Ghana vs Niger

Ghana vs Niger: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 7.6 per 100,000 people in Niger, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 2.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.27 times that in Niger.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ghana vs Niger: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 7.6 per 100,000 people in Niger, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 2.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.27 times that in Niger.
GhanaNigerWorld

What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Niger.
  • In 2017, Ghana ranked 88 and Niger ranked 123 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

YearGhanaNigerWorld
20179.77.610
20169.87.610.1
20159.87.610.2
20149.97.610.3
20139.97.610.5
2012107.510.7
201110.17.511
2010107.511.2
20099.97.511.4
20089.77.611.6
20079.57.611.7
20069.87.712
20059.87.812.5
20049.87.912.6
20039.4812.8
20029.18.213
20018.78.313.4
20008.38.414.1
19998.28.414.5
19988.28.414.7
19978.38.315.1
19968.18.315.4
19958.28.315.9
19948.18.116.1
199388.116
19928815.8
199187.815.5
199087.815.4

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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