Cameroon vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14 per 100,000 people in Cameroon and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 2.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.26 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 2010, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Cameroon ranked 34 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	Cameroon	South Africa	World
2017	14	11.2	10
2016	14.3	10.9	10.1
2015	14.4	10.8	10.2
2014	14.7	10.8	10.3
2013	14.9	11.1	10.5
2012	15.1	11.9	10.7
2011	15.4	12.9	11
2010	15.5	14.6	11.2
2009	15.6	16.3	11.4
2008	15.6	17.9	11.6
2007	15.7	19.2	11.7
2006	15.8	20.6	12
2005	15.8	21.5	12.5
2004	15.7	22.5	12.6
2003	15.8	23.1	12.8
2002	16	23.1	13
2001	16.1	23	13.4
2000	16.3	24.3	14.1
1999	16.2	22.4	14.5
1998	16.1	21.6	14.7
1997	15.8	20.9	15.1
1996	15.4	19.1	15.4
1995	15	18.6	15.9
1994	14.6	18.6	16.1
1993	14.2	18.3	16
1992	13.8	19.2	15.8
1991	13.3	18.6	15.5
1990	13	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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