Canada vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 10.9 per 100,000 people in Canada and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.02 times that in Canada.

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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 Canada.
In 2017, Canada ranked 73 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	Canada	South Africa	World
2017	10.9	11.2	10
2016	11.1	10.9	10.1
2015	11.3	10.8	10.2
2014	11.2	10.8	10.3
2013	10.8	11.1	10.5
2012	10.9	11.9	10.7
2011	10.7	12.9	11
2010	10.9	14.6	11.2
2009	11.1	16.3	11.4
2008	11.2	17.9	11.6
2007	11.2	19.2	11.7
2006	11.2	20.6	12
2005	11.6	21.5	12.5
2004	11.6	22.5	12.6
2003	11.9	23.1	12.8
2002	11.9	23.1	13
2001	12.1	23	13.4
2000	12.3	24.3	14.1
1999	12.8	22.4	14.5
1998	12.8	21.6	14.7
1997	13.1	20.9	15.1
1996	13.3	19.1	15.4
1995	13.4	18.6	15.9
1994	13.4	18.6	16.1
1993	13.5	18.3	16
1992	13.3	19.2	15.8
1991	13.2	18.6	15.5
1990	13.2	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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Canada vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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