Ghana vs Nigeria

Ghana vs Nigeria: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 2.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ghana vs Nigeria: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 2.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.29 times that in Nigeria.
GhanaNigeriaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Nigeria.
  • In 2017, Ghana ranked 88 and Nigeria ranked 124 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

YearGhanaNigeriaWorld
20179.77.510
20169.87.510.1
20159.87.510.2
20149.97.510.3
20139.97.510.5
2012107.610.7
201110.17.711
2010107.811.2
20099.97.711.4
20089.77.811.6
20079.57.911.7
20069.87.912
20059.8812.5
20049.88.312.6
20039.48.512.8
20029.18.713
20018.78.913.4
20008.3914.1
19998.2914.5
19988.2914.7
19978.38.915.1
19968.18.815.4
19958.28.815.9
19948.18.716.1
199388.716
199288.615.8
199188.615.5
199088.515.4

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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