Latvia vs Lithuania: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 17 per 100,000 people in Latvia and 28 per 100,000 people in Lithuania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Lithuania, by 11 per 100,000 people, or 1.65 times that in Latvia.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Lithuania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Latvia ranked 21 and Lithuania ranked 3 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

Year	Latvia	Lithuania	World
2017	17	28	10
2016	16.9	28.2	10.1
2015	17.2	29.4	10.2
2014	17.6	30.4	10.3
2013	17.6	31.9	10.5
2012	17.8	31	10.7
2011	18.2	31.3	11
2010	19.3	32	11.2
2009	20.2	32.8	11.4
2008	21.6	37	11.6
2007	23.4	39.6	11.7
2006	24.9	38.3	12
2005	24.6	38.6	12.5
2004	24.2	37.5	12.6
2003	25.6	38.5	12.8
2002	27.5	39.9	13
2001	28.5	41.5	13.4
2000	28.1	40.4	14.1
1999	29.5	40.1	14.5
1998	31.8	40.7	14.7
1997	30.8	40.8	15.1
1996	32.4	42.8	15.4
1995	38.4	44.8	15.9
1994	40.9	44.2	16.1
1993	36.5	39.5	16
1992	30.3	32.8	15.8
1991	27.4	30.9	15.5
1990	25.8	28	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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Latvia vs Lithuania: Suicide rate

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