Belgium vs Sweden

Belgium vs Sweden: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 3.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in Sweden.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Belgium vs Sweden: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 14.3 per 100,000 people in Belgium and 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Belgium, by 3.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in Sweden.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Sweden.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBelgiumSwedenWorld
201714.311.110
201614.411.310.1
201514.911.610.2
201415.111.710.3
201315.611.810.5
201216.111.710.7
201116.311.711
201016.211.711.2
200916.312.111.4
200816.412.211.6
200716.212.111.7
20061612.112
200516.412.312.5
200416.612.712.6
200317.312.312.8
200217.812.513
200118.212.813.4
200018.512.914.1
199918.113.414.5
199818.213.714.7
199718.614.115.1
199618.714.815.4
19951915.615.9
19941915.816.1
199318.616.716
199218.11715.8
199117.61815.5
199017.617.915.4

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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