Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by country
Estimated number of deaths from mental and substance use disorders in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
38.09 deaths per 100,000 people
United States
Lowest
0.07 deaths per 100,000 people
Egypt
Median
1.56 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000β2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Mental health and substance use disorders death rate is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 38.09 deaths per 100,000 people in United States; the lowest is 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 3.87 deaths per 100,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 544.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 346.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 80.7%).
Mental health and substance use disorders death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 38.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 158.9% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 25.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 24.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 23.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Estonia | 23.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 6 | Mongolia | 21.99 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 21.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.0% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 18.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 9 | Russia | 17.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 10 | Poland | 15.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 15.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 13 | El Salvador | 13.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 14 | Ukraine | 12.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Iceland | 12.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Croatia | 12.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 10.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 19 | Norway | 10.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 20 | Austria | 10.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 9.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | France | 9.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 23 | Hungary | 9.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mauritius | 8.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 25 | Myanmar | 8.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 8.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 8.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 7.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 29 | Moldova | 7.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 7.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 74.5% | falling |
| 31 | Australia | 7.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 6.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 6.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 6.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 6.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 6.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 37 | Cuba | 6.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 38 | Bahamas | 5.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 5.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 5.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 5.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Uruguay | 5.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 43 | Dominica | 5.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 44 | Kiribati | 5.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 4.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 85.2% | flat |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 4.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 47 | Paraguay | 4.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 3.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 193.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 52 | Honduras | 3.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 3.42 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 3.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 57 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 59 | New Zealand | 3.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 60 | Libya | 3.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 61 | Djibouti | 3.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 62 | Eritrea | 3.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 63 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 64 | Romania | 2.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 2.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 66 | Portugal | 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 68 | Lesotho | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 70 | South Korea | 2.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 71 | Mexico | 2.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 72 | Rwanda | 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 74 | Israel | 2.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 50.3% | falling |
| 75 | Belize | 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 76 | Eswatini | 2.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 77 | Suriname | 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 78 | Comoros | 2.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 2.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 80 | Cook Islands | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 81 | Malta | 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 81 | Mozambique | 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 83 | China | 2.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | India | 2.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 85 | Japan | 1.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 86 | Somalia | 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 87 | Burundi | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 88 | Malawi | 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 89 | Georgia | 1.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 90 | Barbados | 1.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 1.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 91 | Zambia | 1.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 1.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 96 | South Sudan | 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 97 | North Korea | 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 98 | Niue | 1.55 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 101 | Philippines | 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 181.5% | falling |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 1.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 103 | Madagascar | 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 105 | Algeria | 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 106 | Morocco | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 107 | Angola | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 109 | Gabon | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 109 | Uganda | 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 1.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 113 | Togo | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 114 | Montenegro | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 114 | Naoero | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 116 | Micronesia (country) | 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 118 | Tuvalu | 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 119 | Congo | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 119 | Namibia | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 119 | Yemen | 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 124 | Kuwait | 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 126 | Botswana | 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 127 | Cameroon | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 127 | Sudan | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 131 | Benin | 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 133 | Tunisia | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 137 | Ghana | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 139 | Palau | 1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 140 | Dominican Republic | 0.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 141 | Seychelles | 0.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 142 | Iraq | 0.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Uzbekistan | 0.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Samoa | 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 145 | Kenya | 0.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 146 | Albania | 0.88 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Tonga | 0.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 0.86 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Syria | 0.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 151 | Argentina | 0.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 151 | Nigeria | 0.83 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 154 | Liberia | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 0.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 158 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Chad | 0.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 160 | Niger | 0.76 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.75 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 162 | Malaysia | 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 0.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 165 | Senegal | 0.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 165 | Singapore | 0.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 168 | Peru | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 346.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Guyana | 0.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 169 | Nepal | 0.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 0.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 172 | Monaco | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 172 | Venezuela | 0.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 175 | Colombia | 0.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Panama | 0.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.9% | rising |
| 177 | Jamaica | 0.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 178 | Turkey | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 179 | Mauritania | 0.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 180 | Armenia | 0.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Bahrain | 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 181 | Timor-Leste | 0.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 183 | Oman | 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 184 | Andorra | 0.39 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 185 | Lebanon | 0.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 187 | Qatar | 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 188 | San Marino | 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 189 | Maldives | 0.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 190 | Indonesia | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 191 | Fiji | 0.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 193 | Jordan | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 194 | Egypt | 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 30.0% | flat |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from mental and substance use disorders in both sexes, per 100,000 people.