Belgium vs China

Belgium vs China: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 7.2 per 100,000 people in China, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 7.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.98 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Belgium vs China: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 7.2 per 100,000 people in China, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 7.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.98 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 1997, when it overtook China.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBelgiumChinaWorld
201714.37.210
201614.47.310.1
201514.97.410.2
201415.17.510.3
201315.67.610.5
201216.1810.7
201116.38.411
201016.28.911.2
200916.39.111.4
200816.49.411.6
200716.29.711.7
20061610.312
200516.411.112.5
200416.611.612.6
200317.311.412.8
200217.811.313
200118.212.313.4
200018.514.314.1
199918.115.814.5
199818.217.114.7
199718.618.315.1
199618.719.415.4
19951920.415.9
19941920.816.1
199318.621.216
199218.121.315.8
199117.621.215.5
199017.620.915.4

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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