Additional Context: Only a minority of people living with mental health conditions receive treatment around the world. Low- and middle- income nations have far less coverage for mental health care among their populations than in higher income nations. Even then, access is limited. Cuts to US foreign assistance programs have significantly weakened expanding coverage and awareness of this under-resourced health sector.

The countries included in this analysis are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, México, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These cuts are hitting a sector with a pre-existing public financing gap of at least $200 billion. The majority of countries in the world are far from meeting mental health funding targets.

This data was collected between February and April 2025 by the Global Mental Health Action Network (GMHAN) and the Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) published in June 2025 in their report, "An uncertain future: The impacts of United States and other Government Funding Cuts on Global Mental Health Services." The GMHAN is the world's largest network of mental health advocates with more than 8,000 members in over 170 countries.

Source: GMHAN