Iran vs Saudi Arabia

Iran vs Saudi Arabia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 5.4 per 100,000 people in Iran and 2.9 per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Iran, by 2.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.85 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Iran vs Saudi Arabia: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 5.4 per 100,000 people in Iran and 2.9 per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Iran, by 2.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.85 times that in Saudi Arabia.
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What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Iran ranked 158 and Saudi Arabia ranked 192 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

YearIranSaudi ArabiaWorld
20175.42.910
20165.5310.1
20155.6310.2
20145.7310.3
20135.9310.5
20126.1310.7
20116.1311
20106.22.911.2
20096.22.911.4
20086.22.911.6
20076.22.911.7
20066.12.812
20056.22.712.5
20046.32.712.6
20036.42.612.8
20026.52.613
20016.52.513.4
20006.52.514.1
19996.52.514.5
19986.52.514.7
19976.72.515.1
19966.82.415.4
199572.415.9
19947.12.416.1
19937.12.416
19927.22.415.8
19917.22.415.5
19907.22.415.4

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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