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Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
38.09
United States
Lowest
0.07
Egypt
Median
1.56
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 38.09 in United States; the lowest is 0.07 in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.56, and the mean is 3.87.

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%).

Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who: full country ranking

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

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Indicator
Death rate from mental health and substance use disorders who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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