Japan vs Nigeria

Japan vs Nigeria: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 8.1 per 100,000 people, or 2.08 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Japan vs Nigeria: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 8.1 per 100,000 people, or 2.08 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Japan ranked 27 and Nigeria ranked 124 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

YearJapanNigeriaWorld
201715.77.510
201615.67.510.1
201515.77.510.2
201416.47.510.3
201316.87.510.5
201217.37.610.7
201118.27.711
201018.47.811.2
200918.67.711.4
200818.77.811.6
200718.87.911.7
200618.97.912
200519.2812.5
200418.98.312.6
2003198.512.8
200218.48.713
200118.38.913.4
200018.1914.1
199918.2914.5
199817.5914.7
199715.88.915.1
199615.38.815.4
199515.28.815.9
199414.88.716.1
1993158.716
199215.28.615.8
199115.38.615.5
199015.58.515.4

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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