Kenya vs Malawi
Kenya vs Malawi: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 1.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.1 times that in Kenya.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Kenya | Malawi | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12.8 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 12.2 | 13 | 11 |
| 2010 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 12.4 | 13 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13.6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 13.3 | 14 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 13 |
| 2001 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 13 | 15.7 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 12.7 | 15.5 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 12.4 | 15.3 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 12.1 | 15 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 16 |
| 1992 | 11.6 | 13 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 15.4 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kenya vs Malawi
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Malawi: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Malawi: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malawi: 29.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Malawi: 3.45% in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Malawi: 21.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Malawi: 2.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Malawi: 3.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Malawi: 17.6% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Malawi: 17.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Malawi: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Malawi: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Malawi: 1.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Malawi: $128M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Malawi: $7 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Malawi: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Malawi: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Malawi: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Malawi: 0.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Malawi: 2 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Malawi: 1 million TIV in 2000