Mozambique vs South Africa

Mozambique vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 17.2 per 100,000 people in Mozambique and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 6 per 100,000 people, or 1.54 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Mozambique vs South Africa: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 17.2 per 100,000 people in Mozambique and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 6 per 100,000 people, or 1.54 times that in South Africa.
MozambiqueSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
  • In 2017, Mozambique ranked 19 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

YearMozambiqueSouth AfricaWorld
201717.211.210
201617.510.910.1
201517.610.810.2
201417.710.810.3
201317.811.110.5
201217.911.910.7
201117.812.911
201017.714.611.2
200917.516.311.4
200817.417.911.6
200717.119.211.7
200616.720.612
200516.321.512.5
20041622.512.6
200315.823.112.8
200215.723.113
200115.62313.4
200015.824.314.1
199915.922.414.5
19981621.614.7
199716.220.915.1
19961619.115.4
19951618.615.9
19941618.616.1
19931618.316
199215.919.215.8
199115.818.615.5
199015.818.615.4

Each country on its own

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.

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