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Anxiety disorders prevalence, 1990 to 2020

Estimated share of people with anxiety disorders, whether or not they are diagnosed, based on representative surveys, medical data and statistical modelling.

Age-standardized current cases of individuals with anxiety disorders, per 100 people percent
Country/area
1990
2020
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan5.0%5.8%+0.9 pp+17%
Albania3.5%4.3%+0.9 pp+26%
Algeria4.8%5.6%+0.8 pp+17%
American Samoa3.7%3.8%+0.1 pp+4%
Andorra5.4%6.8%+1.4 pp+26%
Angola3.6%4.0%+0.4 pp+12%
Antigua and Barbuda4.3%4.9%+0.6 pp+13%
Argentina5.1%6.1%+1.0 pp+19%
Armenia2.5%3.2%+0.6 pp+25%
Australia5.8%6.2%+0.4 pp+8%
Austria5.7%7.0%+1.3 pp+22%
Azerbaijan2.3%2.7%+0.4 pp+18%
Bahamas4.3%5.2%+0.9 pp+20%
Bahrain4.9%5.5%+0.6 pp+12%
Bangladesh3.1%3.6%+0.6 pp+18%
Barbados4.3%4.8%+0.5 pp+12%
Belarus3.5%4.3%+0.8 pp+23%
Belgium5.1%6.5%+1.3 pp+26%
Belize4.2%5.0%+0.8 pp+20%
Benin3.0%3.2%+0.2 pp+8%
Bermuda4.3%4.9%+0.6 pp+14%
Bhutan3.1%3.4%+0.3 pp+8%
Bolivia5.3%7.7%+2.4 pp+44%
Bosnia and Herzegovina3.4%4.1%+0.7 pp+19%
Botswana3.5%3.7%+0.2 pp+6%
Brazil5.9%8.6%+2.7 pp+47%
Brunei2.9%3.2%+0.3 pp+10%
Bulgaria3.4%4.2%+0.7 pp+21%
Burkina Faso2.9%3.1%+0.2 pp+7%
Burundi3.5%3.9%+0.4 pp+12%
Cambodia3.9%4.1%+0.3 pp+6%
Cameroon3.0%3.2%+0.2 pp+8%
Canada4.4%4.9%+0.5 pp+12%
Cape Verde2.9%3.4%+0.5 pp+17%
Central African Republic3.7%4.3%+0.6 pp+17%
Chad3.0%3.4%+0.4 pp+13%
Chile5.4%6.7%+1.3 pp+24%
China3.4%3.2%-0.3 pp-7%
Colombia4.6%5.6%+1.0 pp+22%
Comoros3.4%3.9%+0.4 pp+13%
Congo3.5%3.9%+0.4 pp+12%
Cook Islands3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+6%
Costa Rica4.0%4.9%+0.8 pp+20%
Cote d'Ivoire3.0%3.2%+0.3 pp+9%
Croatia3.4%4.0%+0.6 pp+18%
Cuba4.2%4.7%+0.4 pp+10%
Cyprus5.9%6.7%+0.7 pp+12%
Czechia3.2%3.8%+0.5 pp+16%
Democratic Republic of Congo3.5%4.0%+0.4 pp+12%
Denmark5.1%6.0%+0.8 pp+16%
Djibouti3.3%3.7%+0.4 pp+12%
Dominica4.3%4.8%+0.5 pp+11%
Dominican Republic4.4%5.3%+0.9 pp+21%
East Timor3.4%3.8%+0.3 pp+9%
Ecuador5.1%6.8%+1.7 pp+34%
Egypt4.3%5.1%+0.8 pp+18%
El Salvador4.1%5.2%+1.0 pp+25%
Equatorial Guinea3.6%3.9%+0.4 pp+11%
Eritrea3.6%3.7%+0.1 pp+4%
Estonia3.5%3.8%+0.3 pp+9%
Eswatini3.5%4.1%+0.7 pp+19%
Ethiopia3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+5%
Fiji3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+5%
Finland4.4%4.6%+0.2 pp+4%
France6.4%7.7%+1.3 pp+21%
Gabon3.6%4.0%+0.4 pp+12%
Gambia3.0%3.4%+0.4 pp+13%
Georgia2.3%2.5%+0.3 pp+12%
Germany5.9%7.1%+1.2 pp+20%
Ghana2.9%3.2%+0.3 pp+11%
Greece5.6%6.6%+1.0 pp+18%
Greenland4.7%5.8%+1.2 pp+25%
Grenada4.3%4.8%+0.5 pp+12%
Guam3.7%4.3%+0.6 pp+17%
Guatemala4.1%5.0%+1.0 pp+23%
Guinea3.0%3.4%+0.4 pp+12%
Guinea-Bissau2.9%3.3%+0.4 pp+13%
Guyana4.3%5.0%+0.7 pp+16%
Haiti4.4%5.0%+0.6 pp+15%
Honduras4.0%5.1%+1.1 pp+28%
Hungary3.4%3.8%+0.4 pp+12%
Iceland5.3%5.9%+0.6 pp+11%
India3.0%3.5%+0.5 pp+16%
Indonesia3.3%3.8%+0.5 pp+15%
Iran6.8%8.3%+1.5 pp+22%
Iraq5.0%6.3%+1.3 pp+27%
Ireland6.4%7.7%+1.2 pp+19%
Israel3.8%4.4%+0.7 pp+17%
Italy5.9%6.8%+0.9 pp+15%
Jamaica4.1%4.6%+0.5 pp+13%
Japan2.7%2.6%-0.1 pp-3%
Jordan4.9%5.5%+0.6 pp+12%
Kazakhstan2.1%2.3%+0.2 pp+12%
Kenya3.4%3.9%+0.5 pp+16%
Kiribati3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+5%
Kuwait4.5%5.3%+0.8 pp+18%
Kyrgyzstan2.0%2.5%+0.4 pp+22%
Laos4.3%4.6%+0.4 pp+9%
Latvia3.7%4.1%+0.4 pp+12%
Lebanon6.1%7.0%+0.9 pp+15%
Lesotho3.5%4.0%+0.4 pp+12%
Liberia3.1%3.4%+0.3 pp+11%
Libya5.0%6.1%+1.0 pp+21%
Lithuania4.2%4.9%+0.7 pp+18%
Luxembourg5.4%6.4%+1.0 pp+18%
Madagascar3.6%4.1%+0.5 pp+14%
Malawi3.6%3.9%+0.4 pp+10%
Malaysia4.2%4.6%+0.3 pp+8%
Maldives3.4%3.7%+0.3 pp+8%
Mali2.7%3.1%+0.4 pp+14%
Malta5.9%6.7%+0.8 pp+14%
Marshall Islands3.7%3.8%+0.1 pp+3%
Mauritania2.7%3.0%+0.3 pp+11%
Mauritius3.5%3.9%+0.4 pp+11%
Mexico2.9%4.6%+1.7 pp+59%
Micronesia (country)3.7%3.8%+0.1 pp+4%
Moldova3.8%4.5%+0.7 pp+19%
Monaco5.5%6.3%+0.8 pp+15%
Mongolia2.0%2.1%+0.0 pp+2%
Montenegro3.5%4.2%+0.8 pp+22%
Morocco4.8%6.2%+1.3 pp+28%
Mozambique3.7%4.0%+0.3 pp+9%
Myanmar3.5%4.0%+0.5 pp+14%
Namibia3.4%3.9%+0.5 pp+14%
Nauru3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+6%
Nepal3.0%3.8%+0.8 pp+26%
Netherlands6.1%7.9%+1.7 pp+28%
New Zealand7.0%7.5%+0.4 pp+6%
Nicaragua4.2%5.2%+1.0 pp+24%
Niger2.8%3.0%+0.3 pp+9%
Nigeria2.9%3.2%+0.3 pp+12%
Niue3.7%3.9%+0.1 pp+4%
North Korea3.6%3.6%+0.1 pp+2%
North Macedonia3.4%4.4%+1.0 pp+28%
Northern Mariana Islands3.6%4.0%+0.3 pp+10%
Norway7.2%7.3%+0.2 pp+2%
Oman4.7%5.6%+0.9 pp+20%
Pakistan3.2%3.8%+0.6 pp+18%
Palau3.7%3.7%+0.0 pp+1%
Palestine5.3%6.1%+0.8 pp+15%
Panama3.7%4.9%+1.1 pp+31%
Papua New Guinea3.7%3.8%+0.1 pp+2%
Paraguay6.7%7.7%+1.0 pp+15%
Peru5.2%7.5%+2.2 pp+43%
Philippines3.8%4.6%+0.7 pp+18%
Poland3.2%3.7%+0.5 pp+17%
Portugal7.6%9.4%+1.8 pp+23%
Puerto Rico4.3%5.1%+0.8 pp+19%
Qatar4.4%4.9%+0.5 pp+11%
Romania3.2%3.9%+0.7 pp+23%
Russia3.3%3.9%+0.6 pp+17%
Rwanda3.5%3.8%+0.3 pp+10%
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.3%4.8%+0.5 pp+13%
Saint Lucia4.3%4.7%+0.4 pp+10%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4.3%4.7%+0.5 pp+11%
Samoa3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+5%
San Marino5.5%6.9%+1.4 pp+26%
Sao Tome and Principe2.9%3.2%+0.3 pp+11%
Saudi Arabia4.6%5.5%+0.9 pp+21%
Senegal2.8%3.3%+0.4 pp+16%
Serbia3.3%3.8%+0.6 pp+17%
Seychelles3.5%3.8%+0.3 pp+10%
Sierra Leone3.2%3.5%+0.4 pp+12%
Singapore2.9%3.1%+0.2 pp+7%
Slovakia3.4%3.7%+0.4 pp+11%
Slovenia3.4%4.0%+0.6 pp+18%
Solomon Islands3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+6%
Somalia3.4%3.7%+0.3 pp+9%
South Africa3.7%4.6%+0.8 pp+23%
South Korea3.3%3.5%+0.2 pp+6%
South Sudan4.0%4.6%+0.6 pp+15%
Spain4.7%6.2%+1.6 pp+34%
Sri Lanka3.5%4.0%+0.5 pp+13%
Sudan4.9%5.8%+1.0 pp+20%
Suriname4.2%4.8%+0.6 pp+15%
Sweden5.1%6.0%+1.0 pp+19%
Switzerland6.8%7.7%+0.9 pp+14%
Syria5.2%6.2%+1.0 pp+19%
Taiwan3.8%3.7%-0.2 pp-4%
Tajikistan2.2%2.5%+0.4 pp+16%
Tanzania3.6%4.0%+0.4 pp+11%
Thailand3.3%3.5%+0.2 pp+6%
Togo3.1%3.4%+0.3 pp+9%
Tokelau3.7%3.8%+0.1 pp+3%
Tonga3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+5%
Trinidad and Tobago4.0%4.5%+0.5 pp+12%
Tunisia5.0%5.9%+0.9 pp+18%
Turkey4.1%5.0%+1.0 pp+24%
Turkmenistan2.1%2.5%+0.4 pp+18%
Tuvalu3.8%3.8%+0.1 pp+2%
Uganda3.6%4.1%+0.5 pp+14%
Ukraine3.1%3.5%+0.4 pp+14%
United Arab Emirates4.3%5.0%+0.8 pp+18%
United Kingdom4.3%5.7%+1.4 pp+32%
United States5.2%6.8%+1.6 pp+30%
United States Virgin Islands4.3%4.9%+0.6 pp+15%
Uruguay5.1%5.7%+0.5 pp+10%
Uzbekistan2.0%2.3%+0.3 pp+15%
Vanuatu3.7%3.9%+0.2 pp+6%
Venezuela3.9%4.4%+0.5 pp+13%
Vietnam2.2%2.3%+0.1 pp+4%
Yemen4.9%5.3%+0.4 pp+8%
Zambia3.6%4.0%+0.4 pp+11%
Zimbabwe3.2%3.5%+0.3 pp+10%
Other
East Asia & Pacific (WB)3.3%3.3%+0.0 pp+0%
Europe & Central Asia (WB)4.3%5.2%+0.9 pp+20%
High-income countries4.7%5.7%+1.0 pp+22%
Latin America & Caribbean (WB)4.8%6.6%+1.8 pp+38%
Low-income countries3.7%4.2%+0.4 pp+11%
Lower-middle-income countries3.3%3.8%+0.5 pp+16%
Middle East & North Africa (WB)5.1%6.1%+0.9 pp+18%
North America (WB)5.1%6.6%+1.5 pp+29%
South Asia (WB)3.1%3.6%+0.5 pp+17%
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)3.4%3.8%+0.4 pp+12%
Upper-middle-income countries3.7%4.2%+0.6 pp+16%
World3.7%4.3%+0.5 pp+14%
Data

Anxiety disorders prevalence

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Anxiety disorders prevalence
The estimated age-standardized prevalence of individuals with anxiety disorders, per 100 people.
Source
IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 20, 2024
Next expected update
May 2028
Date range
1990–2021
Unit
%

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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the prevalence of mental health conditions for a range of age-groups across males and females.

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