Ghana vs Malawi

Ghana vs Malawi: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 2.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.25 times that in Ghana.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ghana vs Malawi: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 2.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.25 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Ghana ranked 88 and Malawi ranked 53 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

YearGhanaMalawiWorld
20179.712.110
20169.812.310.1
20159.812.310.2
20149.912.410.3
20139.912.610.5
20121012.810.7
201110.11311
20101013.111.2
20099.91311.4
20089.713.111.6
20079.513.311.7
20069.813.612
20059.813.812.5
20049.81412.6
20039.414.112.8
20029.114.313
20018.714.613.4
20008.315.114.1
19998.215.314.5
19988.215.714.7
19978.315.515.1
19968.115.315.4
19958.21515.9
19948.114.416.1
1993813.616
199281315.8
1991812.415.5
1990812.215.4

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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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