Eswatini vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 22.3 per 100,000 people in Eswatini and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 11.2 per 100,000 people, or 2 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Eswatini has been higher since 1995, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Eswatini ranked 13 and South Africa ranked 62 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	Eswatini	South Africa	World
2017	22.3	11.2	10
2016	23.5	10.9	10.1
2015	24.7	10.8	10.2
2014	26	10.8	10.3
2013	27.2	11.1	10.5
2012	27.8	11.9	10.7
2011	28.3	12.9	11
2010	29.1	14.6	11.2
2009	29.5	16.3	11.4
2008	29.5	17.9	11.6
2007	29.4	19.2	11.7
2006	29.7	20.6	12
2005	30.1	21.5	12.5
2004	29.9	22.5	12.6
2003	29.5	23.1	12.8
2002	28.7	23.1	13
2001	27.5	23	13.4
2000	25.9	24.3	14.1
1999	24.1	22.4	14.5
1998	22.9	21.6	14.7
1997	21.4	20.9	15.1
1996	20.7	19.1	15.4
1995	19.4	18.6	15.9
1994	18.4	18.6	16.1
1993	17.9	18.3	16
1992	18	19.2	15.8
1991	18.1	18.6	15.5
1990	18	18.6	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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