Afghanistan vs China

Afghanistan vs China: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.2 per 100,000 people in Afghanistan and 7.2 per 100,000 people in China, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 2 per 100,000 people, or 1.28 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Afghanistan vs China: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.2 per 100,000 people in Afghanistan and 7.2 per 100,000 people in China, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 2 per 100,000 people, or 1.28 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Afghanistan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook China.
  • In 2017, Afghanistan ranked 99 and China ranked 131 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearAfghanistanChinaWorld
20179.27.210
20169.37.310.1
20159.37.410.2
20149.37.510.3
20139.47.610.5
20129.6810.7
20119.78.411
20109.98.911.2
2009109.111.4
200810.29.411.6
200710.49.711.7
200610.510.312
200510.711.112.5
200410.811.612.6
200310.911.412.8
200211.111.313
200111.212.313.4
200011.114.314.1
19991115.814.5
199810.917.114.7
199710.818.315.1
199610.719.415.4
199510.720.415.9
199410.620.816.1
199310.421.216
199210.321.315.8
199110.321.215.5
199010.320.915.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
  • Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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