Central African Republic vs Sudan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 16.9 per 100,000 people in Central African Republic and 5 per 100,000 people in Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 11.9 per 100,000 people, or 3.37 times that in Sudan.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Central African RepublicSudanWorld

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Central African Republic ranked 22 and Sudan ranked 162 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	Central African Republic	Sudan	World
2017	16.9	5	10
2016	17.1	5	10.1
2015	17.2	5.1	10.2
2014	17.3	5.1	10.3
2013	17.4	5.2	10.5
2012	17.3	5.3	10.7
2011	17.5	5.3	11
2010	17.4	5.3	11.2
2009	17.2	5.4	11.4
2008	17.2	5.4	11.6
2007	17.4	5.5	11.7
2006	17.6	5.5	12
2005	17.6	5.6	12.5
2004	17.7	5.6	12.6
2003	17.8	5.6	12.8
2002	17.9	5.7	13
2001	17.8	5.8	13.4
2000	17.9	5.9	14.1
1999	18.1	5.9	14.5
1998	17.9	6	14.7
1997	17.7	6.1	15.1
1996	17.9	6.1	15.4
1995	17.6	6.2	15.9
1994	17.7	6.2	16.1
1993	17.6	6.2	16
1992	17.1	6.2	15.8
1991	17.1	6.2	15.5
1990	16.7	6.2	15.4

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Central African Republic vs Sudan

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Deaths in conflictsCentral African Republic: 754 deaths in 2022Sudan: 1,364 deaths in 2022