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. 2021 May 4;6(10):e729–e738. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00047-5

Table 3.

Prevalence of current depressive disorder in 27 European countries, overall and by gender

Total population (n=258 888)
Men (n=117 310)
Women (n=141 578)
n Prevalence (95% CI) n Prevalence (95% CI) n Prevalence (95% CI)
Austria 15 701 4·29% (3·82–4·77) 6953 3·41% (2·71–4·12) 8748 5·13% (4·49–5·78)
Bulgaria 5258 6·53% (5·88–7·19) 2458 4·90% (4·07–5·73) 2800 7·99% (7·00–8·98)
Croatia 5016 3·24% (2·76–3·72) 2350 3·08% (2·40–3·76) 2666 3·38% (2·71–4·05)
Cyprus 4695 3·31% (2·80–3·83) 2216 2·48% (1·84–3·13) 2479 4·06% (3·27–4·85)
Czech Republic 6607 2·58% (2·14–3·02) 2776 1·71% (1·17–2·25) 3831 3·39% (2·71–4·07)
Denmark 5449 7·17% (6·45–7·89) 2489 4·88% (3·99–5·78) 2960 9·43% (8·31–10·54)
Estonia 5439 6·64% (5·95–7·34) 2310 4·73% (3·81–5·65) 3129 8·26% (7·25–9·28)
Finland 5146 5·23% (4·58–5·89) 2210 4·86% (3·88–5·83) 2936 5·59% (4·70–6·48)
France 14 191 7·03% (6·54–7·51) 6843 4·78% (4·20–5·35) 7348 9·12% (8·35–9·89)
Germany 24 404 9·24% (8·82–9·66) 11 084 7·69% (7·12–8·27) 13 320 10·73% (10·13–11·34)
Greece 7834 3·39% (2·92–3·85) 3216 2·57% (1·90–3·23) 4618 4·13% (3·48–4·77)
Hungary 5777 7·98% (7·26–8·69) 2678 5·89% (4·97–6·81) 3099 9·82% (8·76–10·88)
Iceland 3812 10·33% (9·33–11·32) 1872 6·67% (5·48–7·86) 1940 14·02% (12·43–15·61)
Ireland 9046 7·67% (6·89–8·44) 4078 6·50% (5·45–7·54) 4968 8·80% (7·66–9·93)
Italy 21 934 3·81% (3·55–4·07) 10 358 2·62% (2·30–2·94) 11 576 4·88% (4·48–5·29)
Latvia 6607 4·61% (4·08–5·13) 2692 2·97% (2·31–3·63) 3915 5·90% (5·11–6·68)
Lithuania 4982 3·01% (2·56–3·46) 1956 1·75% (1·20–2·30) 3026 4·05% (3·37–4·73)
Luxembourg 3629 9·74% (8·76–10·72) 1657 8·12% (6·77–9·46) 1972 11·34% (9·91–12·76)
Malta 3974 3·27% (2·69–3·84) 1899 2·16% (1·49–2·84) 2075 4·38% (3·45–5·30)
Norway 8069 5·21% (4·62–5·79) 4059 4·01% (3·29–4·73) 4010 6·41% (5·49–7·33)
Poland 22 076 4·31% (4·01–4·62) 9620 3·18% (2·79–3·57) 12 456 5·29% (4·83–5·74)
Portugal 17 974 9·15% (8·54–9·77) 7850 4·54% (3·91–5·18) 10 124 13·24% (12·24–14·23)
Romania 16 422 4·38% (4·04–4·72) 7768 3·82% (3·36–4·27) 8654 4·91% (4·41–5·40)
Slovakia 5489 2·56% (2·16–2·97) 2454 1·84% (1·32–2·36) 3035 3·24% (2·62–3·85)
Slovenia 5914 5·50% (4·89–6·12) 2653 3·84% (3·05–4·63) 3261 7·12% (6·17–8·06)
Sweden 5737 8·75% (7·98–9·51) 3024 6·46% (5·56–7·36) 2713 11·08% (9·85–12·31)
UK 17 706 7·40% (6·90–7·89) 7787 6·08% (5·41–6·76) 9919 8·53% (7·81–9·25)

Data are number of respondents without weighting and weighted prevalence with 95% CI in parentheses.