Depressive disorders prevalence, males vs. females, 2021
Estimated share of people who had depressive disorders, whether or not they were diagnosed, based on representative surveys, medical data and statisticalmodelling.
Country/area | Prevalence in males percent • 2021 | Prevalence in females percent • 2021 | Population (historical) people • 2021 | World regions according to OWID 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 5.0% | 6.8% | 40,000,411 | |
| Aland Islands | ||||
| Albania | 1.9% | 4.0% | 2,849,643 | |
| Algeria | 3.6% | 5.7% | 44,761,101 | |
| American Samoa | 2.4% | 3.2% | 49,248 | |
| Andorra | 3.4% | 5.6% | 78,375 | |
| Angola | 5.8% | 7.6% | 34,532,427 | |
| Anguilla | 14,503 | |||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.3% | 4.3% | 92,358 | |
| Argentina | 2.5% | 3.9% | 45,312,283 | |
| Armenia | 2.9% | 4.5% | 2,870,339 | |
| Aruba | 107,565 | |||
| Australia | 4.0% | 5.8% | 25,956,416 | |
| Austria | 2.6% | 4.6% | 8,967,053 | |
| Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 2.5% | 4.2% | 10,234,373 | |
| Bahamas | 2.4% | 4.4% | 396,381 | |
| Bahrain | 4.6% | 6.6% | 1,501,762 | |
| Bangladesh | 4.1% | 6.6% | 167,658,855 | |
| Barbados | 2.7% | 4.5% | 282,156 | |
| Belarus | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9,251,367 | |
| Belgium | 3.4% | 5.2% | 11,570,842 | |
| Belize | 2.9% | 4.4% | 395,356 | |
| Benin | 3.9% | 5.8% | 13,413,423 | |
| Bermuda | 2.7% | 4.5% | 64,672 | |
| Bhutan | 3.7% | 4.9% | 775,451 | |
| Bolivia | 3.1% | 5.5% | 11,937,369 | |
| Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 27,346 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.3% | 4.5% | 3,244,909 | |
| Botswana | 4.4% | 6.1% | 2,401,449 | |
| Brazil | 2.9% | 5.7% | 209,550,291 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | ||||
| British Virgin Islands | 37,833 | |||
| Brunei | 1.5% | 2.3% | 451,723 | |
| Bulgaria | 2.4% | 4.6% | 6,877,222 | |
| Burkina Faso | 4.1% | 5.4% | 21,995,249 | |
| Burundi | 4.4% | 6.4% | 12,965,487 | |
| Cambodia | 3.0% | 3.8% | 16,974,308 | |
| Cameroon | 4.0% | 6.0% | 26,915,764 | |
| Canada | 3.0% | 5.2% | 38,454,058 | |
| Cape Verde | 5.1% | 6.5% | 516,655 | |
| Cayman Islands | 70,126 | |||
| Central African Republic | 5.9% | 7.4% | 5,112,102 | |
| Chad | 4.5% | 6.7% | 17,828,274 | |
| Chile | 3.1% | 6.0% | 19,456,323 | |
| China | 2.2% | 3.5% | 1,426,437,276 | |
| Christmas Island | ||||
| Cocos Islands | ||||
| Colombia | 2.4% | 2.5% | 51,188,174 | |
| Comoros | 3.9% | 5.8% | 818,178 | |
| Congo | 5.5% | 7.5% | 5,892,186 | |
| Cook Islands | 3.0% | 3.8% | 15,204 | |
| Costa Rica | 3.1% | 4.5% | 5,059,992 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% | 5.0% | 29,639,735 | |
| Croatia | 2.6% | 4.5% | 3,924,607 | |
| Cuba | 3.4% | 5.3% | 11,122,169 | |
| Curacao | 185,324 | |||
| Cyprus | 2.6% | 4.8% | 1,317,312 | |
| Czechia | 2.4% | 4.5% | 10,530,683 | |
| Czechoslovakia | ||||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.4% | 6.9% | 99,148,931 | |
| Democratic Republic of Vietnam | ||||
| Denmark | 3.0% | 5.3% | 5,856,773 | |
| Djibouti | 4.2% | 6.0% | 1,121,251 | |
| Dominica | 2.6% | 4.4% | 67,223 | |
| Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 5.3% | 11,123,480 | |
| Duchy of Modena and Reggio | ||||
| Duchy of Parma and Piacenza | ||||
| East Germany | ||||
| East Timor | 2.8% | 3.5% | 1,350,142 | |
| Ecuador | 3.1% | 4.8% | 17,682,454 | |
| Egypt | 3.5% | 5.8% | 110,957,004 | |
| El Salvador | 3.0% | 4.8% | 6,255,781 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5.7% | 7.5% | 1,758,796 | |
| Eritrea | 4.5% | 6.3% | 3,350,184 | |
| Estonia | 3.6% | 5.6% | 1,331,750 | |
| Eswatini | 5.1% | 6.8% | 1,206,599 | |
| Ethiopia | 4.8% | 5.8% | 122,138,590 | |
| Ethiopia (former) | ||||
| Falkland Islands | 3,524 | |||
| Faroe Islands | 53,324 | |||
| Federal Republic of Central America | ||||
| Fiji | 2.8% | 3.7% | 916,717 | |
| Finland | 4.1% | 6.4% | 5,541,068 | |
| France | 3.5% | 6.0% | 66,083,547 | |
| French Guiana | 293,023 | |||
| French Polynesia | 279,807 | |||
| Gabon | 6.1% | 7.2% | 2,376,728 | |
| Gambia | 3.5% | 9.0% | 2,576,014 | |
| Georgia | 3.5% | 4.8% | 3,788,450 | |
| Germany | 3.3% | 5.1% | 83,697,082 | |
| Ghana | 4.0% | 5.6% | 32,518,662 | |
| Gibraltar | 36,880 | |||
| Grand Duchy of Baden | ||||
| Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
| Great Colombia | ||||
| Greece | 4.7% | 7.9% | 10,579,561 | |
| Greenland | 5.7% | 9.8% | 56,065 | |
| Grenada | 2.9% | 4.4% | 116,695 | |
| Guadeloupe | 399,156 | |||
| Guam | 3.4% | 3.8% | 163,741 | |
| Guatemala | 3.1% | 5.4% | 17,598,654 | |
| Guernsey | 63,436 | |||
| Guinea | 3.7% | 6.0% | 13,710,516 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3.7% | 6.1% | 2,058,842 | |
| Guyana | 4.7% | 7.2% | 815,484 | |
| Haiti | 2.9% | 5.0% | 11,374,592 | |
| Honduras | 2.9% | 4.8% | 10,289,882 | |
| Hong Kong | 7,484,604 | |||
| Hungary | 2.5% | 4.3% | 9,707,848 | |
| Iceland | 2.5% | 4.2% | 372,649 | |
| India | 3.7% | 5.0% | 1,414,203,889 | |
| Indonesia | 2.3% | 3.3% | 276,758,056 | |
| Iran | 4.2% | 7.1% | 88,455,491 | |
| Iraq | 3.5% | 5.4% | 43,071,210 | |
| Ireland | 4.1% | 6.4% | 5,028,430 | |
| Isle of Man | 84,121 | |||
| Israel | 3.8% | 6.2% | 8,942,925 | |
| Italy | 3.2% | 5.9% | 59,729,354 | |
| Jamaica | 2.5% | 4.5% | 2,837,682 | |
| Japan | 2.2% | 3.1% | 125,679,341 | |
| Jersey | 103,337 | |||
| Jordan | 3.3% | 6.1% | 11,066,358 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3.2% | 4.7% | 19,743,607 | |
| Kenya | 4.6% | 6.1% | 53,219,165 | |
| Kingdom of Bavaria | ||||
| Kingdom of Sardinia | ||||
| Kingdom of Saxony | ||||
| Kingdom of Wurttemberg | ||||
| Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| Kiribati | 2.9% | 3.4% | 128,386 | |
| Korea (former) | ||||
| Kosovo | 1,741,449 | |||
| Kuwait | 3.5% | 5.3% | 4,360,749 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% | 4.9% | 6,820,483 | |
| Laos | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7,453,191 | |
| Latvia | 4.1% | 5.6% | 1,885,592 | |
| Lebanon | 4.8% | 7.5% | 5,718,127 | |
| Lesotho | 5.8% | 8.8% | 2,261,549 | |
| Liberia | 3.0% | 7.0% | 5,259,326 | |
| Libya | 4.1% | 5.9% | 7,135,180 | |
| Liechtenstein | 39,062 | |||
| Lithuania | 4.4% | 6.2% | 2,794,489 | |
| Luxembourg | 3.0% | 4.8% | 640,276 | |
| Macao | 694,404 | |||
| Madagascar | 4.5% | 6.3% | 29,691,087 | |
| Malawi | 3.9% | 5.6% | 20,047,263 | |
| Malaysia | 3.3% | 4.1% | 34,282,405 | |
| Maldives | 2.8% | 4.0% | 516,162 | |
| Mali | 3.0% | 4.7% | 22,388,638 | |
| Malta | 2.7% | 4.7% | 524,383 | |
| Marshall Islands | 2.8% | 3.4% | 41,386 | |
| Martinique | 353,285 | |||
| Mauritania | 3.6% | 4.6% | 4,734,875 | |
| Mauritius | 3.5% | 5.5% | 1,279,627 | |
| Mayotte | 294,431 | |||
| Mexico | 3.1% | 5.6% | 127,648,152 | |
| Micronesia (country) | 2.8% | 3.4% | 111,636 | |
| Moldova | 3.2% | 4.7% | 3,023,780 | |
| Monaco | 3.8% | 6.3% | 38,548 | |
| Mongolia | 3.6% | 5.1% | 3,339,678 | |
| Montenegro | 2.4% | 4.7% | 603,854 | |
| Montserrat | 4,505 | |||
| Morocco | 4.9% | 7.2% | 36,954,442 | |
| Mozambique | 4.9% | 6.6% | 31,707,797 | |
| Myanmar | 2.4% | 2.8% | 53,387,102 | |
| Namibia | 4.1% | 5.3% | 2,810,553 | |
| Nauru | 3.0% | 3.8% | 11,726 | |
| Nepal | 4.9% | 7.0% | 29,475,018 | |
| Netherlands | 3.3% | 5.4% | 17,730,564 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | ||||
| New Caledonia | 285,226 | |||
| New Zealand | 3.0% | 4.6% | 5,107,696 | |
| Nicaragua | 3.0% | 4.6% | 6,644,745 | |
| Niger | 3.4% | 5.4% | 24,502,144 | |
| Nigeria | 3.2% | 4.6% | 218,529,285 | |
| Niue | 3.0% | 3.8% | 1,836 | |
| Norfolk Island | ||||
| North Korea | 2.0% | 3.5% | 26,232,531 | |
| North Macedonia | 2.2% | 4.4% | 1,851,109 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 3.0% | 3.4% | 47,003 | |
| Norway | 3.5% | 5.3% | 5,408,081 | |
| Oman | 4.0% | 5.9% | 4,500,427 | |
| Orange Free State | ||||
| Pakistan | 3.7% | 5.4% | 239,477,805 | |
| Pakistan (former) | ||||
| Palau | 3.0% | 3.8% | 17,809 | |
| Palestine | 6.9% | 7.8% | 5,185,341 | |
| Panama | 2.8% | 4.2% | 4,345,410 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 2.8% | 3.6% | 10,012,899 | |
| Paraguay | 2.4% | 5.3% | 6,684,184 | |
| Peru | 2.0% | 3.3% | 33,155,883 | |
| Philippines | 3.0% | 3.8% | 113,100,946 | |
| Pitcairn | ||||
| Poland | 2.4% | 3.0% | 38,040,304 | |
| Portugal | 3.8% | 7.6% | 10,390,956 | |
| Puerto Rico | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3,253,210 | |
| Qatar | 4.0% | 5.7% | 2,814,989 | |
| Republic of Vietnam | ||||
| Reunion | 868,084 | |||
| Romania | 2.4% | 4.2% | 19,248,159 | |
| Russia | 3.5% | 4.4% | 145,836,172 | |
| Rwanda | 4.1% | 7.2% | 13,355,260 | |
| Saint Barthelemy | 10,790 | |||
| Saint Helena | 5,415 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.3% | 5.4% | 46,786 | |
| Saint Lucia | 3.1% | 4.7% | 178,540 | |
| Saint Martin (French part) | 29,986 | |||
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,802 | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.2% | 4.5% | 102,848 | |
| Samoa | 2.6% | 3.4% | 213,792 | |
| San Marino | 3.9% | 6.4% | 34,599 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 3.0% | 5.0% | 221,975 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.9% | 5.7% | 31,328,374 | |
| Senegal | 3.9% | 5.3% | 17,220,866 | |
| Serbia | 2.3% | 4.4% | 6,835,434 | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
| Seychelles | 2.9% | 3.4% | 123,000 | |
| Sierra Leone | 3.5% | 5.8% | 8,094,603 | |
| Singapore | 1.9% | 2.6% | 5,546,292 | |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41,590 | |||
| Slovakia | 2.2% | 4.5% | 5,442,767 | |
| Slovenia | 2.4% | 5.0% | 2,113,495 | |
| Solomon Islands | 2.8% | 3.6% | 762,594 | |
| Somalia | 4.6% | 7.0% | 17,271,435 | |
| South Africa | 4.2% | 6.3% | 61,502,601 | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | ||||
| South Korea | 2.0% | 2.9% | 51,848,401 | |
| South Sudan | 4.2% | 6.2% | 10,865,786 | |
| Spain | 3.7% | 7.4% | 47,735,670 | |
| Sri Lanka | 3.1% | 3.6% | 22,700,377 | |
| Sudan | 4.5% | 5.6% | 48,066,927 | |
| Suriname | 4.5% | 7.1% | 617,905 | |
| Sweden | 3.3% | 6.9% | 10,416,136 | |
| Switzerland | 3.5% | 5.8% | 8,707,018 | |
| Syria | 3.8% | 5.7% | 21,628,840 | |
| Taiwan | 2.0% | 3.4% | 23,558,330 | |
| Tajikistan | 2.5% | 4.3% | 9,966,912 | |
| Tanzania | 4.1% | 6.3% | 62,830,413 | |
| Thailand | 2.7% | 3.5% | 71,727,340 | |
| Togo | 3.9% | 5.7% | 8,878,384 | |
| Tokelau | 3.0% | 3.8% | 2,225 | |
| Tonga | 2.4% | 3.3% | 105,504 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3.9% | 5.5% | 1,487,715 | |
| Tunisia | 5.6% | 7.9% | 12,048,625 | |
| Turkey | 3.4% | 6.0% | 86,686,255 | |
| Turkmenistan | 2.8% | 4.4% | 7,092,041 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 45,260 | |||
| Tuvalu | 3.0% | 3.8% | 10,214 | |
| USSR | ||||
| Uganda | 6.7% | 8.7% | 45,910,932 | |
| Ukraine | 4.0% | 5.7% | 44,298,641 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.9% | 5.4% | 9,789,054 | |
| United Kingdom | 4.4% | 6.0% | 67,668,789 | |
| United States | 3.9% | 7.2% | 340,161,441 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2.9% | 4.5% | 87,238 | |
| Uruguay | 2.7% | 4.9% | 3,396,692 | |
| Uzbekistan | 2.9% | 4.4% | 34,243,696 | |
| Vanuatu | 2.8% | 3.6% | 305,883 | |
| Vatican | 527 | |||
| Venezuela | 2.9% | 4.1% | 28,237,831 | |
| Vietnam | 2.1% | 3.4% | 98,935,101 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 11,590 | |||
| West Germany | ||||
| Western Sahara | 558,625 | |||
| Yemen | 4.1% | 6.2% | 37,140,233 | |
| Yemen Arab Republic | ||||
| Yemen People's Republic | ||||
| Yugoslavia | ||||
| Zambia | 4.2% | 5.6% | 19,603,610 | |
| Zimbabwe | 3.3% | 4.4% | 15,797,220 | |
| Other | ||||
| Africa | 1,413,753,270 | |||
| Africa (UN) | 1,413,753,053 | |||
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | ||||
| Americas (UN) | 1,029,207,261 | |||
| Asia | 4,716,999,175 | |||
| Asia (UN) | 4,718,316,356 | |||
| Asia (excl. China and India) | 1,806,393,856 | |||
| East Asia & Pacific (WB) | 2.3% | 3.5% | ||
| Europe | 749,931,027 | |||
| Europe & Central Asia (WB) | 3.4% | 5.3% | ||
| Europe (UN) | 748,613,503 | |||
| Europe (excl. Russia) | 607,809,728 | |||
| European Union (27) | 447,705,923 | |||
| High-income countries | 3.4% | 5.6% | 1,246,789,058 | |
| Latin America & Caribbean (WB) | 2.9% | 5.0% | ||
| Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) | 650,465,295 | |||
| Low-income countries | 4.4% | 6.1% | 698,215,270 | |
| Lower-middle-income countries | 3.5% | 5.0% | 3,180,608,875 | |
| Middle East & North Africa (WB) | 4.0% | 6.3% | ||
| North America | 600,876,352 | |||
| North America (WB) | 3.9% | 7.0% | ||
| Northern America (UN) | 378,741,971 | |||
| Oceania | 44,558,538 | |||
| Oceania (UN) | 44,558,212 | |||
| South America | 428,331,420 | |||
| South America (excl. Brazil) | 220,974,576 | |||
| South Asia (WB) | 3.8% | 5.3% | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa (WB) | 4.2% | 5.9% | ||
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 2,400 | |||
| Upper-middle-income countries | 2.6% | 4.2% | 2,826,094,366 | |
| World | 3.2% | 4.8% | 7,954,448,405 |
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