Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.7 per 100,000 people in Eritrea and 9.6 per 100,000 people in Ethiopia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 6.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.63 times that in Ethiopia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

EritreaEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Eritrea ranked 26 and Ethiopia ranked 89 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	Eritrea	Ethiopia	World
2017	15.7	9.6	10
2016	16	9.7	10.1
2015	16.3	9.9	10.2
2014	16.4	10.1	10.3
2013	16.7	10.3	10.5
2012	17	10.8	10.7
2011	17.3	11.2	11
2010	17.6	11.5	11.2
2009	17.8	11.8	11.4
2008	18.1	11.9	11.6
2007	18.4	12.1	11.7
2006	18.7	12.4	12
2005	18.8	12.7	12.5
2004	19.1	13.1	12.6
2003	19.5	13.5	12.8
2002	19.7	14	13
2001	20.1	14.7	13.4
2000	20	15.4	14.1
1999	20.9	16.2	14.5
1998	21.6	17	14.7
1997	22	17.7	15.1
1996	22.4	18.1	15.4
1995	21.9	18.7	15.9
1994	21.9	19	16.1
1993	21.6	19.2	16
1992	21.4	19.3	15.8
1991	21.2	19.3	15.5
1990	20	19.3	15.4

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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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Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Suicide rate

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