Ethiopia vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.6 per 100,000 people in Ethiopia and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.16 times that in Ethiopia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2017, Ethiopia ranked 89 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	Ethiopia	South Africa	World
2017	9.6	11.2	10
2016	9.7	10.9	10.1
2015	9.9	10.8	10.2
2014	10.1	10.8	10.3
2013	10.3	11.1	10.5
2012	10.8	11.9	10.7
2011	11.2	12.9	11
2010	11.5	14.6	11.2
2009	11.8	16.3	11.4
2008	11.9	17.9	11.6
2007	12.1	19.2	11.7
2006	12.4	20.6	12
2005	12.7	21.5	12.5
2004	13.1	22.5	12.6
2003	13.5	23.1	12.8
2002	14	23.1	13
2001	14.7	23	13.4
2000	15.4	24.3	14.1
1999	16.2	22.4	14.5
1998	17	21.6	14.7
1997	17.7	20.9	15.1
1996	18.1	19.1	15.4
1995	18.7	18.6	15.9
1994	19	18.6	16.1
1993	19.2	18.3	16
1992	19.3	19.2	15.8
1991	19.3	18.6	15.5
1990	19.3	18.6	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 conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022