Estonia vs Lithuania: Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people

Estonia
40.7 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
in 2021
Lithuania
36.8 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
in 2020
Estonia rank
25th
Lithuania rank
27th

Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people over time

  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
010203040201020152021

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 40.7 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day against 36.8 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day in Lithuania, a difference of 3.9 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Lithuania ahead.

Estonia ranks 25th and Lithuania ranks 27th of 30 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people
Unit
daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
Source
OECD (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
30 places, 331 data points, 2010–2021
Last refreshed

Daily intake of antidepressants per 1,000 people, calculated as the 'defined daily dose'. This enables us to compare overall levels of drug consumption, accounting for the fact that different antidepressants have different recommended dosages.