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ADHD Rates by Country 2025
ADHD Rate 2021 (per 100k)
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5 Countries with the Highest ADHD Rates
4,590 per 100k
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4,268 per 100k
4,197 per 100k
4,049 per 100k
Country | ADHD Rate 2021 (per 100k)↓ | ADHD Rate Upper Value 2021 | ADHD Rate Lower Value 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Haiti | 4,590 | 3,396 | 2,513 |
 | Belize | 4,582 | 3,404 | 2,529 |
 | Guyana | 4,268 | 3,180 | 2,368 |
 | Dominican Republic | 4,197 | 3,123 | 2,340 |
 | Jamaica | 4,049 | 3,019 | 2,255 |
 | Bahamas | 4,011 | 3,007 | 2,253 |
 | Suriname | 4,003 | 2,991 | 2,236 |
 | Grenada | 3,995 | 2,994 | 2,241 |
 | Dominica | 3,946 | 2,961 | 2,217 |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,858 | 2,893 | 2,168 |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,719 | 2,788 | 2,094 |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,637 | 2,727 | 2,052 |
 | Saint Lucia | 3,586 | 2,692 | 2,025 |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,580 | 2,691 | 2,027 |
 | Iran | 3,484 | 2,595 | 1,949 |
 | Australia | 3,424 | 2,702 | 2,060 |
 | Algeria | 3,354 | 1,011 | 1,775 |
 | Barbados | 3,283 | 2,467 | 1,856 |
 | Venezuela | 3,256 | 2,379 | 1,773 |
 | Cuba | 3,237 | 2,421 | 1,828 |
 | Bolivia | 3,196 | 2,302 | 1,692 |
 | Ecuador | 3,118 | 2,248 | 1,650 |
 | Puerto Rico | 3,106 | 2,333 | 1,754 |
 | Paraguay | 3,052 | 2,239 | 1,673 |
 | Peru | 3,034 | 2,198 | 1,610 |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 2,952 | 2,218 | 1,670 |
 | Bermuda | 2,857 | 2,132 | 1,619 |
 | New Zealand | 2,825 | 2,018 | 1,483 |
 | Brazil | 2,691 | 1,948 | 1,428 |
 | Spain | 2,659 | 1,978 | 1,484 |
 | Honduras | 2,533 | 1,795 | 1,303 |
 | Guatemala | 2,516 | 1,784 | 1,295 |
 | Nicaragua | 2,414 | 1,720 | 1,255 |
 | Georgia | 2,383 | 1,746 | 1,261 |
 | China | 2,344 | 1,723 | 1,310 |
 | El Salvador | 2,284 | 1,628 | 1,188 |
 | Albania | 2,274 | 1,669 | 1,207 |
 | Greenland | 2,245 | 1,647 | 1,201 |
 | United States | 2,239 | 1,612 | 1,166 |
 | Costa Rica | 2,070 | 1,485 | 1,088 |
 | Ireland | 2,028 | 1,453 | 1,043 |
 | Colombia | 1,980 | 1,479 | 1,140 |
 | Thailand | 1,926 | 1,412 | 1,058 |
 | Israel | 1,866 | 1,359 | 967 |
 | Canada | 1,852 | 1,336 | 989 |
 | Iceland | 1,826 | 1,231 | 816 |
 | Nauru | 1,788 | 1,263 | 921 |
 | Solomon Islands | 1,782 | 1,260 | 921 |
 | Turkey | 1,766 | 1,311 | 967 |
 | Vanuatu | 1,753 | 1,239 | 906 |
 | Papua New Guinea | 1,748 | 1,236 | 902 |
 | Iraq | 1,742 | 1,271 | 948 |
 | Samoa | 1,724 | 1,218 | 891 |
 | Kiribati | 1,723 | 1,216 | 887 |
 | Brunei | 1,713 | 1,244 | 903 |
 | Micronesia | 1,710 | 1,210 | 879 |
 | Marshall Islands | 1,708 | 1,210 | 882 |
 | Afghanistan | 1,692 | 1,218 | 873 |
 | Tonga | 1,690 | 1,192 | 870 |
 | Tuvalu | 1,652 | 1,171 | 852 |
 | Sudan | 1,648 | 1,190 | 861 |
 | North Korea | 1,634 | 1,194 | 887 |
 | American Samoa | 1,633 | 1,154 | 844 |
 | Palestine | 1,629 | 1,177 | 855 |
 | Tokelau | 1,628 | 1,151 | 841 |
 | Finland | 1,611 | 1,177 | 870 |
 | Argentina | 1,598 | 1,157 | 844 |
 | Fiji | 1,590 | 1,125 | 824 |
 | Jordan | 1,582 | 1,147 | 841 |
 | Tajikistan | 1,534 | 1,103 | 796 |
 | Egypt | 1,533 | 1,108 | 811 |
 | Oman | 1,514 | 1,110 | 823 |
 | Switzerland | 1,509 | 1,126 | 837 |
 | Mexico | 1,506 | 1,081 | 774 |
 | Qatar | 1,495 | 1,096 | 803 |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,485 | 1,069 | 773 |
 | Chile | 1,472 | 1,083 | 785 |
 | Austria | 1,461 | 1,081 | 810 |
 | Bahrain | 1,460 | 1,077 | 797 |
 | Netherlands | 1,451 | 1,068 | 779 |
 | Turkmenistan | 1,450 | 1,053 | 764 |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1,449 | 1,037 | 769 |
 | Syria | 1,440 | 1,045 | 768 |
 | Uruguay | 1,438 | 1,058 | 764 |
 | Niue | 1,424 | 1,016 | 748 |
 | Mongolia | 1,418 | 1,026 | 743 |
 | Libya | 1,410 | 1,032 | 765 |
 | France | 1,396 | 1,032 | 758 |
 | Uzbekistan | 1,386 | 1,008 | 729 |
 | Morocco | 1,384 | 1,006 | 743 |
 | Timor-Leste | 1,372 | 987 | 712 |
 | United Kingdom | 1,365 | 980 | 705 |
 | Cyprus | 1,363 | 974 | 708 |
 | Guam | 1,360 | 980 | 721 |
 | Luxembourg | 1,354 | 967 | 701 |
 | Lebanon | 1,332 | 972 | 718 |
 | Cook Islands | 1,326 | 950 | 700 |
 | Kazakhstan | 1,325 | 965 | 699 |
 | Belgium | 1,324 | 946 | 687 |
 | Azerbaijan | 1,320 | 960 | 700 |
 | Saudi Arabia | 1,312 | 953 | 707 |
 | Kuwait | 1,307 | 959 | 714 |
 | Yemen | 1,296 | 910 | 659 |
 | Philippines | 1,292 | 941 | 675 |
 | Palau | 1,285 | 948 | 697 |
 | Tunisia | 1,278 | 933 | 693 |
 | Sweden | 1,257 | 923 | 690 |
 | Denmark | 1,247 | 908 | 671 |
 | Laos | 1,244 | 908 | 667 |
 | Andorra | 1,237 | 886 | 647 |
 | San Marino | 1,224 | 872 | 632 |
 | Cambodia | 1,221 | 891 | 655 |
 | Malta | 1,207 | 863 | 627 |
 | Singapore | 1,205 | 883 | 647 |
 | Greece | 1,189 | 849 | 615 |
 | Portugal | 1,173 | 837 | 607 |
 | Indonesia | 1,172 | 855 | 614 |
 | Myanmar | 1,170 | 854 | 629 |
 | Maldives | 1,163 | 853 | 630 |
 | Armenia | 1,161 | 848 | 619 |
 | South Korea | 1,132 | 847 | 635 |
 | Montenegro | 1,122 | 822 | 601 |
 | Russia | 1,121 | 807 | 589 |
 | Monaco | 1,097 | 784 | 570 |
 | Japan | 1,090 | 791 | 573 |
 | Vietnam | 1,085 | 793 | 588 |
 | North Macedonia | 1,078 | 802 | 588 |
 | Serbia | 1,078 | 794 | 584 |
 | Ukraine | 1,064 | 771 | 566 |
 | Sri Lanka | 1,058 | 773 | 572 |
 | Poland | 1,048 | 759 | 557 |
 | Bangladesh | 1,047 | 750 | 541 |
 | Seychelles | 1,041 | 764 | 567 |
 | Belarus | 1,030 | 765 | 562 |
 | Moldova | 1,028 | 767 | 563 |
 | Norway | 1,015 | 713 | 541 |
 | Slovakia | 1,011 | 754 | 555 |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,003 | 745 | 548 |
 | Romania | 1,003 | 744 | 546 |
 | Pakistan | 996 | 711 | 498 |
 | Italy | 979 | 711 | 523 |
 | Czech Republic | 971 | 723 | 532 |
 | Croatia | 966 | 718 | 529 |
 | Latvia | 963 | 716 | 526 |
 | Hungary | 962 | 716 | 528 |
 | Lithuania | 961 | 714 | 525 |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 948 | 664 | 464 |
 | Slovenia | 945 | 706 | 520 |
 | Bulgaria | 940 | 702 | 517 |
 | Taiwan | 940 | 685 | 509 |
 | Mauritius | 939 | 690 | 515 |
 | Nigeria | 927 | 655 | 454 |
 | Malawi | 897 | 625 | 437 |
 | Uganda | 896 | 624 | 435 |
 | Niger | 896 | 631 | 429 |
 | Somalia | 892 | 622 | 434 |
 | Nepal | 891 | 640 | 455 |
 | Chad | 883 | 623 | 424 |
 | South Sudan | 882 | 616 | 428 |
 | Ethiopia | 880 | 623 | 434 |
 | Mali | 879 | 620 | 424 |
 | Mozambique | 877 | 612 | 426 |
 | Zambia | 873 | 610 | 428 |
 | Kenya | 871 | 617 | 431 |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 869 | 617 | 427 |
 | Cameroon | 869 | 617 | 428 |
 | DR Congo | 869 | 607 | 426 |
 | Gambia | 868 | 618 | 450 |
 | Benin | 865 | 611 | 421 |
 | Angola | 863 | 603 | 419 |
 | Madagascar | 863 | 604 | 423 |
 | Guinea | 863 | 610 | 419 |
 | Burundi | 862 | 602 | 422 |
 | Liberia | 861 | 615 | 427 |
 | Senegal | 860 | 613 | 424 |
 | Mauritania | 858 | 608 | 515 |
 | Bhutan | 853 | 624 | 447 |
 | Central African Republic | 849 | 594 | 416 |
 | Ivory Coast | 848 | 606 | 421 |
 | Tanzania | 847 | 592 | 415 |
 | Burkina Faso | 847 | 599 | 412 |
 | Zimbabwe | 844 | 591 | 414 |
 | Sierra Leone | 843 | 603 | 418 |
 | Eritrea | 840 | 591 | 416 |
 | Togo | 840 | 600 | 416 |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 836 | 601 | 418 |
 | Rwanda | 830 | 583 | 410 |
 | Eswatini | 829 | 584 | 412 |
 | Lesotho | 821 | 579 | 409 |
 | Ghana | 815 | 586 | 407 |
 | Republic of the Congo | 814 | 574 | 404 |
 | Djibouti | 802 | 567 | 404 |
 | Namibia | 797 | 563 | 398 |
 | Gabon | 793 | 559 | 393 |
 | Comoros | 777 | 549 | 390 |
 | India | 758 | 545 | 387 |
 | Botswana | 752 | 532 | 382 |
 | Cape Verde | 729 | 531 | 373 |
 | South Africa | 711 | 512 | 366 |
 | Germany | 555 | 395 | 279 |
 | Malaysia | 552 | 395 | 280 |
 | United Arab Emirates | 523 | 386 | 277 |
- Data are estimates from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and are based upon the best available data. As all estimates involve some degree of possible inaccuracy, the highest and lowest imagined values are shown as well.
- Data displayed are the values per 100,000 individuals in the given country’s population.
Worldwide, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 2.2% of people overall by 2017. This rate fluctuates between .1-8.1%. In Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the Middle East, the range is from .6-7.3%.
ADHD In Children and Adolescents
Not all countries have published data with ADHD for children younger than six years old. Some places do have records concerning this, however. The percentages equal 1.9% for Norway, 1.8% for Germany and 5.4% for Spain.
The World Health Organization (WHO), also surveyed 20 lower-middle to upper income countries. This revealed the U.S. as having the highest ADHD rate at 8.1% in children and adolescents. The three lowest are Iraq at .1%, Poland at .3% and Romania at .4%. Data from this study comes from as late as 2017.
Top 10 Countries with the Highest ADHD Rates (per 100k)
Country | ADHD Rate 2021 (per 100k) |
|---|---|
| Haiti | 4,590 |
| Belize | 4,582 |
| Guyana | 4,268 |
| Dominican Republic | 4,197 |
| Jamaica | 4,049 |
| Bahamas | 4,011 |
| Suriname | 4,003 |
| Grenada | 3,995 |
| Dominica | 3,946 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3,858 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3,719 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,637 |
European ADHD Gender Study
Another study, called the European ADORE study, took place over a period of 24 months. It includes research pulled from 10 EU countries ages 6-18 years. Out of 1478 children studied, boys with ADHD totaled 1222, which make up 84.3% of this group, and girls 231, which equals 15.7%.
Gender ratios indicated by countries included in the ADORE study measured 1:3 in females and 1:16 in males. Data reveals more diagnoses of ADHD in adult males than adult females in many locations. However, the ratio of males to females with ADHD has decreased with age.
