Burundi vs Zambia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.6 per 100,000 people in Burundi and 13.1 per 100,000 people in Zambia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 0.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.03 times that in Burundi.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Burundi.
In 2017, Burundi ranked 48 and Zambia ranked 42 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	Burundi	Zambia	World
2017	12.6	13.1	10
2016	12.7	13.1	10.1
2015	12.8	13.1	10.2
2014	12.9	13.1	10.3
2013	13.1	13.1	10.5
2012	13.3	13.2	10.7
2011	13.4	13.4	11
2010	13.5	13.4	11.2
2009	13.6	13.4	11.4
2008	14	13.6	11.6
2007	14.4	13.7	11.7
2006	14.8	14.1	12
2005	15.3	14.3	12.5
2004	15.6	14.7	12.6
2003	15.9	15.2	12.8
2002	16.3	15.7	13
2001	17	16.3	13.4
2000	17.8	17	14.1
1999	18.6	17.7	14.5
1998	19.4	18.4	14.7
1997	19.9	18.7	15.1
1996	20.3	19	15.4
1995	20.4	18.9	15.9
1994	20.3	18.5	16.1
1993	20.2	18.1	16
1992	20.1	17.6	15.8
1991	20.2	17.1	15.5
1990	20.3	16.5	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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