Malawi vs Sudan: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 12.1 per 100,000 people in Malawi and 5 per 100,000 people in Sudan, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Malawi, by 7.1 per 100,000 people, or 2.41 times that in Sudan.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Malawi ranked 53 and Sudan ranked 162 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	Malawi	Sudan	World
2017	12.1	5	10
2016	12.3	5	10.1
2015	12.3	5.1	10.2
2014	12.4	5.1	10.3
2013	12.6	5.2	10.5
2012	12.8	5.3	10.7
2011	13	5.3	11
2010	13.1	5.3	11.2
2009	13	5.4	11.4
2008	13.1	5.4	11.6
2007	13.3	5.5	11.7
2006	13.6	5.5	12
2005	13.8	5.6	12.5
2004	14	5.6	12.6
2003	14.1	5.6	12.8
2002	14.3	5.7	13
2001	14.6	5.8	13.4
2000	15.1	5.9	14.1
1999	15.3	5.9	14.5
1998	15.7	6	14.7
1997	15.5	6.1	15.1
1996	15.3	6.1	15.4
1995	15	6.2	15.9
1994	14.4	6.2	16.1
1993	13.6	6.2	16
1992	13	6.2	15.8
1991	12.4	6.2	15.5
1990	12.2	6.2	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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