Mexico vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 5.9 per 100,000 people in Mexico and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in South Africa, by 5.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.88 times that in Mexico.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Mexico ranked 148 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	Mexico	South Africa	World
2017	5.9	11.2	10
2016	5.9	10.9	10.1
2015	5.7	10.8	10.2
2014	5.7	10.8	10.3
2013	5.7	11.1	10.5
2012	6	11.9	10.7
2011	6.1	12.9	11
2010	6.1	14.6	11.2
2009	5.9	16.3	11.4
2008	5.6	17.9	11.6
2007	5.2	19.2	11.7
2006	5.2	20.6	12
2005	5.2	21.5	12.5
2004	5	22.5	12.6
2003	5.1	23.1	12.8
2002	5	23.1	13
2001	4.9	23	13.4
2000	4.9	24.3	14.1
1999	5	22.4	14.5
1998	5.1	21.6	14.7
1997	4.9	20.9	15.1
1996	4.7	19.1	15.4
1995	4.7	18.6	15.9
1994	4.6	18.6	16.1
1993	4.4	18.3	16
1992	4.3	19.2	15.8
1991	4.1	18.6	15.5
1990	4	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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Mexico vs South Africa: Suicide rate

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