Angola vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12 per 100,000 people in Angola and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Angola, by 0.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.07 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Angola has been higher since 2011, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Angola ranked 55 and South Africa ranked 62 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	Angola	South Africa	World
2017	12	11.2	10
2016	12	10.9	10.1
2015	12.2	10.8	10.2
2014	12.3	10.8	10.3
2013	12.7	11.1	10.5
2012	12.9	11.9	10.7
2011	13.1	12.9	11
2010	13.2	14.6	11.2
2009	13.4	16.3	11.4
2008	13.6	17.9	11.6
2007	13.9	19.2	11.7
2006	14.2	20.6	12
2005	14.4	21.5	12.5
2004	14.9	22.5	12.6
2003	14.8	23.1	12.8
2002	15	23.1	13
2001	15.4	23	13.4
2000	15.8	24.3	14.1
1999	16	22.4	14.5
1998	16.5	21.6	14.7
1997	15.6	20.9	15.1
1996	15.9	19.1	15.4
1995	16.5	18.6	15.9
1994	16.7	18.6	16.1
1993	16.5	18.3	16
1992	16.2	19.2	15.8
1991	16.1	18.6	15.5
1990	16	18.6	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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