Benin vs Ghana

Benin vs Ghana: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Benin and 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Benin, by 1.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.15 times that in Ghana.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Benin vs Ghana: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Benin and 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Benin, by 1.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.15 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Benin has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Benin ranked 63 and Ghana ranked 88 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

YearBeninGhanaWorld
201711.19.710
201611.29.810.1
201511.49.810.2
201411.59.910.3
201311.79.910.5
201211.81010.7
201111.710.111
201011.71011.2
200911.79.911.4
200811.79.711.6
200711.89.511.7
200611.99.812
2005129.812.5
200412.19.812.6
200312.29.412.8
200212.39.113
200112.38.713.4
200012.38.314.1
199912.28.214.5
199812.18.214.7
1997128.315.1
199611.88.115.4
199511.68.215.9
199411.38.116.1
199311816
199210.9815.8
199110.7815.5
199010.5815.4

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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.

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