Belgium vs France

Belgium vs France: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 12.4 per 100,000 people in France, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 1.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.15 times that in France.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Belgium vs France: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 12.4 per 100,000 people in France, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 1.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.15 times that in France.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2000, when it overtook France.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBelgiumFranceWorld
201714.312.410
201614.412.510.1
201514.91310.2
201415.113.210.3
201315.613.810.5
201216.114.310.7
201116.314.911
201016.215.311.2
200916.315.411.4
200816.415.211.6
200716.215.211.7
20061615.512
200516.415.812.5
200416.615.912.6
200317.316.812.8
200217.817.113
200118.217.313.4
200018.517.514.1
199918.118.214.5
199818.218.814.7
199718.61915.1
199618.719.415.4
19951919.715.9
19941920.116.1
199318.620.816
199218.120.815.8
199117.621.115.5
199017.621.315.4

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.

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

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