Japan vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 15.7 per 100,000 people in Japan and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Japan, by 4.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.4 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2008, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Japan ranked 27 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

Year	Japan	South Africa	World
2017	15.7	11.2	10
2016	15.6	10.9	10.1
2015	15.7	10.8	10.2
2014	16.4	10.8	10.3
2013	16.8	11.1	10.5
2012	17.3	11.9	10.7
2011	18.2	12.9	11
2010	18.4	14.6	11.2
2009	18.6	16.3	11.4
2008	18.7	17.9	11.6
2007	18.8	19.2	11.7
2006	18.9	20.6	12
2005	19.2	21.5	12.5
2004	18.9	22.5	12.6
2003	19	23.1	12.8
2002	18.4	23.1	13
2001	18.3	23	13.4
2000	18.1	24.3	14.1
1999	18.2	22.4	14.5
1998	17.5	21.6	14.7
1997	15.8	20.9	15.1
1996	15.3	19.1	15.4
1995	15.2	18.6	15.9
1994	14.8	18.6	16.1
1993	15	18.3	16
1992	15.2	19.2	15.8
1991	15.3	18.6	15.5
1990	15.5	18.6	15.4

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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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Japan vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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