Depression Rate
Depression is a global mental health crisis that affects millions of people across the world, regardless of geography or demographics. Its impact spans across all aspects of life, from personal well-being and relationships to economic productivity, making it a significant public health issue requiring global attention and targeted intervention. Data stemming from studies carried out around the world, adjusted for population size, shows that depression affects every country differently. In 2022, the countries reporting the highest prevalence of depressive disorders were Ukraine, the United States, Australia, and Estonia, each with a prevalence rate hovering around 6%. However, these numbers represent a mere snapshot of depression's footprint on the global stage. Critical insights emanate from these figures when we delve deeper:
Depression is a globally pervasive challenge, with rates varying significantly amongst different countries. According to recent data, Ukraine, the United States, Australia, and Estonia, show the highest recorded rates of depression. Ukraine tops the chart with a depression rate of 6.3%. Following closely are the United States, Australia, and Estonia each showing a depression rate of 5.9%. Brazil is next in line with a depression rate of 5.8%. Greece and Portugal each show a depression rate of 5.7%, whereas Belarus, Finland, and Lithuania maintained a 5.6% rate. 10 Countries with the Highest Depression Rates:
The ten countries with the lowest reported rates of depression are Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Laos, and Nepal. Solomon Islands boasts the lowest depression rate, with only 2.9% of its population reported to be dealing with the illness. Following closely behind are Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea both with a rate of 3.0%. Micronesia, Kiribati, and Vanuatu each have a depression rate of 3.1%. Lastly, Tonga, Samoa, Laos, and Nepal all share a reported depression rate of 3.2% of their populations. The ten countries with the lowest depression rates:
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.3%
#169
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Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.6%
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.9%
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.6%
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.4%
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.6%
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.8%
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.6%
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.4%
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.5%
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.5%
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.8%
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.5%
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.3%
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.9%
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.5%
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.6%
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.3%
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.7%
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.3%
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.6%
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.8%
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.1%
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.2%
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.5%
#164
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.6%
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.8%
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.6%
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.1%
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.4%
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.2%
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.4%
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.4%
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.7%
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.7%
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.0%
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.3%
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.7%
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.5%
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.8%
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.2%
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.6%
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
2.9%
#179
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.6%
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.6%
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.8%
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.8%
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.1%
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.0%
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.9%
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.2%
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.2%
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.9%
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.4%
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.6%
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
6.3%
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.1%
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.5%
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.9%
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
5.0%
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.1%
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.2%
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
3.6%
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Depression Rate
4.0%
#131