Kenya vs Switzerland
Kenya vs Switzerland: Suicide rate
- Kenya
- 11.1 per 100,000 people
- 2017 · IHME estimates
- Switzerland
- 9.3 per 100,000 people
- 2017 · IHME estimates
Higher in Kenya by 1.7 per 100,000 people. Kenya has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Switzerland.
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Latest figures
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11.1 2017 | 12.8 | 67 of 195 |
| Switzerland | 9.3 2017 | 13.3 | 96 of 195 |
| World | 10 2017 | 11.7 |
What the numbers say
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Kenya | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 10 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 12 | 10.9 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 11 |
| 2010 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13.8 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 13.4 | 16.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 13 | 16.8 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 12.7 | 17.1 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 12.1 | 18.6 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 11.9 | 19.9 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 11.8 | 20 | 16 |
| 1992 | 11.6 | 20.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 11.4 | 21.2 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 11.3 | 20.6 | 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