Kenya vs Tanzania

Kenya vs Tanzania: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 8.8 per 100,000 people in Tanzania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 2.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.25 times that in Tanzania.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Kenya vs Tanzania: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 8.8 per 100,000 people in Tanzania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Kenya, by 2.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.25 times that in Tanzania.
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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

YearKenyaTanzaniaWorld
201711.18.810
201611.28.810.1
201511.38.810.2
201411.58.710.3
201311.78.710.5
2012128.610.7
201112.28.611
201012.38.611.2
200912.48.711.4
200812.58.811.6
200712.88.811.7
2006138.812
200513.28.912.5
200413.38.912.6
200313.69.212.8
200213.49.413
200113.39.813.4
200013.410.114.1
199913.210.414.5
19981310.714.7
199712.710.715.1
199612.410.815.4
199512.110.815.9
199411.910.716.1
199311.810.616
199211.610.515.8
199111.410.315.5
199011.310.315.4

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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