Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Depression

Depression in 2017: 2.91% in Costa Rica and 2.85% in Nicaragua, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Costa Rica, by 0.05 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Nicaragua.

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% of people · IHME

Costa RicaNicaraguaWorld

What the numbers say

Costa Rica has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Nicaragua.
In 2017, Costa Rica ranked 151 and Nicaragua ranked 158 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 3.44% in 2017.

Every year

% of people · IHME

Year	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	World
2017	2.91	2.85	3.44
2016	2.9	2.85	3.44
2015	2.9	2.85	3.44
2014	2.9	2.86	3.44
2013	2.89	2.86	3.44
2012	2.89	2.86	3.44
2011	2.89	2.86	3.44
2010	2.88	2.87	3.44
2009	2.88	2.87	3.45
2008	2.87	2.88	3.48
2007	2.87	2.89	3.5
2006	2.86	2.9	3.52
2005	2.85	2.9	3.53
2004	2.85	2.9	3.53
2003	2.84	2.89	3.53
2002	2.83	2.89	3.53
2001	2.82	2.88	3.53
2000	2.82	2.88	3.53
1999	2.81	2.87	3.54
1998	2.8	2.86	3.54
1997	2.79	2.85	3.54
1996	2.78	2.83	3.55
1995	2.78	2.82	3.55
1994	2.77	2.81	3.55
1993	2.77	2.8	3.55
1992	2.77	2.79	3.55
1991	2.77	2.77	3.55
1990	2.77	2.76	3.54

Each country on its own

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The share of people living with a depressive disorder, as the Global Burden of Disease study estimates it.
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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