Ethiopia vs Mexico: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.6 per 100,000 people in Ethiopia and 5.9 per 100,000 people in Mexico, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 3.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.63 times that in Mexico.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Ethiopia ranked 89 and Mexico ranked 148 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	Ethiopia	Mexico	World
2017	9.6	5.9	10
2016	9.7	5.9	10.1
2015	9.9	5.7	10.2
2014	10.1	5.7	10.3
2013	10.3	5.7	10.5
2012	10.8	6	10.7
2011	11.2	6.1	11
2010	11.5	6.1	11.2
2009	11.8	5.9	11.4
2008	11.9	5.6	11.6
2007	12.1	5.2	11.7
2006	12.4	5.2	12
2005	12.7	5.2	12.5
2004	13.1	5	12.6
2003	13.5	5.1	12.8
2002	14	5	13
2001	14.7	4.9	13.4
2000	15.4	4.9	14.1
1999	16.2	5	14.5
1998	17	5.1	14.7
1997	17.7	4.9	15.1
1996	18.1	4.7	15.4
1995	18.7	4.7	15.9
1994	19	4.6	16.1
1993	19.2	4.4	16
1992	19.3	4.3	15.8
1991	19.3	4.1	15.5
1990	19.3	4	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 conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022Mexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022