Ghana vs Uganda

Ghana vs Uganda: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Uganda, by 1.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.19 times that in Ghana.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ghana vs Uganda: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 9.7 per 100,000 people in Ghana and 11.5 per 100,000 people in Uganda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Uganda, by 1.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.19 times that in Ghana.
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What the numbers say

  • Uganda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Ghana ranked 88 and Uganda ranked 58 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

YearGhanaUgandaWorld
20179.711.510
20169.811.610.1
20159.811.910.2
20149.912.310.3
20139.912.610.5
20121012.710.7
201110.11311
20101013.411.2
20099.913.911.4
20089.714.411.6
20079.515.111.7
20069.815.712
20059.816.412.5
20049.816.912.6
20039.417.312.8
20029.117.813
20018.718.113.4
20008.318.114.1
19998.217.814.5
19988.217.614.7
19978.31715.1
19968.116.715.4
19958.21615.9
19948.115.416.1
1993814.816
1992814.115.8
1991813.815.5
199081315.4

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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