Philippines vs South Korea: Depression

Depression in 2017: 2.77% in Philippines and 3.17% in South Korea, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Philippines.

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% of people · IHME

PhilippinesSouth KoreaWorld

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Philippines.
The world as a whole: 3.44% in 2017.

Every year

% of people · IHME

Year	Philippines	South Korea	World
2017	2.77	3.17	3.44
2016	2.76	3.14	3.44
2015	2.75	3.11	3.44
2014	2.74	3.09	3.44
2013	2.74	3.06	3.44
2012	2.73	3.04	3.44
2011	2.73	3.01	3.44
2010	2.73	2.99	3.44
2009	2.72	2.96	3.45
2008	2.72	2.93	3.48
2007	2.72	2.9	3.5
2006	2.71	2.88	3.52
2005	2.71	2.86	3.53
2004	2.71	2.86	3.53
2003	2.72	2.86	3.53
2002	2.72	2.86	3.53
2001	2.73	2.85	3.53
2000	2.75	2.85	3.53
1999	2.76	2.85	3.54
1998	2.8	2.84	3.54
1997	2.83	2.84	3.54
1996	2.86	2.83	3.55
1995	2.89	2.83	3.55
1994	2.9	2.82	3.55
1993	2.92	2.82	3.55
1992	2.93	2.82	3.55
1991	2.94	2.82	3.55
1990	2.95	2.82	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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