Benin vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Benin and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0 per 100,000 people, or 1 times that in Benin.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Benin.
In 2017, Benin ranked 63 and South Africa ranked 62 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

Year	Benin	South Africa	World
2017	11.1	11.2	10
2016	11.2	10.9	10.1
2015	11.4	10.8	10.2
2014	11.5	10.8	10.3
2013	11.7	11.1	10.5
2012	11.8	11.9	10.7
2011	11.7	12.9	11
2010	11.7	14.6	11.2
2009	11.7	16.3	11.4
2008	11.7	17.9	11.6
2007	11.8	19.2	11.7
2006	11.9	20.6	12
2005	12	21.5	12.5
2004	12.1	22.5	12.6
2003	12.2	23.1	12.8
2002	12.3	23.1	13
2001	12.3	23	13.4
2000	12.3	24.3	14.1
1999	12.2	22.4	14.5
1998	12.1	21.6	14.7
1997	12	20.9	15.1
1996	11.8	19.1	15.4
1995	11.6	18.6	15.9
1994	11.3	18.6	16.1
1993	11	18.3	16
1992	10.9	19.2	15.8
1991	10.7	18.6	15.5
1990	10.5	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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Benin vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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