Madagascar vs South Sudan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11 per 100,000 people in Madagascar and 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 1 per 100,000 people, or 1.09 times that in Madagascar.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

South Sudan has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Madagascar.
In 2017, Madagascar ranked 71 and South Sudan ranked 54 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	Madagascar	South Sudan	World
2017	11	12	10
2016	11.1	12	10.1
2015	11.1	12	10.2
2014	11.2	12	10.3
2013	11.3	12.1	10.5
2012	11.4	12.2	10.7
2011	11.5	12.3	11
2010	11.5	12.4	11.2
2009	11.5	12.5	11.4
2008	11.5	12.6	11.6
2007	11.5	12.7	11.7
2006	11.8	12.7	12
2005	12.1	12.5	12.5
2004	12.5	12.6	12.6
2003	12.8	12.5	12.8
2002	12.8	12.4	13
2001	12.8	12.6	13.4
2000	13.1	13.2	14.1
1999	13.4	13.5	14.5
1998	13.9	13.9	14.7
1997	13.8	13.9	15.1
1996	13.9	14.4	15.4
1995	13.9	14.3	15.9
1994	14.1	14	16.1
1993	14.8	13.7	16
1992	14.3	13.3	15.8
1991	14.5	12.9	15.5
1990	14.6	12.8	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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