China vs Spain

China vs Spain: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 5.5 per 100,000 people in Spain, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in China, by 1.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.31 times that in Spain.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

China vs Spain: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 5.5 per 100,000 people in Spain, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in China, by 1.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.31 times that in Spain.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, China ranked 131 and Spain ranked 156 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

YearChinaSpainWorld
20177.25.510
20167.35.610.1
20157.45.910.2
20147.55.810.3
20137.65.810.5
201285.910.7
20118.45.811
20108.95.811.2
20099.1611.4
20089.46.111.6
20079.76.211.7
200610.36.212
200511.16.312.5
200411.66.512.6
200311.46.712.8
200211.36.613
200112.36.613.4
200014.36.814.1
199915.8714.5
199817.1714.7
199718.3715.1
199619.47.115.4
199520.47.115.9
199420.87.116.1
199321.27.116
199221.37.215.8
199121.27.415.5
199020.97.415.4

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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