Nigeria vs Rwanda

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 11 per 100,000 people in Rwanda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 3.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.45 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 11 per 100,000 people in Rwanda, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 3.4 per 100,000 people, or 1.45 times that in Nigeria.
NigeriaRwandaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Nigeria ranked 124 and Rwanda ranked 72 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

YearNigeriaRwandaWorld
20177.51110
20167.51110.1
20157.511.210.2
20147.511.410.3
20137.511.510.5
20127.611.710.7
20117.711.911
20107.812.111.2
20097.712.611.4
20087.813.211.6
20077.913.911.7
20067.914.612
2005815.412.5
20048.316.112.6
20038.516.912.8
20028.717.813
20018.918.913.4
2000920.214.1
1999921.714.5
199892314.7
19978.92415.1
19968.824.315.4
19958.824.515.9
19948.72416.1
19938.72316
19928.62315.8
19918.622.715.5
19908.522.215.4

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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