Ireland vs Switzerland

Ireland vs Switzerland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.11 times that in Ireland.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Ireland vs Switzerland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.11 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Ireland ranked 111 and Switzerland ranked 96 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

YearIrelandSwitzerlandWorld
20178.49.310
20168.49.410.1
20158.81010.2
20149.410.310.3
20139.810.810.5
201210.410.910.7
201110.811.111
201010.711.611.2
200911.612.311.4
200811.212.711.6
20071113.311.7
20061113.812
200511.114.212.5
200411.214.612.6
200311.315.212.8
200212.115.713
200112.415.813.4
200012.816.314.1
199912.616.114.5
199812.716.814.7
199712.517.115.1
199611.917.415.4
199511.618.615.9
199410.919.916.1
199310.82016
199210.720.715.8
199110.621.215.5
199010.320.615.4

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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