Anorexia or bulimia nervosa estimated cases, 2021
Estimated number of people who had anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in the past year, whether or not they were diagnosed, based on representativesurveys, medical data and statistical modelling.
Country/area | Anorexia nervosa cases • 2021 | Bulimia nervosa cases • 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9,778 | 34,270 |
| Albania | 997 | 3,024 |
| Algeria | 18,023 | 87,734 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 53 |
| Andorra | 99 | 294 |
| Angola | 13,331 | 42,242 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 46 | 236 |
| Argentina | 37,051 | 133,081 |
| Armenia | 1,096 | 3,264 |
| Australia | 41,844 | 205,836 |
| Austria | 9,812 | 31,097 |
| Azerbaijan | 4,954 | 14,948 |
| Bahamas | 235 | 1,147 |
| Bahrain | 845 | 4,762 |
| Bangladesh | 59,958 | 206,250 |
| Barbados | 119 | 593 |
| Belarus | 3,794 | 10,953 |
| Belgium | 13,293 | 31,079 |
| Belize | 209 | 914 |
| Benin | 4,494 | 13,506 |
| Bermuda | 30 | 168 |
| Bhutan | 340 | 1,302 |
| Bolivia | 4,997 | 30,314 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,113 | 3,340 |
| Botswana | 1,300 | 4,865 |
| Brazil | 132,229 | 450,032 |
| Brunei | 805 | 1,841 |
| Bulgaria | 2,224 | 7,411 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,913 | 20,279 |
| Burundi | 3,311 | 9,337 |
| Cambodia | 5,007 | 14,493 |
| Cameroon | 11,574 | 35,928 |
| Canada | 34,207 | 107,405 |
| Cape Verde | 233 | 866 |
| Central African Republic | 1,404 | 3,983 |
| Chad | 5,325 | 15,160 |
| Chile | 15,357 | 57,831 |
| China | 367,334 | 1,269,256 |
| Colombia | 24,058 | 111,021 |
| Comoros | 247 | 809 |
| Congo | 2,172 | 7,273 |
| Cook Islands | 7 | 23 |
| Costa Rica | 2,350 | 11,040 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 10,029 | 32,840 |
| Croatia | 1,704 | 5,030 |
| Cuba | 3,634 | 17,814 |
| Cyprus | 1,394 | 4,287 |
| Czechia | 4,440 | 13,686 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 23,433 | 67,145 |
| Denmark | 6,357 | 17,420 |
| Djibouti | 445 | 1,601 |
| Dominica | 29 | 134 |
| Dominican Republic | 5,731 | 27,399 |
| East Timor | 501 | 1,314 |
| Ecuador | 8,327 | 51,946 |
| Egypt | 46,362 | 204,417 |
| El Salvador | 2,937 | 12,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 945 | 3,403 |
| Eritrea | 2,045 | 6,483 |
| Estonia | 580 | 1,710 |
| Eswatini | 572 | 1,928 |
| Ethiopia | 34,156 | 110,026 |
| Fiji | 297 | 944 |
| Finland | 7,015 | 16,059 |
| France | 74,667 | 197,101 |
| Gabon | 982 | 3,399 |
| Gambia | 817 | 2,479 |
| Georgia | 1,220 | 3,584 |
| Germany | 108,961 | 195,856 |
| Ghana | 13,919 | 45,777 |
| Greece | 10,250 | 25,606 |
| Greenland | 75 | 215 |
| Grenada | 49 | 232 |
| Guam | 69 | 247 |
| Guatemala | 7,881 | 31,416 |
| Guinea | 4,308 | 12,820 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 639 | 1,931 |
| Guyana | 356 | 1,598 |
| Haiti | 4,160 | 16,721 |
| Honduras | 4,521 | 17,515 |
| Hungary | 3,975 | 12,690 |
| Iceland | 410 | 1,146 |
| India | 542,831 | 2,107,172 |
| Indonesia | 95,035 | 315,430 |
| Iran | 45,417 | 216,876 |
| Iraq | 20,715 | 91,567 |
| Ireland | 5,459 | 16,343 |
| Israel | 8,182 | 26,261 |
| Italy | 44,736 | 214,413 |
| Jamaica | 1,260 | 5,854 |
| Japan | 142,248 | 268,949 |
| Jordan | 5,576 | 23,966 |
| Kazakhstan | 9,753 | 28,122 |
| Kenya | 18,737 | 61,718 |
| Kiribati | 30 | 83 |
| Kuwait | 3,275 | 17,571 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2,470 | 6,443 |
| Laos | 2,587 | 7,609 |
| Latvia | 788 | 2,236 |
| Lebanon | 2,304 | 11,663 |
| Lesotho | 722 | 2,293 |
| Liberia | 1,528 | 4,507 |
| Libya | 2,872 | 13,593 |
| Lithuania | 1,159 | 3,501 |
| Luxembourg | 1,050 | 2,626 |
| Madagascar | 8,926 | 26,407 |
| Malawi | 5,947 | 16,598 |
| Malaysia | 15,092 | 49,669 |
| Maldives | 192 | 771 |
| Mali | 7,606 | 22,006 |
| Malta | 440 | 1,202 |
| Marshall Islands | 16 | 46 |
| Mauritania | 1,617 | 4,974 |
| Mauritius | 458 | 1,571 |
| Mexico | 64,638 | 311,213 |
| Micronesia (country) | 29 | 81 |
| Moldova | 1,490 | 3,309 |
| Monaco | 58 | 176 |
| Mongolia | 1,450 | 4,130 |
| Montenegro | 256 | 748 |
| Morocco | 14,147 | 64,301 |
| Mozambique | 9,214 | 25,640 |
| Myanmar | 18,401 | 52,702 |
| Namibia | 1,223 | 4,235 |
| Nauru | 4 | 13 |
| Nepal | 11,161 | 36,434 |
| Netherlands | 19,707 | 37,171 |
| New Zealand | 7,202 | 23,004 |
| Nicaragua | 2,798 | 11,370 |
| Niger | 6,486 | 17,431 |
| Nigeria | 91,214 | 297,320 |
| Niue | 1 | 2 |
| North Korea | 5,492 | 14,678 |
| North Macedonia | 807 | 2,622 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 18 | 62 |
| Norway | 4,902 | 19,434 |
| Oman | 2,494 | 14,843 |
| Pakistan | 90,886 | 325,251 |
| Palau | 5 | 18 |
| Palestine | 1,983 | 7,883 |
| Panama | 2,661 | 10,609 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,925 | 8,542 |
| Paraguay | 5,630 | 14,384 |
| Peru | 17,985 | 111,106 |
| Philippines | 39,451 | 119,513 |
| Poland | 19,645 | 52,720 |
| Portugal | 9,163 | 25,396 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,602 | 8,295 |
| Qatar | 2,015 | 14,429 |
| Romania | 7,354 | 21,094 |
| Russia | 67,210 | 191,953 |
| Rwanda | 4,430 | 13,754 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31 | 162 |
| Saint Lucia | 75 | 371 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48 | 223 |
| Samoa | 63 | 180 |
| San Marino | 32 | 95 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 80 | 255 |
| Saudi Arabia | 21,961 | 121,414 |
| Senegal | 5,715 | 17,852 |
| Serbia | 3,467 | 10,479 |
| Seychelles | 41 | 140 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,708 | 8,127 |
| Singapore | 6,617 | 19,656 |
| Slovakia | 2,226 | 7,515 |
| Slovenia | 760 | 2,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 172 | 464 |
| Somalia | 3,816 | 9,476 |
| South Africa | 25,614 | 104,015 |
| South Korea | 45,763 | 127,612 |
| South Sudan | 3,005 | 8,557 |
| Spain | 54,588 | 152,396 |
| Sri Lanka | 7,672 | 23,393 |
| Sudan | 16,439 | 64,180 |
| Suriname | 269 | 1,262 |
| Sweden | 11,164 | 35,440 |
| Switzerland | 11,802 | 23,217 |
| Syria | 5,160 | 19,256 |
| Taiwan | 8,616 | 31,005 |
| Tajikistan | 3,545 | 9,015 |
| Tanzania | 20,753 | 62,997 |
| Thailand | 20,751 | 69,332 |
| Togo | 2,503 | 7,727 |
| Tokelau | 0 | 1 |
| Tonga | 31 | 89 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 722 | 3,784 |
| Tunisia | 4,376 | 21,533 |
| Turkey | 35,939 | 216,443 |
| Turkmenistan | 2,751 | 7,744 |
| Tuvalu | 3 | 10 |
| Uganda | 14,492 | 41,857 |
| Ukraine | 14,577 | 42,515 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,957 | 30,376 |
| United Kingdom | 72,857 | 206,713 |
| United States | 402,835 | 979,723 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 39 | 204 |
| Uruguay | 2,651 | 9,613 |
| Uzbekistan | 14,457 | 40,194 |
| Vanuatu | 83 | 230 |
| Venezuela | 11,109 | 49,730 |
| Vietnam | 29,165 | 92,613 |
| Yemen | 10,872 | 40,848 |
| Zambia | 7,677 | 23,685 |
| Zimbabwe | 5,353 | 15,951 |
| Other | ||
| Africa | 494,678 | 1,698,931 |
| African Region (WHO) | 406,223 | 1,319,829 |
| Americas (WHO) | 801,197 | 2,590,005 |
| Asia | 1,738,072 | 6,166,116 |
| East Asia & Pacific (WB) | 857,125 | 2,699,704 |
| Eastern Mediterranean (WHO) | 315,692 | 1,354,076 |
| Europe | 606,782 | 1,653,673 |
| Europe & Central Asia (WB) | 681,795 | 1,979,819 |
| European Region (WHO) | 691,149 | 2,009,689 |
| High-income countries | 1,267,411 | 3,465,327 |
| Latin America & Caribbean (WB) | 365,796 | 1,511,376 |
| Low-income countries | 208,431 | 648,648 |
| Lower-middle-income countries | 1,296,027 | 4,764,018 |
| Middle East & North Africa (WB) | 221,419 | 1,036,096 |
| North America | 542,922 | 1,576,967 |
| North America (WB) | 437,072 | 1,087,295 |
| Oceania | 52,817 | 239,927 |
| South America | 260,020 | 1,021,920 |
| South Asia (WB) | 722,817 | 2,734,843 |
| South-East Asia (WHO) | 762,333 | 2,828,778 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (WB) | 408,454 | 1,305,752 |
| Upper-middle-income countries | 923,414 | 3,479,515 |
| Western Pacific (WHO) | 708,232 | 2,214,905 |
| World | 3,697,979 | 12,367,024 |
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