Iraq vs Kuwait

Iraq vs Kuwait: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 4.1 per 100,000 people in Iraq and 2.5 per 100,000 people in Kuwait, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.6 per 100,000 people, or 1.64 times that in Kuwait.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Iraq vs Kuwait: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 4.1 per 100,000 people in Iraq and 2.5 per 100,000 people in Kuwait, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.6 per 100,000 people, or 1.64 times that in Kuwait.
IraqKuwaitWorld

What the numbers say

  • Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Iraq ranked 176 and Kuwait ranked 195 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

YearIraqKuwaitWorld
20174.12.510
20164.22.510.1
20154.42.510.2
20144.72.510.3
201352.710.5
20125.12.710.7
20115.42.711
20105.72.811.2
20096311.4
20086.23.111.6
20076.73.111.7
20067.13.112
20057.53.112.5
20047.9312.6
20038.4312.8
20028.9313
20018.8313.4
20009.43.314.1
19999.13.414.5
19989.33.214.7
19979.83.115.1
19969.62.815.4
19959.52.815.9
19949.22.716.1
199392.516
19928.72.415.8
19918.42.515.5
19908.12.815.4

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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