El Salvador vs Guatemala

El Salvador vs Guatemala: Depression

Depression in 2017: 3.03% in El Salvador and 3.22% in Guatemala, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.19 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in El Salvador.

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% of people · IHME · log scale

El Salvador vs Guatemala: DepressionDepression in 2017: 3.03% in El Salvador and 3.22% in Guatemala, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 0.19 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in El Salvador.
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Latest figures

% of people · IHME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2017
El Salvador3.03 20173.04140 of 195
Guatemala3.22 20173.44119 of 195
World3.44 20173.5

What the numbers say

  • Guatemala has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, El Salvador ranked 140 and Guatemala ranked 119 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.44% in 2017.

Every year

% of people · IHME

YearEl SalvadorGuatemalaWorld
20173.033.223.44
20163.033.233.44
20153.023.253.44
20143.033.273.44
20133.033.293.44
20123.033.313.44
20113.033.333.44
20103.033.353.44
20093.033.373.45
20083.043.413.48
20073.043.443.5
20063.053.473.52
20053.063.483.53
20043.073.493.53
20033.083.493.53
20023.093.493.53
20013.13.493.53
20003.113.483.53
19993.123.473.54
19983.143.433.54
19973.153.393.54
19963.163.353.55
19953.173.323.55
19943.163.33.55
19933.163.283.55
19923.153.263.55
19913.143.233.55
19903.133.213.54

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time