Share of the world population that has had PTSD at some stage in their lives (WHO)
3.9%
people per 10,000, worldwide
“An estimated 3.9% of the world population has had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some stage in their lives.”
World Health Organization fact sheet, Post-traumatic stress disorder (11 September 2026), 2026-09-11
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-07
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-07
- What to know
- WHO's current figure, lifetime (not current) prevalence. It rests on the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (Koenen 2017, koenen-2017-ptsd-lifetime-prevalence), so it is a newer statement of the same measurement, not a new survey.
- Arithmetic
- 3.9% = 390 per 10,000
- About
- PTSD
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.