Germany vs Japan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.9 per 100,000 people in Germany and 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 5.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.58 times that in Germany.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Germany ranked 83 and Japan ranked 27 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	Germany	Japan	World
2017	9.9	15.7	10
2016	9.9	15.6	10.1
2015	9.7	15.7	10.2
2014	9.4	16.4	10.3
2013	9.7	16.8	10.5
2012	9.6	17.3	10.7
2011	9.8	18.2	11
2010	10	18.4	11.2
2009	10	18.6	11.4
2008	10	18.7	11.6
2007	10.1	18.8	11.7
2006	10.2	18.9	12
2005	10.6	19.2	12.5
2004	11	18.9	12.6
2003	11.6	19	12.8
2002	11.7	18.4	13
2001	11.8	18.3	13.4
2000	12.2	18.1	14.1
1999	12.3	18.2	14.5
1998	12.6	17.5	14.7
1997	13.1	15.8	15.1
1996	13.4	15.3	15.4
1995	13.5	15.2	15.9
1994	13.4	14.8	16.1
1993	13.5	15	16
1992	13.6	15.2	15.8
1991	13.9	15.3	15.5
1990	13.7	15.5	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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