The number of South Korean patients diagnosed with depression topped 1.1 million last year, according to recent data from the National Health Insurance Service. The figure reached 1,106,603 in 2024, marking a 33 percent increase from 832,483 patients in 2020. Depression treatments also rose by 33.3 percent over the same period. Over the past five years, the number of depression patients has steadily grown, with an average annual increase of 7.4 percent. Patient counts were 915,910 in 2021, 1,001