Ghana vs Tanzania

Ghana vs Tanzania: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 8.8 per 100,000 people in Tanzania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 0.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.1 times that in Tanzania.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ghana vs Tanzania: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 8.8 per 100,000 people in Tanzania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ghana, by 0.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.1 times that in Tanzania.
GhanaTanzaniaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Ghana has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • In 2017, Ghana ranked 88 and Tanzania ranked 103 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

YearGhanaTanzaniaWorld
20179.78.810
20169.88.810.1
20159.88.810.2
20149.98.710.3
20139.98.710.5
2012108.610.7
201110.18.611
2010108.611.2
20099.98.711.4
20089.78.811.6
20079.58.811.7
20069.88.812
20059.88.912.5
20049.88.912.6
20039.49.212.8
20029.19.413
20018.79.813.4
20008.310.114.1
19998.210.414.5
19988.210.714.7
19978.310.715.1
19968.110.815.4
19958.210.815.9
19948.110.716.1
1993810.616
1992810.515.8
1991810.315.5
1990810.315.4

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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