Laos vs Vietnam

Laos vs Vietnam: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Laos and 7.4 per 100,000 people in Vietnam, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Laos, by 1 per 100,000 people, or 1.13 times that in Vietnam.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Laos vs Vietnam: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Laos and 7.4 per 100,000 people in Vietnam, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Laos, by 1 per 100,000 people, or 1.13 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • Laos has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Laos ranked 110 and Vietnam ranked 126 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearLaosVietnamWorld
20178.47.410
20168.67.510.1
20158.77.510.2
20148.97.510.3
201397.510.5
20129.27.610.7
20119.47.611
20109.77.711.2
200910.17.811.4
200810.47.911.6
200710.67.911.7
2006118.112
200511.48.212.5
200411.88.212.6
200312.38.312.8
200212.98.413
200113.68.513.4
200014.28.614.1
1999158.814.5
199815.78.914.7
199716.2915.1
199616.69.215.4
1995179.215.9
199417.39.316.1
199317.59.316
199217.79.415.8
199117.99.415.5
1990189.515.4

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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