Namibia vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 11.8 per 100,000 people in Namibia and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Namibia, by 0.7 per 100,000 people, or 1.06 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Namibia has been higher since 2011, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Namibia ranked 56 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	Namibia	South Africa	World
2017	11.8	11.2	10
2016	11.9	10.9	10.1
2015	12	10.8	10.2
2014	12.1	10.8	10.3
2013	12.4	11.1	10.5
2012	12.7	11.9	10.7
2011	13.1	12.9	11
2010	13.8	14.6	11.2
2009	14.4	16.3	11.4
2008	15.2	17.9	11.6
2007	16	19.2	11.7
2006	17.1	20.6	12
2005	18.3	21.5	12.5
2004	19.3	22.5	12.6
2003	20.1	23.1	12.8
2002	20.7	23.1	13
2001	20.7	23	13.4
2000	21.1	24.3	14.1
1999	20.9	22.4	14.5
1998	20.5	21.6	14.7
1997	19.9	20.9	15.1
1996	19.5	19.1	15.4
1995	19	18.6	15.9
1994	18.3	18.6	16.1
1993	17.9	18.3	16
1992	17.8	19.2	15.8
1991	17.6	18.6	15.5
1990	17.7	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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