Estonia vs Latvia

Estonia vs Latvia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.7 per 100,000 people in Estonia and 17 per 100,000 people in Latvia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Latvia, by 4.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.33 times that in Estonia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Estonia vs Latvia: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 12.7 per 100,000 people in Estonia and 17 per 100,000 people in Latvia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Latvia, by 4.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.33 times that in Estonia.
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What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Estonia.
  • In 2017, Estonia ranked 46 and Latvia ranked 21 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

YearEstoniaLatviaWorld
201712.71710
201612.916.910.1
201513.117.210.2
201413.917.610.3
201313.817.610.5
201215.217.810.7
201115.218.211
201015.219.311.2
20091720.211.4
200818.521.611.6
200720.823.411.7
200620.724.912
200521.224.612.5
20042324.212.6
200324.525.612.8
200226.927.513
200128.628.513.4
20002828.114.1
199929.929.514.5
199832.531.814.7
199731.930.815.1
199632.732.415.4
199538.238.415.9
199439.540.916.1
199334.536.516
199229.930.315.8
199128.427.415.5
199026.825.815.4

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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