China vs Congo - Kinshasa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 11.6 per 100,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.61 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2002, when it overtook China.
In 2017, China ranked 131 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 57 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	China	Congo - Kinshasa	World
2017	7.2	11.6	10
2016	7.3	11.6	10.1
2015	7.4	11.6	10.2
2014	7.5	11.6	10.3
2013	7.6	11.6	10.5
2012	8	11.6	10.7
2011	8.4	11.5	11
2010	8.9	11.4	11.2
2009	9.1	11.3	11.4
2008	9.4	11.3	11.6
2007	9.7	11.3	11.7
2006	10.3	11.3	12
2005	11.1	11.4	12.5
2004	11.6	11.6	12.6
2003	11.4	11.8	12.8
2002	11.3	11.7	13
2001	12.3	12	13.4
2000	14.3	12.1	14.1
1999	15.8	12.1	14.5
1998	17.1	12.2	14.7
1997	18.3	12.2	15.1
1996	19.4	12.5	15.4
1995	20.4	12.3	15.9
1994	20.8	12.2	16.1
1993	21.2	12.2	16
1992	21.3	12.3	15.8
1991	21.2	12.3	15.5
1990	20.9	12.2	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

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Deaths in conflictsChina: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022