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Why are the world’s "happiest" nations also the ones consuming the most antidepressants?
Iceland, Australia, and the UK consistently rank high on global quality-of-life indexes, yet they lead the pack in daily doses. Is this a sign of better mental health awareness and access to care, or is there a deeper systemic issue at play in modern society?

From economic stability to sunlight exposure, the factors vary wildly but the numbers tell a startling story about our global well-being.
What do you think is the biggest driver behind these numbers?
What’s your take on these rankings? Let’s discuss in the comments! 👇

Antidepressant Consumption per 1,000 People per Day 💊

1) 🇮🇸 Iceland → 141.4
2) 🇺🇸 United States → 110
3) 🇦🇺 Australia → 106.7
4) 🇵🇹 Portugal → 103.6
5) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom → 100.1
6) 🇨🇦 Canada → 99.6
7) 🇸🇪 Sweden → 96.8
🇧🇪 Belgium → 79.0
9) 🇩🇰 Denmark → 77.0
10) 🇪🇸 Spain → 75.5
11) 🇳🇿 New Zealand → 72.8
12) 🇫🇮 Finland → 67.6
13) 🇦🇹 Austria → 60.5
14) 🇸🇮 Slovenia → 58.6
15) 🇳🇴 Norway → 57.1
16) 🇨🇿 Czech Republic → 57.1
17) 🇩🇪 Germany → 56.5
18) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg → 52.7
19) 🇫🇷 France → 49.8
20) 🇮🇱 Israel → 49.2
21) 🇬🇷 Greece → 48.1
22) 🇳🇱 Netherlands → 46.1
23) 🇨🇱 Chile → 41.4
24) 🇹🇷 Türkiye → 41.0
25) 🇮🇹 Italy → 40.3
26) 🇸🇰 Slovakia → 38.9
27) 🇭🇺 Hungary → 28.8
28) 🇪🇪 Estonia → 28.8
29) 🇰🇷 South Korea → 19.9
30) 🇱🇻 Latvia → 13.3

Note: Data is measured in defined daily doses (DDD) per 1,000 inhabitants per day. Figures are from different years depending on the country.

Source: OECD Health Statistics

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All the advanced countries appear depressed.
Is opium an antidepressant?

When I'm not happy, I take a stroll; the moment I enter the streets for Nigeria or enter social media, I will see something that will make me happy and take away my pains
Our being religious has also been helpful. We keep hope alive irrespective of the difficulties.
I love my people. Great people bad leaders

Nigeria and Africans arent as depressed as these advanced countries. Stuff happens. Yet we are flocking to their countries due to hardship here. Funny world.

The mOre advanced a country the higher rate oF mental illness and depression because of bills and the financial trap of never really being free. You own nothing. Just a well dressed slave.

For this life oo, God abeg!!!

Nigerians dont take anti-despressants, they take Weed and drink Gin till they pass out or sleep.

Anti-Depressants for where ? They are expensive like the trams and codin@.

I no fit envy Oyinbo for this life
Africans in the village are enjoying life more than these European people.

When I was in Rossiya
The number of advert for different drugs on the TV is crazy. Drugs for this , drugs for that

I enter recording studio, our sound engineer a white guy showed a pills he takes before he goes home. I ask him why. He say because of his wife 😂😂 That she is a witch😂😂

Whoever is taking antidepressants in Nigeria is not serious...because everything around us is a joke...you can be depressed in a natural joke environment like Nigeria.

If Opium is an antidepressant then the Vatican should be country number 1

CodeTemplar:
All the advanced countries appear depressed.
Is opium an antidepressant?

Africans, and Nigerians in particular, have higher levels of anandamide, a Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) gene, responsible for happiness!

Yemmysworld91:
When I'm not happy, I take a stroll; the moment I enter the streets for Nigeria or enter social media, I will see something that will make me happy and take away my pains
Our being religious has also been helpful. We keep hope alive irrespective of the difficulties.
I love my people. Great people bad leaders

A cousin in the US tried commiting suicide. Twice or so. Told them to send him to Nigeria where he wont have any cause to wanting to commit suicide

When he sees people wey no get light for weeks not being bothered. Or people with no hope of what they will eat tommorow not being bothered about anything. He will see reason to what to live

Na death straight up here 📌💯

Hmmmm....

I wonder why depression is so great in developed parts of the world compared to Africa nay Nigeria!

Religion is a big factor, because common man depend on God mostly in Africa than in Europe or America where government is concerned with needs of its citizens.

There are no sorrows in God's presence.(Psalm 16: 11)

While Africa has many challenges, we are joyful 😁 because we know to pray and worship in our problems.

Yankiss:
Nigeria and Africans arent as depressed as these advanced countries. Stuff happens. Yet we are flocking to their countries due to hardship here. Funny world.

Pscyhiatric issues are stigmatized here. If someone wants to get married, and they find out by chance that someone in the bride or bridegroom family is taking antidepressants or has been admitted to psych ward for depression, that can shut down the marriage fast.

A lot of Nigerians suffer in silence because stigma.

So there are drugs for depression!
Ah if i take, nothing go still sup.

OP, there many ways in which niggas control their sad state.

Just give me music.
Make sure i hear daina ross voice and bob Marley.

If you look at the past centuries and what Africans go through, you would be surprised how we survive.

Suffering and Smiling in our genes withstand a great deal of assaults from those outside Africa in search of free labor and untapped resources.

Worse, even our own leaders have exploited same, from political to religious leaders. This is why like crabes fight one another and pull one another down from the barrel.

In Nigeria, call it political opportunities to loot the Treasury.

Lanruze:
Nigerians dont take anti-despressants, they take Weed and drink Gin till they pass out or sleep.

Anti-Depressants for where ? They are expensive like the trams and codin@.

And they add damaged liver and other organs to their depression problem

Black African countries in general and Nigeria in particular have very low record and statistics keeping compared to these western countries regarding many things, we don't have stats and records of what's injested especially for such things as depression etc most of which are alien to us as illnesses. With the level of hardship faced, we have more worries but these are managed in unorthodox manners without records etc, so the statistics here may not be all-encompassing

CodeTemplar:
All the advanced countries appear depressed.
Is opium an antidepressant?

IN Nigeria, the default is everyone be sociable. You cannot step out of your house without having someone greet you. Low finances means that people live in community style residences so to speak. And talking a lot to people na good anti-depressant.

Abroad? People keep themselves to themselves. Unless you join a church or a group of people that share a hobby, or you force yourself to make friends, you do dey by yourself. Loneliness...soil for depression.

Opium can worsen depression o.

Yemmysworld91:
When I'm not happy, I take a stroll; the moment I enter the streets for Nigeria or enter social media, I will see something that will make me happy and take away my pains
Our being religious has also been helpful. We keep hope alive irrespective of the difficulties.
I love my people. Great people bad leaders

That's mild depression


Severe depression social media will give you more reasons to be depressed

Music too will become a noise and a source of headache

Obidients won’t be happy at all with this list, as Nigeria is conspicuously missing

Love800:
So there are drugs for depression!
Ah if i take, nothing go still sup.

OP, there many ways in which niggas control their sad state.

Just give me music.
Make sure i hear daina ross voice and bob Marley.

That's mild depression

Severe depression music will be a headache to you

Nigeria. Alomo bitters. Erujeje. Gbefu. Na the anti-depressants wey we dey take be dat.

In Nigeria hard drugs and strong drinks are our own antidepressant pills....

Yemmysworld91:
When I'm not happy, I take a stroll; the moment I enter the streets for Nigeria or enter social media, I will see something that will make me happy and take away my pains
Our being religious has also been helpful. We keep hope alive irrespective of the difficulties.
I love my people. Great people bad leaders

Na that RELIGION!...GOD IS OUR SOURCE OF HOPE.

If na the entertainment,USA has a more thriving entertainment industry

AlabiKILLER2023:
That's mild depression


Severe depression social media will give you more reasons to be depressed

Music too will become a noise and a source of headache

I'm in charge of my socials and I manage it quite well. Nothing fit depress me on socials.
But music is helpful o. It helps me sleep. I don't just like it when it's unnecessary loud or with lewd lyrics

Nigerians don't need antidepressants, depression is a way of life here now. The slogan is " who kill himself Na him lose". The popular of diagnosing mental disorder in Nigeria, is when you start walking along the road aimlessly, some go still even say you dey form.

Dogalmighty17:
Nigeria. Alomo bitters. Erujeje. Gbefu. Na the anti-depressants wey we dey take be dat.

Sadness is not depression. If you know the depression they are talking about. You no go even fit leave your house buy Alomo. Its mental illness. The warm weather alone does a lot against depression. The sun always giving vitamin D helps too.

Some of them no de baff, brush teeth or leave their bed for days. Their mind literally lose the will to survive or be alive.

Statisense should also do for Nigeria.

Obedients dey swallow am on a steady.

Nigeria will be worse if estimate is listed. Ask Aboki all kinds of mixture to take to be high and see if it wouldn't be enough for book series publication.