New cases of psoriasis worldwide, 2021 (GBD 2021)

5.1 million

new cases per year, worldwide

“We found that the number of people living with psoriasis nearly doubled from 1990 to 2021, reaching 43 million cases globally, with 5.1 million new cases diagnosed in 2021 alone.”

Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2026, Global Burden of Psoriasis from 1990 to 2021 and Potential Factors: A Systematic Analysis (GBD 2021), 2025-09-08

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-07

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What to know

GBD 2021 modelled count of new cases in one year; the age-standardised rate behind it is gbd2021-psoriasis-incidence-asr (62 per 100,000).

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