Kenya vs Somalia: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 9.9 per 100,000 people in Somalia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 1.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.11 times that in Somalia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Somalia.
The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Year	Kenya	Somalia	World
2017	11.1	9.9	10
2016	11.2	10	10.1
2015	11.3	10.1	10.2
2014	11.5	10.1	10.3
2013	11.7	10.2	10.5
2012	12	10.3	10.7
2011	12.2	10.4	11
2010	12.3	10.5	11.2
2009	12.4	10.5	11.4
2008	12.5	10.6	11.6
2007	12.8	10.6	11.7
2006	13	10.6	12
2005	13.2	10.7	12.5
2004	13.3	10.9	12.6
2003	13.6	11.1	12.8
2002	13.4	11.3	13
2001	13.3	11.6	13.4
2000	13.4	11.9	14.1
1999	13.2	12.2	14.5
1998	13	12.5	14.7
1997	12.7	12.6	15.1
1996	12.4	12.6	15.4
1995	12.1	12.6	15.9
1994	11.9	12.3	16.1
1993	11.8	12	16
1992	11.6	11.6	15.8
1991	11.4	11.1	15.5
1990	11.3	10.8	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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Kenya vs Somalia: Suicide rate

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