Australia vs Spain: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Australia and 5.5 per 100,000 people in Spain, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Australia, by 5.5 per 100,000 people, or 2.01 times that in Spain.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Australia ranked 69 and Spain ranked 156 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	Australia	Spain	World
2017	11.1	5.5	10
2016	11.1	5.6	10.1
2015	11.3	5.9	10.2
2014	11	5.8	10.3
2013	10.5	5.8	10.5
2012	10.5	5.9	10.7
2011	10.7	5.8	11
2010	10.8	5.8	11.2
2009	10.7	6	11.4
2008	10.7	6.1	11.6
2007	10.5	6.2	11.7
2006	10.3	6.2	12
2005	10.4	6.3	12.5
2004	10.7	6.5	12.6
2003	11	6.7	12.8
2002	11.4	6.6	13
2001	11.8	6.6	13.4
2000	12.4	6.8	14.1
1999	13	7	14.5
1998	13.5	7	14.7
1997	13.4	7	15.1
1996	13.1	7.1	15.4
1995	12.8	7.1	15.9
1994	12.7	7.1	16.1
1993	12.3	7.1	16
1992	12.6	7.2	15.8
1991	12.7	7.4	15.5
1990	12.8	7.4	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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Australia vs Spain: Suicide rate

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