Malawi vs South Sudan

Malawi vs South Sudan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi and 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.01 times that in South Sudan.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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Malawi vs South Sudan: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi and 12 per 100,000 people in South Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 0.1 per 100,000 people, or 1.01 times that in South Sudan.
MalawiSouth SudanWorld

Latest figures

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2017
Malawi12.1 201713.353 of 195
South Sudan12 201712.754 of 195
World10 201711.7

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 1994, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • In 2017, Malawi ranked 53 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

YearMalawiSouth SudanWorld
201712.11210
201612.31210.1
201512.31210.2
201412.41210.3
201312.612.110.5
201212.812.210.7
20111312.311
201013.112.411.2
20091312.511.4
200813.112.611.6
200713.312.711.7
200613.612.712
200513.812.512.5
20041412.612.6
200314.112.512.8
200214.312.413
200114.612.613.4
200015.113.214.1
199915.313.514.5
199815.713.914.7
199715.513.915.1
199615.314.415.4
19951514.315.9
199414.41416.1
199313.613.716
19921313.315.8
199112.412.915.5
199012.212.815.4

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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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time