Epidemiology of social anxiety disorder

Social anxiety disorder is persistent across all countries, with a global ratio of 1-year prevalence to lifetime prevalence of 60.2%.¹

Reference:

1. Stein DJ, Lim CCW, Roest AM, et al. The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: data from the World Mental Health Survey initiative. BMC Med 2017; 15 (1): 143.