Nigeria vs Switzerland

Nigeria vs Switzerland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 1.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.24 times that in Nigeria.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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Nigeria vs Switzerland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.5 per 100,000 people in Nigeria and 9.3 per 100,000 people in Switzerland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 1.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.24 times that in Nigeria.
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Latest figures

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2017
Nigeria7.5 20177.9124 of 195
Switzerland9.3 201713.396 of 195
World10 201711.7

What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • In 2017, Nigeria ranked 124 and Switzerland ranked 96 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

YearNigeriaSwitzerlandWorld
20177.59.310
20167.59.410.1
20157.51010.2
20147.510.310.3
20137.510.810.5
20127.610.910.7
20117.711.111
20107.811.611.2
20097.712.311.4
20087.812.711.6
20077.913.311.7
20067.913.812
2005814.212.5
20048.314.612.6
20038.515.212.8
20028.715.713
20018.915.813.4
2000916.314.1
1999916.114.5
1998916.814.7
19978.917.115.1
19968.817.415.4
19958.818.615.9
19948.719.916.1
19938.72016
19928.620.715.8
19918.621.215.5
19908.520.615.4

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time