Depression Prevalence by country
Share of adults living with a depressive disorder.
Global trend
Mean stress score across all countries for which data is available, over the last 12 months.
Where the pressure is concentrated
The five most-affected and five least-affected countries on this indicator right now.
Most affected
- 1Brazil5.60 %60
- 2Argentina5.50 %58
- 3Canada4.70 %45
- 4Netherlands4.60 %43
- 5United States4.60 %43
Least affected
- 1Japan2.70 %12
- 2Singapore3.00 %17
- 3Poland3.40 %23
- 4South Korea3.40 %23
- 5UAE3.40 %23
Full ranking
All 25 tracked countries, ordered from most to least affected. Click any country to see its full composite breakdown.
| # | Country | Raw value | Stress score | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5.60 % | 60.0 | 2021-12-31 |
| 2 | Argentina | 5.50 % | 58.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 3 | Canada | 4.70 % | 45.0 | 2021-12-31 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 4.60 % | 43.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 5 | United States | 4.60 % | 43.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 6 | South Africa | 4.60 % | 43.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 7 | Australia | 4.50 % | 41.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 8 | France | 4.50 % | 41.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 9 | Turkey | 4.40 % | 40.0 | 2021-12-31 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 4.30 % | 38.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 11 | Spain | 4.10 % | 35.0 | 2021-12-31 |
| 12 | Italy | 4.00 % | 33.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 13 | Mexico | 4.00 % | 33.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 3.90 % | 31.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 15 | Norway | 3.70 % | 28.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 3.60 % | 26.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 17 | Germany | 3.60 % | 26.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 18 | Israel | 3.60 % | 26.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 19 | Sweden | 3.60 % | 26.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 20 | India | 3.50 % | 25.0 | 2021-12-31 |
| 21 | UAE | 3.40 % | 23.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 22 | South Korea | 3.40 % | 23.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 23 | Poland | 3.40 % | 23.3 | 2021-12-31 |
| 24 | Singapore | 3.00 % | 16.7 | 2021-12-31 |
| 25 | Japan | 2.70 % | 11.7 | 2021-12-31 |
Why it matters
Depression Prevalence is a contributing indicator to the Mental meta-index, one of the five dimensions of The Human Index composite. Higher raw value = more stress.
Movements in this indicator are tracked daily and feed into every country's composite score on the next cron cycle.
Source & methodology
Raw values are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale per the bounds documented in the codebase. See methodology for the full normalization and band-threshold derivation.