Afghanistan vs Yemen: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.2 per 100,000 people in Afghanistan and 6 per 100,000 people in Yemen, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 3.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.53 times that in Yemen.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Afghanistan ranked 99 and Yemen ranked 145 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

Year	Afghanistan	Yemen	World
2017	9.2	6	10
2016	9.3	6	10.1
2015	9.3	5.9	10.2
2014	9.3	5.9	10.3
2013	9.4	6	10.5
2012	9.6	6	10.7
2011	9.7	6.1	11
2010	9.9	6.1	11.2
2009	10	6.2	11.4
2008	10.2	6.3	11.6
2007	10.4	6.4	11.7
2006	10.5	6.4	12
2005	10.7	6.5	12.5
2004	10.8	6.6	12.6
2003	10.9	6.7	12.8
2002	11.1	6.7	13
2001	11.2	6.8	13.4
2000	11.1	6.8	14.1
1999	11	6.9	14.5
1998	10.9	6.9	14.7
1997	10.8	7	15.1
1996	10.7	7	15.4
1995	10.7	7	15.9
1994	10.6	6.9	16.1
1993	10.4	6.8	16
1992	10.3	6.7	15.8
1991	10.3	6.7	15.5
1990	10.3	6.6	15.4

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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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Afghanistan vs Yemen: Suicide rate

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