India vs South Africa

India vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in India, by 4.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.4 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

India vs South Africa: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 15.6 per 100,000 people in India and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in India, by 4.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.4 times that in South Africa.
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What the numbers say

  • India has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
  • In 2017, India ranked 28 and South Africa ranked 62 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

YearIndiaSouth AfricaWorld
201715.611.210
201615.710.910.1
201515.710.810.2
201416.310.810.3
201316.611.110.5
20121711.910.7
201117.512.911
201017.314.611.2
200917.116.311.4
20081717.911.6
200716.919.211.7
200617.220.612
200517.421.512.5
200417.222.512.6
200317.823.112.8
200218.523.113
200119.22313.4
200019.724.314.1
199919.822.414.5
199819.521.614.7
199719.520.915.1
199618.919.115.4
199519.118.615.9
199419.418.616.1
199319.818.316
199220.419.215.8
199120.318.615.5
199020.218.615.4

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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