South Africa vs United Arab Emirates: Depression

Depression in 2017: 3.75% in South Africa and 2.88% in United Arab Emirates, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.87 percentage points, or 1.3 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of people · IHME

South AfricaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
The world as a whole: 3.44% in 2017.

Every year

% of people · IHME

Year	South Africa	United Arab Emirates	World
2017	3.75	2.88	3.44
2016	3.73	2.87	3.44
2015	3.72	2.86	3.44
2014	3.71	2.86	3.44
2013	3.7	2.85	3.44
2012	3.7	2.85	3.44
2011	3.7	2.86	3.44
2010	3.7	2.86	3.44
2009	3.71	2.87	3.45
2008	3.73	2.9	3.48
2007	3.75	2.93	3.5
2006	3.76	2.95	3.52
2005	3.77	2.97	3.53
2004	3.76	2.98	3.53
2003	3.75	2.99	3.53
2002	3.73	3	3.53
2001	3.71	3.01	3.53
2000	3.7	3.02	3.53
1999	3.69	3.03	3.54
1998	3.7	3.04	3.54
1997	3.7	3.05	3.54
1996	3.71	3.06	3.55
1995	3.71	3.06	3.55
1994	3.72	3.06	3.55
1993	3.73	3.07	3.55
1992	3.74	3.07	3.55
1991	3.75	3.06	3.55
1990	3.76	3.06	3.54

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

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Deaths in conflictsSouth Africa: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022