Lesotho vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 31.7 per 100,000 people in Lesotho and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Lesotho, by 20.6 per 100,000 people, or 2.84 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Lesotho has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Lesotho ranked 2 and South Africa ranked 62 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	Lesotho	South Africa	World
2017	31.7	11.2	10
2016	33.1	10.9	10.1
2015	34.3	10.8	10.2
2014	34.6	10.8	10.3
2013	34.7	11.1	10.5
2012	34.5	11.9	10.7
2011	34.3	12.9	11
2010	34.6	14.6	11.2
2009	34.6	16.3	11.4
2008	35.1	17.9	11.6
2007	34.4	19.2	11.7
2006	34.1	20.6	12
2005	33.8	21.5	12.5
2004	33.1	22.5	12.6
2003	32.2	23.1	12.8
2002	30.5	23.1	13
2001	29	23	13.4
2000	28.2	24.3	14.1
1999	26.1	22.4	14.5
1998	24.8	21.6	14.7
1997	23.4	20.9	15.1
1996	22.8	19.1	15.4
1995	22.6	18.6	15.9
1994	22.7	18.6	16.1
1993	22.6	18.3	16
1992	23	19.2	15.8
1991	23.4	18.6	15.5
1990	24.1	18.6	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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