Congo - Kinshasa vs Singapore: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.6 per 100,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa and 7.3 per 100,000 people in Singapore, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.58 times that in Singapore.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Singapore.
In 2017, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 57 and Singapore ranked 129 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	Congo - Kinshasa	Singapore	World
2017	11.6	7.3	10
2016	11.6	7.4	10.1
2015	11.6	7.6	10.2
2014	11.6	7.8	10.3
2013	11.6	8.1	10.5
2012	11.6	8.4	10.7
2011	11.5	8.5	11
2010	11.4	8.7	11.2
2009	11.3	9	11.4
2008	11.3	9.5	11.6
2007	11.3	9.7	11.7
2006	11.3	10	12
2005	11.4	10.4	12.5
2004	11.6	10.6	12.6
2003	11.8	10.7	12.8
2002	11.7	11.4	13
2001	12	11.6	13.4
2000	12.1	11.7	14.1
1999	12.1	11.8	14.5
1998	12.2	12.3	14.7
1997	12.2	12.6	15.1
1996	12.5	13	15.4
1995	12.3	13.6	15.9
1994	12.2	13.7	16.1
1993	12.2	13.7	16
1992	12.3	14	15.8
1991	12.3	14.3	15.5
1990	12.2	14.6	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.

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Singapore: 0 deaths in 2022