Nepal vs Sri Lanka

Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Nepal and 19.8 per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sri Lanka, by 11.4 per 100,000 people, or 2.37 times that in Nepal.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 8.4 per 100,000 people in Nepal and 19.8 per 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sri Lanka, by 11.4 per 100,000 people, or 2.37 times that in Nepal.
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What the numbers say

  • Sri Lanka has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Nepal ranked 112 and Sri Lanka ranked 16 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

YearNepalSri LankaWorld
20178.419.810
20168.52010.1
20158.62010.2
20148.620.210.3
20138.720.110.5
20128.72110.7
20118.721.311
20108.72111.2
20098.722.211.4
20088.624.611.6
20078.625.511.7
20068.526.612
20058.428.912.5
20048.53012.6
20038.631.812.8
20028.832.913
2001935.713.4
20009.439.514.1
19999.640.614.5
19989.841.614.7
19971044.815.1
199610.242.415.4
199510.541.415.9
199410.838.616.1
199311.136.816
199211.337.715.8
199111.637.915.5
199011.840.815.4

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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.

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