France vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.4 per 100,000 people in France and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in France, by 1.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

FranceSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2010, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, France ranked 50 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	France	South Africa	World
2017	12.4	11.2	10
2016	12.5	10.9	10.1
2015	13	10.8	10.2
2014	13.2	10.8	10.3
2013	13.8	11.1	10.5
2012	14.3	11.9	10.7
2011	14.9	12.9	11
2010	15.3	14.6	11.2
2009	15.4	16.3	11.4
2008	15.2	17.9	11.6
2007	15.2	19.2	11.7
2006	15.5	20.6	12
2005	15.8	21.5	12.5
2004	15.9	22.5	12.6
2003	16.8	23.1	12.8
2002	17.1	23.1	13
2001	17.3	23	13.4
2000	17.5	24.3	14.1
1999	18.2	22.4	14.5
1998	18.8	21.6	14.7
1997	19	20.9	15.1
1996	19.4	19.1	15.4
1995	19.7	18.6	15.9
1994	20.1	18.6	16.1
1993	20.8	18.3	16
1992	20.8	19.2	15.8
1991	21.1	18.6	15.5
1990	21.3	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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France vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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