Clinical trials: Depression by country

Clinical trials on depression that started each year with at least one site in the place (ClinicalTrials.gov). A sign of where research and new products are heading. Some countries also use their own registries, so their counts here are lower.

In trials started. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical trials: Depression (trials started). Retrieved 9 Nov 2026.

All countries, highest first

Trials started, latest year for each.

Chart and every country
  1. 1USNorth America · 2025296
  2. 2ChinaAPAC · 202585
  3. 3CanadaNorth America · 202570
  4. 4SpainEurope · 202538
  5. 5UKEurope · 202533
  6. 6GermanyEurope · 202529
  7. 7FranceEurope · 202528
  8. 8Hong KongAPAC · 202522
  9. 9EgyptAfrica · 202517
  10. 10ItalyEurope · 202517
  11. 11PakistanAPAC · 202516
  12. 12AustraliaAPAC · 202510
  13. 13SingaporeAPAC · 20258
  14. 14BrazilLatin America · 20257
  15. 15IndiaAPAC · 20255
  16. 16MalawiAfrica · 20254
  17. 17MalaysiaAPAC · 20254
  18. 18IndonesiaAPAC · 20253
  19. 19IraqMiddle East · 20253
  20. 20MexicoLatin America · 20253
  21. 21NigeriaAfrica · 20253
  22. 22QatarMiddle East · 20213
  23. 23EcuadorLatin America · 20232
  24. 24EthiopiaAfrica · 20252
  25. 25JapanAPAC · 20252
  26. 26KenyaAfrica · 20252
  27. 27PalestineMiddle East · 20242
  28. 28RussiaEurope · 20242
  29. 29UAEMiddle East · 20242
  30. 30ZambiaAfrica · 20252
  31. 31AfghanistanAPAC · 20251
  32. 32BangladeshAPAC · 20251
  33. 33Burkina FasoAfrica · 20241
  34. 34DR CongoAfrica · 20231
  35. 35GhanaAfrica · 20251
  36. 36HaitiLatin America · 20141
  37. 37JordanMiddle East · 20251
  38. 38LebanonMiddle East · 20251
  39. 39MozambiqueAfrica · 20251
  40. 40NepalAPAC · 20251
  41. 41New ZealandAPAC · 20231
  42. 42PhilippinesAPAC · 20191
  43. 43Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20251
  44. 44South AfricaAfrica · 20251
  45. 45SyriaMiddle East · 20251
  46. 46TanzaniaAfrica · 20241
  47. 47ThailandAPAC · 20231
  48. 48UgandaAfrica · 20241

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, Clinical trials: Depression (trials started), latest year for each country. Retrieved 9 Nov 2026.

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Acuitas Health Analytics. Clinical trials: Depression by country, latest year. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieved 9 Nov 2026, from https://www.acuitashealthanalytics.com/benchmarks/trials-depression

About our sources. Values are the latest the source publishes for each place; nothing is filled in or estimated.