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Mental health and substance use disorders deaths by country

Estimated number of deaths from mental and substance use disorders in both sexes.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
128,367 deaths
United States of America
Lowest
0.03 deaths
Niue
Median
197.07 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Mental health and substance use disorders deaths is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 128,367 deaths in United States of America; the lowest is 0.03 deaths in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 197.07 deaths, and the mean is 1,771 deaths.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 415.5%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 81.6%).

Mental health and substance use disorders deaths: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 128,367 deaths 2021 up 178.0% volatile
2 China 29,710 deaths 2021 up 0.1% falling
3 India 29,217 deaths 2021 up 18.7% rising
4 Russian Federation 25,668 deaths 2021 down 29.4% falling
5 Brazil 11,838 deaths 2021 up 24.7% rising
6 Canada 9,048 deaths 2021 up 242.2% volatile
7 Germany 8,095 deaths 2021 up 18.8% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,562 deaths 2021 up 116.1% rising
9 Poland 6,105 deaths 2021 up 86.4% rising
10 France 6,047 deaths 2021 down 5.2% rising
11 Ukraine 5,560 deaths 2021 down 25.2% falling
12 Myanmar 4,721 deaths 2021 up 13.6% rising
13 Mexico 3,307 deaths 2021 down 3.6% falling
14 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,814 deaths 2021 up 1.0% flat
15 Japan 2,466 deaths 2021 up 53.0% rising
16 Belarus 2,426 deaths 2021 down 26.7% falling
17 Thailand 2,287 deaths 2021 up 111.7% rising
18 Viet Nam 2,079 deaths 2021 up 28.3% rising
19 South Africa 2,033 deaths 2021 up 26.3% rising
20 Pakistan 1,983 deaths 2021 up 15.6% rising
21 Australia 1,866 deaths 2021 up 31.0% rising
22 Nigeria 1,779 deaths 2021 up 45.8% rising
23 Philippines 1,727 deaths 2021 up 231.0% rising
24 Italy 1,694 deaths 2021 up 41.1% rising
25 Spain 1,634 deaths 2021 up 32.9% rising
26 Guatemala 1,431 deaths 2021 down 5.4% rising
27 Republic of Korea 1,364 deaths 2021 up 38.8% falling
28 Ethiopia 1,231 deaths 2021 up 59.9% rising
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,212 deaths 2021 up 64.7% rising
30 Netherlands 1,178 deaths 2021 up 153.5% rising
31 Kazakhstan 1,086 deaths 2021 down 51.5% falling
32 Tanzania, United Republic of 1,083 deaths 2021 up 79.8% rising
33 Finland 1,007 deaths 2021 down 2.5% flat
34 Austria 896.34 deaths 2021 up 28.4% rising
35 Hungary 895.41 deaths 2021 up 37.5% rising
36 Denmark 894 deaths 2021 down 18.2% falling
37 Sweden 893.89 deaths 2021 up 15.3% rising
38 El Salvador 873.1 deaths 2021 up 10.1% flat
39 Belgium 739.32 deaths 2021 up 13.0% rising
40 Mongolia 736.09 deaths 2021 up 17.3% rising
41 Cuba 691.24 deaths 2021 up 56.8% rising
42 Mozambique 671.34 deaths 2021 up 73.8% rising
43 Czechia 656.66 deaths 2021 up 58.2% rising
44 Bangladesh 635.29 deaths 2021 up 40.4% rising
45 Uganda 618.84 deaths 2021 up 56.8% rising
46 Afghanistan 617.95 deaths 2021 up 58.5% rising
47 Algeria 615.72 deaths 2021 up 33.0% rising
48 Switzerland 598.53 deaths 2021 up 2.8% flat
49 Romania 571.12 deaths 2021 down 4.0% falling
50 Serbia 569.65 deaths 2021 up 56.8% rising
51 Indonesia 548.79 deaths 2021 down 4.7% rising
52 Norway 544.65 deaths 2021 down 9.6% falling
53 Chile 534.62 deaths 2021 up 12.1% falling
54 Slovenia 523.39 deaths 2021 up 149.5% volatile
55 Sudan 511.87 deaths 2021 up 38.0% rising
56 Morocco 506.73 deaths 2021 up 8.0% rising
57 Greece 497.57 deaths 2021 up 76.2% falling
58 Croatia 493.59 deaths 2021 up 15.6% rising
59 Kenya 474.93 deaths 2021 up 10.9% rising
60 Angola 470.57 deaths 2021 up 88.9% rising
61 Türkiye 445 deaths 2021 up 14.2% rising
62 Madagascar 419.05 deaths 2021 up 38.1% rising
63 Haiti 418.88 deaths 2021 up 34.2% rising
64 Iraq 415.59 deaths 2021 up 35.4% rising
65 North Korea 410.44 deaths 2021 down 1.2% rising
66 Latvia 406.4 deaths 2021 up 28.2% falling
67 Yemen 403.04 deaths 2021 up 38.5% rising
68 Argentina 377.65 deaths 2021 down 45.9% falling
69 Honduras 368.74 deaths 2021 up 49.3% rising
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 360.46 deaths 2021 up 22.8% rising
71 Malawi 354.4 deaths 2021 up 73.3% rising
72 Rwanda 350.57 deaths 2021 up 52.5% rising
73 Ireland 342.64 deaths 2021 up 40.7% rising
74 Zambia 334.88 deaths 2021 up 97.2% rising
75 Ghana 332.12 deaths 2021 up 36.1% rising
76 Sri Lanka 318.4 deaths 2021 down 2.4% falling
77 Colombia 315.22 deaths 2021 up 162.1% volatile
78 Uzbekistan 314.33 deaths 2021 down 45.3% volatile
79 Somalia 308.96 deaths 2021 up 54.4% rising
80 Estonia 306.08 deaths 2021 down 21.7% falling
81 Côte d'Ivoire 304.66 deaths 2021 up 24.9% rising
82 Cameroon 303.88 deaths 2021 up 52.6% rising
83 Lithuania 301.12 deaths 2021 down 33.3% falling
84 Burkina Faso 299.41 deaths 2021 up 39.5% rising
85 Slovakia 294.55 deaths 2021 up 51.9% volatile
86 Portugal 288.01 deaths 2021 up 48.3% rising
87 Paraguay 282.36 deaths 2021 up 138.9% volatile
88 Kyrgyzstan 258.99 deaths 2021 down 46.2% falling
89 Malaysia 247.27 deaths 2021 up 58.5% rising
90 Ecuador 235.31 deaths 2021 down 45.9% falling
91 Republic of Moldova 228.19 deaths 2021 down 42.7% falling
92 Peru 226.34 deaths 2021 up 415.5% volatile
93 Burundi 224.16 deaths 2021 up 64.6% rising
94 Turkmenistan 215.71 deaths 2021 up 12.4% falling
95 Israel 212.57 deaths 2021 up 79.3% rising
96 Libya 206.7 deaths 2021 up 19.5% rising
97 Nepal 199.07 deaths 2021 up 31.1% rising
98 Costa Rica 195.07 deaths 2021 up 222.8% volatile
99 Niger 191.86 deaths 2021 up 51.4% rising
100 Uruguay 181.89 deaths 2021 up 47.2% rising
101 Syria 178.91 deaths 2021 down 1.5% rising
102 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 176.27 deaths 2021 up 28.5% falling
103 South Sudan 174.04 deaths 2021 up 53.3% rising
104 Cambodia 168.14 deaths 2021 up 34.3% rising
105 Tajikistan 167.7 deaths 2021 up 11.9% rising
106 New Zealand 159.44 deaths 2021 up 14.4% rising
107 Mali 154.94 deaths 2021 up 41.8% rising
108 Azerbaijan 149.09 deaths 2021 down 29.7% falling
109 Benin 140.99 deaths 2021 up 37.5% rising
110 Chad 133.05 deaths 2021 up 36.4% rising
111 Zimbabwe 131.18 deaths 2021 up 74.9% rising
112 Tunisia 128.69 deaths 2021 down 14.7% rising
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 118.25 deaths 2021 down 19.5% falling
114 Senegal 116.26 deaths 2021 up 37.5% rising
115 Mauritius 115.99 deaths 2021 up 62.5% rising
116 Bulgaria 114.21 deaths 2021 down 4.9% falling
117 Togo 111.19 deaths 2021 up 33.9% rising
118 Eritrea 109.55 deaths 2021 up 18.6% rising
119 Dominican Republic 108.79 deaths 2021 up 21.6% rising
120 Nicaragua 104.72 deaths 2021 down 67.6% flat
121 Guinea 100 deaths 2021 up 30.0% rising
122 Sierra Leone 87.95 deaths 2021 up 40.6% rising
123 Egypt 81.91 deaths 2021 down 4.0% rising
124 Congo 71.42 deaths 2021 up 17.6% rising
125 Georgia 65.71 deaths 2021 down 8.1% rising
126 Central African Republic 63.68 deaths 2021 down 6.4% flat
127 Papua New Guinea 63.57 deaths 2021 up 31.8% rising
128 Lesotho 62.48 deaths 2021 up 38.9% rising
129 United Arab Emirates 61.58 deaths 2021 up 9.7% rising
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 50.2 deaths 2021 up 28.5% rising
131 Kuwait 49.65 deaths 2021 up 67.2% rising
132 Luxembourg 46.76 deaths 2021 up 115.4% rising
133 Iceland 45.42 deaths 2021 up 129.3% volatile
134 Liberia 41.81 deaths 2021 up 27.0% rising
135 Cyprus 40.99 deaths 2021 up 59.4% rising
136 Singapore 40.86 deaths 2021 up 70.3% volatile
137 Trinidad and Tobago 38.69 deaths 2021 up 39.2% rising
138 Djibouti 33.6 deaths 2021 up 67.9% rising
139 Gabon 31.49 deaths 2021 up 26.7% rising
140 Namibia 30.86 deaths 2021 up 38.9% rising
141 Botswana 29.75 deaths 2021 down 9.5% rising
142 Saudi Arabia 27.84 deaths 2021 down 3.8% rising
143 Panama 26.43 deaths 2021 down 39.0% rising
144 Eswatini 25.88 deaths 2021 up 63.5% rising
145 Albania 25.09 deaths 2021 down 56.2% falling
146 Bahamas 24.12 deaths 2021 up 47.3% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 22.1 deaths 2021 up 50.6% rising
148 North Macedonia 22.04 deaths 2021 up 15.8% falling
149 Mauritania 21.82 deaths 2021 up 37.6% rising
150 Gambia 21.46 deaths 2021 up 33.5% rising
151 Lebanon 21.38 deaths 2021 down 0.3% rising
152 Equatorial Guinea 19.62 deaths 2021 up 60.4% rising
153 Oman 17.89 deaths 2021 down 21.6% rising
154 Comoros 17.66 deaths 2021 up 33.9% rising
155 Jamaica 16.2 deaths 2021 up 41.2% rising
156 Suriname 13.26 deaths 2021 down 2.1% rising
157 Armenia 12.79 deaths 2021 up 23.9% volatile
158 Malta 11.01 deaths 2021 up 70.2% falling
159 Qatar 9.34 deaths 2021 up 3.9% rising
160 Jordan 9.24 deaths 2021 up 10.9% rising
161 Belize 9.04 deaths 2021 up 37.4% rising
162 Solomon Islands 8.56 deaths 2021 up 30.1% rising
163 Montenegro 8.04 deaths 2021 down 15.8% falling
164 Saint Lucia 7.68 deaths 2021 up 15.5% rising
165 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.03 deaths 2021 up 42.3% rising
166 Kiribati 6.65 deaths 2021 up 15.1% rising
167 Bahrain 6.54 deaths 2021 up 15.8% rising
168 Cape Verde 6.38 deaths 2021 up 29.4% rising
169 Bhutan 6.15 deaths 2021 up 19.9% rising
170 Timor-Leste 5.93 deaths 2021 up 7.4% rising
171 Guyana 5.31 deaths 2021 down 26.8% falling
172 Barbados 4.88 deaths 2021 down 3.2% falling
173 Dominica 3.75 deaths 2021 down 0.5% rising
174 Grenada 3.46 deaths 2021 up 27.7% rising
175 Brunei Darussalam 3.43 deaths 2021 up 141.5% volatile
176 Vanuatu 2.74 deaths 2021 up 26.3% rising
177 Samoa 2 deaths 2021 up 19.8% rising
178 Sao Tome and Principe 1.67 deaths 2021 up 42.7% rising
179 Maldives 1.64 deaths 2021 up 35.5% rising
180 Antigua and Barbuda 1.59 deaths 2021 down 16.8% volatile
181 Fiji 1.45 deaths 2021 up 8.2% falling
182 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.43 deaths 2021 up 7.5% flat
183 Seychelles 1.03 deaths 2021 down 15.6% falling
184 Tonga 0.91 deaths 2021 up 1.1% flat
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.84 deaths 2021 down 81.6% volatile
186 Marshall Islands 0.57 deaths 2021 down 13.6% falling
187 Cook Islands 0.36 deaths 2021 unchanged rising
188 Andorra 0.31 deaths 2021 down 13.9% flat
189 Monaco 0.23 deaths 2021 up 15.0% rising
190 Palau 0.18 deaths 2021 down 5.3% falling
191 Naoero 0.16 deaths 2021 up 6.7% falling
192 Tuvalu 0.14 deaths 2021 down 6.7% rising
193 San Marino 0.11 deaths 2021 down 45.0% rising
194 Niue 0.03 deaths 2021 unchanged flat

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Indicator
Mental health and substance use disorders deaths
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by 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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Estimated number of deaths from mental and substance use disorders in both sexes.