Belgium vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 3.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.28 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Year	Belgium	South Africa	World
2017	14.3	11.2	10
2016	14.4	10.9	10.1
2015	14.9	10.8	10.2
2014	15.1	10.8	10.3
2013	15.6	11.1	10.5
2012	16.1	11.9	10.7
2011	16.3	12.9	11
2010	16.2	14.6	11.2
2009	16.3	16.3	11.4
2008	16.4	17.9	11.6
2007	16.2	19.2	11.7
2006	16	20.6	12
2005	16.4	21.5	12.5
2004	16.6	22.5	12.6
2003	17.3	23.1	12.8
2002	17.8	23.1	13
2001	18.2	23	13.4
2000	18.5	24.3	14.1
1999	18.1	22.4	14.5
1998	18.2	21.6	14.7
1997	18.6	20.9	15.1
1996	18.7	19.1	15.4
1995	19	18.6	15.9
1994	19	18.6	16.1
1993	18.6	18.3	16
1992	18.1	19.2	15.8
1991	17.6	18.6	15.5
1990	17.6	18.6	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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Belgium vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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