Kenya vs Nigeria

Kenya vs Nigeria: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.47 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Kenya vs Nigeria: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.47 times that in Nigeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya 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

YearKenyaNigeriaWorld
201711.17.510
201611.27.510.1
201511.37.510.2
201411.57.510.3
201311.77.510.5
2012127.610.7
201112.27.711
201012.37.811.2
200912.47.711.4
200812.57.811.6
200712.87.911.7
2006137.912
200513.2812.5
200413.38.312.6
200313.68.512.8
200213.48.713
200113.38.913.4
200013.4914.1
199913.2914.5
199813914.7
199712.78.915.1
199612.48.815.4
199512.18.815.9
199411.98.716.1
199311.88.716
199211.68.615.8
199111.48.615.5
199011.38.515.4

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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