Ghana vs Kenya
Ghana vs Kenya: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 1.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.14 times that in Ghana.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Ghana | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 10 | 12 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 10.1 | 12.2 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 9.7 | 12.5 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 9.5 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 9.8 | 13 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 8.3 | 13.4 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 8.2 | 13.2 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 8.2 | 13 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 8.3 | 12.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 8.1 | 12.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 8 | 11.8 | 16 |
| 1992 | 8 | 11.6 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 8 | 11.4 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 8 | 11.3 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ghana vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyGhana: 65.5 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGhana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGhana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGhana: 3.4% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
People
- PopulationGhana: 33.8 million people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGhana: 1.9% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGhana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGhana: 58.9% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageGhana: 20.9 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGhana: 3.6% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateGhana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGhana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGhana: $385M in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personGhana: $15 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGhana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGhana: 16,000 people in 2020Kenya: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerGhana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGhana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGhana: 5 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGhana: 19 million TIV in 2005Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993