Finland vs Sweden

Finland vs Sweden: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.9 per 100,000 people in Finland and 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Finland, by 1.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.17 times that in Sweden.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Finland vs Sweden: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 12.9 per 100,000 people in Finland and 11.1 per 100,000 people in Sweden, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Finland, by 1.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.17 times that in Sweden.
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What the numbers say

  • Finland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Finland ranked 43 and Sweden ranked 65 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

YearFinlandSwedenWorld
201712.911.110
201612.711.310.1
201512.611.610.2
201413.411.710.3
201314.211.810.5
201214.711.710.7
201115.311.711
201016.211.711.2
200916.812.111.4
200817.112.211.6
200717.412.111.7
200617.212.112
200517.712.312.5
200418.412.712.6
200318.412.312.8
200218.912.513
200120.112.813.4
200021.212.914.1
199921.513.414.5
199821.813.714.7
199722.614.115.1
19962314.815.4
199523.815.615.9
199423.815.816.1
199324.716.716
199225.61715.8
199126.41815.5
19902717.915.4

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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