Argentina vs Iran: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 10.6 per 100,000 people in Argentina and 5.4 per 100,000 people in Iran, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Argentina, by 5.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.95 times that in Iran.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Argentina ranked 75 and Iran ranked 158 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	Argentina	Iran	World
2017	10.6	5.4	10
2016	10.6	5.5	10.1
2015	10.6	5.6	10.2
2014	10.8	5.7	10.3
2013	11.1	5.9	10.5
2012	11.1	6.1	10.7
2011	10.9	6.1	11
2010	10.8	6.2	11.2
2009	11	6.2	11.4
2008	11.1	6.2	11.6
2007	11.2	6.2	11.7
2006	10.9	6.1	12
2005	10.9	6.2	12.5
2004	11.1	6.3	12.6
2003	11.8	6.4	12.8
2002	12.5	6.5	13
2001	12.5	6.5	13.4
2000	12.3	6.5	14.1
1999	12.5	6.5	14.5
1998	12.3	6.5	14.7
1997	12.3	6.7	15.1
1996	12	6.8	15.4
1995	11.6	7	15.9
1994	11.4	7.1	16.1
1993	11.1	7.1	16
1992	10.9	7.2	15.8
1991	10.2	7.2	15.5
1990	9.9	7.2	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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Argentina vs Iran: Suicide rate

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