India vs Nepal

India vs Nepal: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Nepal, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in India, by 7.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.86 times that in Nepal.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

India vs Nepal: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Nepal, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in India, by 7.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.86 times that in Nepal.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, India ranked 28 and Nepal ranked 112 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

YearIndiaNepalWorld
201715.68.410
201615.78.510.1
201515.78.610.2
201416.38.610.3
201316.68.710.5
2012178.710.7
201117.58.711
201017.38.711.2
200917.18.711.4
2008178.611.6
200716.98.611.7
200617.28.512
200517.48.412.5
200417.28.512.6
200317.88.612.8
200218.58.813
200119.2913.4
200019.79.414.1
199919.89.614.5
199819.59.814.7
199719.51015.1
199618.910.215.4
199519.110.515.9
199419.410.816.1
199319.811.116
199220.411.315.8
199120.311.615.5
199020.211.815.4

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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