Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 13.2 per 100,000 people in Liberia and 9.9 per 100,000 people in Sierra Leone, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Liberia, by 3.3 per 100,000 people, or 1.34 times that in Sierra Leone.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Liberia 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	Liberia	Sierra Leone	World
2017	13.2	9.9	10
2016	13.3	9.9	10.1
2015	13.3	10	10.2
2014	13.4	10.1	10.3
2013	13.6	10.1	10.5
2012	13.6	10.3	10.7
2011	13.4	10.2	11
2010	13.4	10.3	11.2
2009	13.3	10.2	11.4
2008	13.2	10.1	11.6
2007	13.2	10.2	11.7
2006	13.1	10.1	12
2005	13.1	10.1	12.5
2004	12.9	10	12.6
2003	12.6	10	12.8
2002	12.4	9.9	13
2001	12.1	9.6	13.4
2000	12.1	9.4	14.1
1999	12.3	9.3	14.5
1998	12.5	9.1	14.7
1997	12.5	8.9	15.1
1996	12.5	8.5	15.4
1995	11.7	8.4	15.9
1994	11.9	8.1	16.1
1993	11.6	8	16
1992	11.5	7.9	15.8
1991	11.3	7.8	15.5
1990	11.1	7.7	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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