India vs Japan

India vs Japan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.1 per 100,000 people, or 1 times that in India.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

India vs Japan: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.1 per 100,000 people, or 1 times that in India.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook India.
  • In 2017, India ranked 28 and Japan ranked 27 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

YearIndiaJapanWorld
201715.615.710
201615.715.610.1
201515.715.710.2
201416.316.410.3
201316.616.810.5
20121717.310.7
201117.518.211
201017.318.411.2
200917.118.611.4
20081718.711.6
200716.918.811.7
200617.218.912
200517.419.212.5
200417.218.912.6
200317.81912.8
200218.518.413
200119.218.313.4
200019.718.114.1
199919.818.214.5
199819.517.514.7
199719.515.815.1
199618.915.315.4
199519.115.215.9
199419.414.816.1
199319.81516
199220.415.215.8
199120.315.315.5
199020.215.515.4

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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