Kenya vs Zambia
Kenya vs Zambia: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 11.1 per 100,000 people in Kenya and 13.1 per 100,000 people in Zambia, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Zambia, by 2 per 100,000 people, or 1.18 times that in Kenya.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Zambia 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 | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 12 | 13.2 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 13 | 14.1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 13.4 | 17 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 13.2 | 17.7 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 13 | 18.4 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 12.7 | 18.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 12.4 | 19 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 12.1 | 18.9 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 11.9 | 18.5 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 11.8 | 18.1 | 16 |
| 1992 | 11.6 | 17.6 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 11.4 | 17.1 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 11.3 | 16.5 | 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 Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990