China vs Switzerland

China vs Switzerland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 2.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

China vs Switzerland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 2.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher since 1999, when it overtook China.
  • In 2017, China ranked 131 and Switzerland ranked 96 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

YearChinaSwitzerlandWorld
20177.29.310
20167.39.410.1
20157.41010.2
20147.510.310.3
20137.610.810.5
2012810.910.7
20118.411.111
20108.911.611.2
20099.112.311.4
20089.412.711.6
20079.713.311.7
200610.313.812
200511.114.212.5
200411.614.612.6
200311.415.212.8
200211.315.713
200112.315.813.4
200014.316.314.1
199915.816.114.5
199817.116.814.7
199718.317.115.1
199619.417.415.4
199520.418.615.9
199420.819.916.1
199321.22016
199221.320.715.8
199121.221.215.5
199020.920.615.4

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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