China vs Nigeria

China vs Nigeria: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.05 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

China vs Nigeria: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 0.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.05 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2015.
  • In 2017, China ranked 131 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

YearChinaNigeriaWorld
20177.27.510
20167.37.510.1
20157.47.510.2
20147.57.510.3
20137.67.510.5
201287.610.7
20118.47.711
20108.97.811.2
20099.17.711.4
20089.47.811.6
20079.77.911.7
200610.37.912
200511.1812.5
200411.68.312.6
200311.48.512.8
200211.38.713
200112.38.913.4
200014.3914.1
199915.8914.5
199817.1914.7
199718.38.915.1
199619.48.815.4
199520.48.815.9
199420.88.716.1
199321.28.716
199221.38.615.8
199121.28.615.5
199020.98.515.4

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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