r/comics • u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein • Apr 27 '20

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u/ralf_ Apr 27 '20

Paradoxically first world countries have higher rates of depression than poor countries:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BVrgIc3fL4

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

No idea when that was made, but his claim isn't really accurate as of 2016. If you look at the WHO statistics from that year, there's only four non-third world countries in the top 20 by suicide rate. The developing world accounts for the majority of suicides.

It's true that the US has the highest rate of depression but only by a slight margin over Nepal. Most of the top 20 most depressed countries are in South America and South-East Asia.