Where Data Tells the Story
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Iceland consumes 161.1 defined daily doses of antidepressants per 1,000 people, meaning roughly 16% of the population takes antidepressants daily.
This makes the country rank first globally and 7.5 times higher than Latvia’s 21.5, the lowest rate among OECD countries.
The data comes from the OECD 2023 report.
It reflects antidepressant consumption measured in defined daily doses per 1,000 people.
There’s a bigger picture, though.
It reveals enormous global disparities in mental health treatment driven more by cultural stigma and healthcare access than actual depression prevalence.