
148	Saudi Arabia	3.3%
149	Vietnam	3.3%
150	Armenia	3.3%
151	Myanmar	3.2%
152	People's Republic of China	3.2%
153	Taiwan, Province of China	3.2%
154	Japan	3.2%
155	Kazakhstan	3.2%
156	North Korea	3.2%
157	Kuwait	3.2%
158	Malaysia	3.2%
159	Oman	3.2%
160	Pakistan	3.2%
161	Qatar	3.2%
162	Uzbekistan	3.2%
163	India	3.1%
164	South Korea	3.1%
165	Singapore	3.1%
166	United Arab Emirates	3.1%
167	Bangladesh	3.1%
168	Belize	3.1%
169	Cyprus	3.0%
170	Israel	3.0%
171	Nepal	3.0%
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.0%
173	Solomon Islands	3.0%

Showing 173 of 173 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #mental health #depression #prevalence #non-communicable diseases #WHO #age-standardized

Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (WHO) (2019).

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