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  • Dataset | 29 Jan 2021

Prevalence of depression

Percentage of individuals, aged 15 years and over, reporting chronic depression in the past 12 months in 2014

Source: Eurostat Data Explorer  (data extracted in March 2021)

Country Total 15-44 year olds 45-64 year olds 65+ year olds
Belgium 6.7 3.9 9.4 8.6
Bulgaria 3.2 2.2 2.9 5.6
Czechia 3.9 2.1 5.6 5.3
Denmark 8.0 8.9 7.7 6.3
Germany 10.6 9.6 13.1 8.6
Estonia 4.8 3.9 6.5 4.1
Ireland 12.1 11.1 14.5 11.2
Greece 4.7 2.6 4.3 8.9
Spain 7.8 3.8 9.8 13.7
France 5.9 4.3 7.4 6.6
Croatia 5.7 2.7 6.8 10.0
Italy 5.5 1.7 5.6 11.6
Cyprus 3.6 1.9 4.6 8.3
Latvia 9.1 6.8 10.8 11.2
Lithuania 4.7 2.0 5.3 9.2
Luxembourg 9.5 8.2 12.1 8.3
Hungary 4.9 2.0 7.2 8.1
Malta 5.4 2.4 8.2 7.8
Netherlands 7.9 7.6 9.2 6.3
Austria 7.7 4.8 9.3 11.1
Poland 4.2 2.2 5.6 7.1
Portugal 11.9 5.7 15.3 18.9
Romania 1.5 0.7 2.0 2.7
Slovenia 8.8 6.7 10.6 10.7
Slovakia 4.2 2.3 5.7 7.1
Finland 10.5 11.5 9.7 9.2
Sweden 9.6 11.1 10.6 5.4
EU Member States 6.9 4.7 8.4 9.0