Austria vs Japan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.2 per 100,000 people in Austria and 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 4.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.4 times that in Austria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Austria.
In 2017, Austria ranked 61 and Japan ranked 27 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	Austria	Japan	World
2017	11.2	15.7	10
2016	11.4	15.6	10.1
2015	11.8	15.7	10.2
2014	11.8	16.4	10.3
2013	11.9	16.8	10.5
2012	12.1	17.3	10.7
2011	12.5	18.2	11
2010	12.8	18.4	11.2
2009	12.9	18.6	11.4
2008	12.5	18.7	11.6
2007	12.9	18.8	11.7
2006	13.1	18.9	12
2005	13.8	19.2	12.5
2004	14.2	18.9	12.6
2003	14.7	19	12.8
2002	15.1	18.4	13
2001	15.4	18.3	13.4
2000	15.9	18.1	14.1
1999	16.1	18.2	14.5
1998	16.4	17.5	14.7
1997	16.9	15.8	15.1
1996	17.9	15.3	15.4
1995	18.6	15.2	15.9
1994	18.9	14.8	16.1
1993	19.2	15	16
1992	19.3	15.2	15.8
1991	19.8	15.3	15.5
1990	19.8	15.5	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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