Cameroon vs Nigeria

Cameroon vs Nigeria: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14 per 100,000 people in Cameroon and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 6.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.86 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Cameroon vs Nigeria: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 14 per 100,000 people in Cameroon and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 6.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.86 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Cameroon ranked 34 and Nigeria ranked 124 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

YearCameroonNigeriaWorld
2017147.510
201614.37.510.1
201514.47.510.2
201414.77.510.3
201314.97.510.5
201215.17.610.7
201115.47.711
201015.57.811.2
200915.67.711.4
200815.67.811.6
200715.77.911.7
200615.87.912
200515.8812.5
200415.78.312.6
200315.88.512.8
2002168.713
200116.18.913.4
200016.3914.1
199916.2914.5
199816.1914.7
199715.88.915.1
199615.48.815.4
1995158.815.9
199414.68.716.1
199314.28.716
199213.88.615.8
199113.38.615.5
1990138.515.4

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.

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