People worldwide with a new (incident) episode of schizophrenia in 2021

approximately 1.2 million

people per year, worldwide

“In 2021, approximately 1.2 million individuals worldwide (~0.015% of the global population) experienced an incident episode of schizophrenia (95% UI: 1 008 000-1 473 000).”

GBD 2021 Schizophrenia Collaborators, The Global Burden of Schizophrenia: Findings from the 2021 GBD Study, Schizophr Bull Open 2026, 2026-01

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-06

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What to know

GBD 2021 modelled estimate (uncertainty 1.0 to 1.5 million); the age-standardised rate is 15.4 per 100,000. The quote is from the open full text. A 2026 correction to the paper only fixed the author group name.

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