Australia vs Ireland

Australia vs Ireland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Australia and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.32 times that in Ireland.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Australia vs Ireland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Australia and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.32 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Ireland.
  • In 2017, Australia ranked 69 and Ireland ranked 111 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

YearAustraliaIrelandWorld
201711.18.410
201611.18.410.1
201511.38.810.2
2014119.410.3
201310.59.810.5
201210.510.410.7
201110.710.811
201010.810.711.2
200910.711.611.4
200810.711.211.6
200710.51111.7
200610.31112
200510.411.112.5
200410.711.212.6
20031111.312.8
200211.412.113
200111.812.413.4
200012.412.814.1
19991312.614.5
199813.512.714.7
199713.412.515.1
199613.111.915.4
199512.811.615.9
199412.710.916.1
199312.310.816
199212.610.715.8
199112.710.615.5
199012.810.315.4

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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