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Depression around the world
Depression, 2017: highest in Greenland, at 6.23%, and lowest in Colombia, at 2.2%, of 195 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 3.44% in 2017.
% of people · IHME
Every country, by its latest figure
% of people · IHME
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 6.23 | 2017 | |
| 2 | Lesotho | 5.64 | 2017 | |
| 3 | Morocco | 5.41 | 2017 | |
| 4 | Iran | 5.12 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Uganda | 4.92 | 2017 | |
| 6 | United States | 4.84 | 2017 | |
| 7 | Finland | 4.79 | 2017 | |
| 8 | Palestinian Territories | 4.67 | 2017 | |
| 9 | Australia | 4.62 | 2017 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 4.49 | 2017 | |
| 11 | Portugal | 4.42 | 2017 | |
| 12 | France | 4.25 | 2017 | |
| 13 | Ireland | 4.25 | 2017 | |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 4.21 | 2017 | |
| 15 | Greece | 4.19 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.17 | 2017 | |
| 17 | Angola | 4.16 | 2017 | |
| 18 | Gambia | 4.16 | 2017 | |
| 19 | Lithuania | 4.14 | 2017 | |
| 20 | Guyana | 4.14 | 2017 | |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 4.14 | 2017 | |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 4.12 | 2017 | |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 4.11 | 2017 | |
| 24 | Belgium | 4.11 | 2017 | |
| 25 | Cape Verde | 4.08 | 2017 | |
| 26 | Ukraine | 4.07 | 2017 | |
| 27 | Eswatini | 4.07 | 2017 | |
| 28 | Chile | 4.06 | 2017 | |
| 29 | Gabon | 4.05 | 2017 | |
| 30 | Netherlands | 4.03 | 2017 | |
| 31 | Belarus | 4.02 | 2017 | |
| 32 | Yemen | 4.01 | 2017 | |
| 33 | Congo - Brazzaville | 4.01 | 2017 | |
| 34 | Canada | 3.99 | 2017 | |
| 35 | Suriname | 3.97 | 2017 | |
| 36 | New Zealand | 3.97 | 2017 | |
| 37 | Botswana | 3.97 | 2017 | |
| 38 | Germany | 3.96 | 2017 | |
| 39 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.96 | 2017 | |
| 40 | Nigeria | 3.92 | 2017 | |
| 41 | Tunisia | 3.92 | 2017 | |
| 42 | Mozambique | 3.9 | 2017 | |
| 43 | Iraq | 3.89 | 2017 | |
| 44 | Bahrain | 3.88 | 2017 | |
| 45 | Chad | 3.88 | 2017 | |
| 46 | Rwanda | 3.87 | 2017 | |
| 47 | Eritrea | 3.87 | 2017 | |
| 48 | Estonia | 3.85 | 2017 | |
| 49 | Israel | 3.83 | 2017 | |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 3.82 | 2017 | |
| 51 | Libya | 3.81 | 2017 | |
| 52 | Liberia | 3.8 | 2017 | |
| 53 | Somalia | 3.79 | 2017 | |
| 54 | Sudan | 3.78 | 2017 | |
| 55 | Norway | 3.77 | 2017 | |
| 56 | South Africa | 3.75 | 2017 | |
| 57 | Cameroon | 3.75 | 2017 | |
| 58 | Andorra | 3.73 | 2017 | |
| 59 | Burundi | 3.72 | 2017 | |
| 60 | Türkiye | 3.72 | 2017 | |
| 61 | Madagascar | 3.71 | 2017 | |
| 62 | Russia | 3.71 | 2017 | |
| 63 | Switzerland | 3.71 | 2017 | |
| 64 | South Sudan | 3.7 | 2017 | |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 3.69 | 2017 | |
| 66 | Tanzania | 3.69 | 2017 | |
| 67 | Lebanon | 3.68 | 2017 | |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.67 | 2017 | |
| 69 | Argentina | 3.67 | 2017 | |
| 70 | Algeria | 3.66 | 2017 | |
| 71 | Togo | 3.66 | 2017 | |
| 72 | Zambia | 3.64 | 2017 | |
| 73 | Kuwait | 3.64 | 2017 | |
| 74 | Benin | 3.63 | 2017 | |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 3.62 | 2017 | |
| 76 | Uruguay | 3.62 | 2017 | |
| 77 | Djibouti | 3.61 | 2017 | |
| 78 | Nepal | 3.61 | 2017 | |
| 79 | Syria | 3.58 | 2017 | |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 3.58 | 2017 | |
| 81 | Jordan | 3.56 | 2017 | |
| 82 | Guinea | 3.56 | 2017 | |
| 83 | Spain | 3.54 | 2017 | |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 3.54 | 2017 | |
| 85 | India | 3.53 | 2017 | |
| 86 | Mongolia | 3.53 | 2017 | |
| 87 | Malaysia | 3.52 | 2017 | |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 3.51 | 2017 | |
| 89 | Kenya | 3.51 | 2017 | |
| 90 | Latvia | 3.5 | 2017 | |
| 91 | Guam | 3.49 | 2017 | |
| 92 | Qatar | 3.48 | 2017 | |
| 93 | Mauritius | 3.48 | 2017 | |
| 94 | Italy | 3.46 | 2017 | |
| 95 | Niger | 3.46 | 2017 | |
| 96 | Namibia | 3.46 | 2017 | |
| 97 | Malawi | 3.45 | 2017 | |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 3.44 | 2017 | |
| 99 | Bhutan | 3.44 | 2017 | |
| 100 | Singapore | 3.44 | 2017 | |
| 101 | Oman | 3.43 | 2017 | |
| 102 | Moldova | 3.43 | 2017 | |
| 103 | Ghana | 3.4 | 2017 | |
| 104 | Malta | 3.37 | 2017 | |
| 105 | Senegal | 3.37 | 2017 | |
| 106 | Iceland | 3.36 | 2017 | |
| 107 | Japan | 3.34 | 2017 | |
| 108 | Côte d’Ivoire | 3.34 | 2017 | |
| 109 | Pakistan | 3.33 | 2017 | |
| 110 | Comoros | 3.33 | 2017 | |
| 111 | Trinidad & Tobago | 3.33 | 2017 | |
| 112 | Cyprus | 3.33 | 2017 | |
| 113 | Cuba | 3.32 | 2017 | |
| 114 | China | 3.31 | 2017 | |
| 115 | Brazil | 3.3 | 2017 | |
| 116 | Denmark | 3.29 | 2017 | |
| 117 | Austria | 3.26 | 2017 | |
| 118 | Egypt | 3.24 | 2017 | |
| 119 | Guatemala | 3.22 | 2017 | |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 3.19 | 2017 | |
| 121 | Kiribati | 3.17 | 2017 | |
| 122 | Fiji | 3.17 | 2017 | |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 3.17 | 2017 | |
| 124 | South Korea | 3.17 | 2017 | |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 3.15 | 2017 | |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | 3.14 | 2017 | |
| 127 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 3.14 | 2017 | |
| 128 | Micronesia | 3.14 | 2017 | |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 3.12 | 2017 | |
| 130 | Marshall Islands | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 131 | Maldives | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 132 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 133 | Cambodia | 3.1 | 2017 | |
| 134 | Mauritania | 3.09 | 2017 | |
| 135 | North Korea | 3.09 | 2017 | |
| 136 | Bolivia | 3.09 | 2017 | |
| 137 | Thailand | 3.09 | 2017 | |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.05 | 2017 | |
| 139 | Samoa | 3.04 | 2017 | |
| 140 | El Salvador | 3.03 | 2017 | |
| 141 | Taiwan | 3.02 | 2017 | |
| 142 | Mali | 3.01 | 2017 | |
| 143 | Dominican Republic | 2.98 | 2017 | |
| 144 | Ecuador | 2.98 | 2017 | |
| 145 | Paraguay | 2.96 | 2017 | |
| 146 | Haiti | 2.96 | 2017 | |
| 147 | American Samoa | 2.94 | 2017 | |
| 148 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2.93 | 2017 | |
| 149 | Tonga | 2.92 | 2017 | |
| 150 | Laos | 2.91 | 2017 | |
| 151 | Costa Rica | 2.91 | 2017 | |
| 152 | Seychelles | 2.89 | 2017 | |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 2.89 | 2017 | |
| 154 | Vietnam | 2.88 | 2017 | |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 2.88 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Slovenia | 2.86 | 2017 | |
| 157 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 2.86 | 2017 | |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 2.85 | 2017 | |
| 159 | St. Lucia | 2.84 | 2017 | |
| 160 | Belize | 2.84 | 2017 | |
| 161 | Bermuda | 2.83 | 2017 | |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 2.82 | 2017 | |
| 163 | Venezuela | 2.82 | 2017 | |
| 164 | Georgia | 2.8 | 2017 | |
| 165 | Mexico | 2.79 | 2017 | |
| 166 | Croatia | 2.78 | 2017 | |
| 167 | Grenada | 2.77 | 2017 | |
| 168 | Hungary | 2.77 | 2017 | |
| 169 | Philippines | 2.77 | 2017 | |
| 170 | Barbados | 2.76 | 2017 | |
| 171 | Armenia | 2.76 | 2017 | |
| 172 | Honduras | 2.75 | 2017 | |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 2.73 | 2017 | |
| 174 | Panama | 2.68 | 2017 | |
| 175 | Czechia | 2.68 | 2017 | |
| 176 | Indonesia | 2.64 | 2017 | |
| 177 | Dominica | 2.63 | 2017 | |
| 178 | Bahamas | 2.63 | 2017 | |
| 179 | Azerbaijan | 2.59 | 2017 | |
| 180 | Jamaica | 2.59 | 2017 | |
| 181 | Serbia | 2.57 | 2017 | |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 2.56 | 2017 | |
| 183 | Brunei | 2.56 | 2017 | |
| 184 | Montenegro | 2.56 | 2017 | |
| 185 | Antigua & Barbuda | 2.56 | 2017 | |
| 186 | Bulgaria | 2.54 | 2017 | |
| 187 | Slovakia | 2.4 | 2017 | |
| 188 | Romania | 2.36 | 2017 | |
| 189 | North Macedonia | 2.33 | 2017 | |
| 190 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2.32 | 2017 | |
| 191 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.3 | 2017 | |
| 192 | Peru | 2.28 | 2017 | |
| 193 | Poland | 2.25 | 2017 | |
| 194 | Albania | 2.21 | 2017 | |
| 195 | Colombia | 2.2 | 2017 |
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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.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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