Poland vs South Africa: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14 per 100,000 people in Poland and 11.2 per 100,000 people in South Africa, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.8 per 100,000 people, or 1.25 times that in South Africa.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2009, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2017, Poland ranked 35 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	Poland	South Africa	World
2017	14	11.2	10
2016	14.2	10.9	10.1
2015	14.5	10.8	10.2
2014	14.6	10.8	10.3
2013	15.3	11.1	10.5
2012	15.9	11.9	10.7
2011	16.1	12.9	11
2010	16.2	14.6	11.2
2009	16.8	16.3	11.4
2008	16.9	17.9	11.6
2007	16.9	19.2	11.7
2006	16.8	20.6	12
2005	16.8	21.5	12.5
2004	16.7	22.5	12.6
2003	16.3	23.1	12.8
2002	16.5	23.1	13
2001	16.5	23	13.4
2000	16.5	24.3	14.1
1999	16.9	22.4	14.5
1998	16	21.6	14.7
1997	15.4	20.9	15.1
1996	14.5	19.1	15.4
1995	14.6	18.6	15.9
1994	14	18.6	16.1
1993	13.8	18.3	16
1992	14.3	19.2	15.8
1991	14.5	18.6	15.5
1990	13.6	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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